Tag: dance

PERFORMING ARTS LAB (PAL) AUROVILLE PRESENTS 6 Feb, 7:30 pm, @ Cripa

Where Everything Begins… a contemporary dance performance in progress and in process. You are invited by Irena Taskovski, PAL Collective and guest artists for a sharing at CRIPA on Saturday the 6th of Feb, at 7.30pm “Where everything begins…” is a experimental reflection on our human connection in todays world. How do we move trough life, […]

Shaping a cultural economy

How four dancers have used the pandemic to explore financial sustainability in the arts world Dancers, both classical and folk, urban and rural, have endured severe economic and artistic challenges during the pandemic. Many, however, have slowly embarked on imaginative journeys to reconstruct, reinvent, and reposition their work to align with the emerging modernity and […]

Remembering Astad: By Tapas

While working at the Indian Embassy, in Paris, Tapas Bhatt met Astad Deboo at an International Dance Competition and invited him to Auroville to perform at the Sri Aurobindo Auditorium. Astad became a regular visiting guest in Auroville and we were fortunate to see his magnificent whirling piece set to Tagore’s poem, a slow, swirling […]

A Midsummer Night’s Dream by Yohangza Theatre Company

Yohangza Theatre Company’s production of William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, will transport you to a world of unforgettable fantasy through dance, movement, voice, and percussion. This production, with the plot subtly altered to incorporate Korean myth, folklore and history, powerfully appropriates the Shakespearean original to present a compelling re-telling, infused with wit and pageantry […]

DANCE CLASSES ONLINE

Three American organizations – Martha Graham Dance Company, Merce Cunningham Trust and José Limón Dance Foundations – have been providing free classes on Instagram Live since early in the pandemic, taught by current and former company members. The modern dance techniques created by their legendary namesakes each develop different sets of strengths. 

Side By Side: A Dance Performance

Two people careen through life side-by-side, always in motion, always together. This piece explores a relationship too thick to be broken moving through terrain too tough to take much pause. A physical exploration of isolation, companionship, navigation, and distance in love, it requires continuous movement but never travels. Before long, it looks deeply at fatigue. created and performed by […]

Embracing the Digital Space: a two-part online workshop

To familiarise music and dance practitioners/teachers/organisers with digital platforms and possibilities of the digital space, India Foundation for the Arts (IFA) organised a two-part online workshop titled Embracing the Digital Space facilitated by Keerthi Kumar. With assembly and physical contact remaining out of bounds for a while now, artists are seeking to engage with audiences and students […]

Gaga dance classes online

Gaga classes online: Live-streamed on Zoom from Tel Aviv and New York. Multiple classes daily, 7 days a week. Donation-based. These energetic classes offer a framework for people to connect to their bodies and imaginations, experience physical sensations, improve their flexibility and stamina, and enjoy the pleasure of movement. https://www.gofundme.com/f/gaga-online-classes-2

Virtual movement sessions CMTAI

Greetings from CMTAI!Hope you all are safe and are doing well. These are challenging and difficult times, but we are hoping that the world will emerge triumphant in this fight against the deadly coronavirus.  We continue to keep registrations open for our Delhi Certificate Course 2020. However, your safety and well-being is of utmost importance to […]

Lockdown weekend Improv pieces

Now we will count to twelveand we will all keep stillfor once on the face of the earth,let’s not speak in any language;let’s stop for a second,and not move our arms so much.It would be an exotic momentwithout rush, without engines;we would all be togetherin a sudden strangeness’The IInd Lockdown Weekend is here. Artsforward & […]