Imagine a space where all dance forms come together- without prejudice.
A time when there’s just one beat and your dance.
Any dance. All dance.
Unscripted. Unrehearsed. Un choreographed.

The beat is on and you get a minute- to react to what went on before
Or to ignore it completely and just do your thing.

Or create something new.

Open to all forms and all levels
**Sat 8 AUG 7-8 pm
Vision Vivekanand Studio

Entry 200/-
Students-100/-
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Harmony Hall, Bharat Nivas (right behind Sawchu)
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Please bring socks or slippery shoes for turning on the floor with ease!

For more information, please call 98211 66082

An opportunity for dancers to apply for performance at Krishna Gana Sabha. They will get selected and perform at the mini hall during pongal art festival. They will also get a small remuneration.

The age limit from 15 to 25 for both boys and girls this year to participate in Illamayil thiramai.

Last Date for Entries: 17 August 2022

Email: krishnaganasabha@gmail.com, For Queries: 978 99 444 13

Legendary Kathak dancer Birju Maharaj died at his home here in the early hours of January 17, his granddaughter said. He would have been 84 next month.

Maharaj-ji, as he was popularly known, died surrounded by his family and disciples. They were playing ‘antakshari’ after dinner when he suddenly took ill, Ragini Maharaj told PTI.

Birju Maharaj, one of India’s best known and most loved artistes, was from Lucknow’s Kalka-Bindadin Gharana. He is survived by five children, three daughters and two sons, and five grandchildren.

He had been suffering from a kidney ailment and was under dialysis treatment for the last month due to high diabetes. He probably died of a cardiac arrest, his granddaughter said.

“He was with us when this happened. He had his dinner and we were playing ‘antakshari’ because he loved old music. He was lying down… and suddenly his breathing became uneven. We think it was cardiac arrest as he was also a heart patient.

“This happened between 12.15 and 12.30 a.m. It must have been just a minute or so. We rushed to the hospital but unfortunately, we could not save him. He died before reaching the hospital,” Ragini Maharaj said. Ragini Maharaj, a Kathak dancer herself, said the only solace for the family is that he did not suffer too much in his last moments.

“Two of his disciples and his two granddaughters, my younger sister Yasyashashwini and me, were with him when this happened. He was laughing and smiling in his last moments,” she said.

Condolences poured in as news of the death of the Kathak maestro, who would have been 84 on February 4, came in.

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• Script and direction – Valentina Beatriz
• Choreography and performance – Gopal Dalami and Valentina Beatriz
• Cinematography – Hemanth Kumar
• First assistant director – Sarine Arslanian
• Second assistant director – Huong Pham
• Dop assistance – Marco Bosco
• Stage lighting – Kshitij Bath
• Song – Alicia Keys
• Edited by – Valentina Beatriz
• Color grading – Hemanth Kumar
• Produced by – Ineffable Films, Art Service

Special thanks to:
Sri Aurobindo Auditorium
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Alessandra Silver
Serena Aurora
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Livia Mikai

Dance lessons from GMD: GMD (Great Moving Dancers) is a major training hub for Canada’s largest modern and contemporary dance community. They have a few free dance classes on their website during the pandemic.
https://www.gmdtoronto.com/gmd-on-demand.html

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 & Pickle Factory propose this excerpt from Pablo Neruda’s ‘Keeping Quiet’ as a prompt to create a short max 2 min improv piece. 

Mail it to us on artalonetogether@gmail.com latest by tomorrow Apr 3, 7 pm IST. Open to dancers anywhere in the world !
We will curate one piece each hour :12 hours 8-8 each on Sat and Sun. Marking the hours of the lockdown with movement art !
Brought to you by ArtsForward and Pickle Factory Dance Foundation.
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