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FACETS - BANGALORE, INDIA (2012) |
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In late 2012 and early 2013 I lived and worked in Bangalore, India for 2 months. I was engaging in the FACETS choreographic residency and choreographing a new solo sword dance Avantika, which premiered in the Attakkalari India Biennial 2013. |
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The Attakkalari FACETS residency
16 emerging choreographers -
We were mentored by an international dance, theatre and stagecraft faculty -
During the Attakkalari Biennial, I presented my new solo dance Avantika during FACETS at the Alliance Francaise de Bangalore. |
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FACETS was structured to work as a collective with group sessions that focused on technique and exploration (including Raam Kumar R, India Kalarippayattu workshop; Minal Prabhu, India Bharatanatyam workshop; and Muraru Sharan Gupta, India Kathak workshop), and feedback (3 open showings and Mentors visits during the rehearsal process), with separate rehearsals (in different dance studios across Bangalore including Just Dance, Latin Dance India, Smart Move etc) and production schedules aimed at meeting each choreographers individual needs. Through the interaction with the Attakkalari Repertory company (I began my studio process with 2 weeks of rehearsals with Diya Naidu and Hemabharathy Palani) and other Bangalore dancers, there was a sharing of knowledge, experience and understanding of contextualising contemporary art-making and the challenge of finding a new voice and vocabulary in the terrain of Bangalore, of India and even of a global platform. |
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FACETS photography: Lekha Naidu
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