- Time : 6.30 pm
- Event Info : In the 1920’s and 30’s the Indian dance tradition took 2 different directions the ‘classical’ spearheaded by Rukmani Devi and the setting up of Kalakshetra and Uday Shankar’s contemporary portrayals of Hindu mythology using ballet techniques. What Ravi Shankar did for Indian music his brother Uday teaming up with ballerina Anna Pavlova did for Indian contemporary dance. Following in that lineage Sangeeta Sharma is a contemporary dancer exploring temple dances in modern ways. She seeks
- the freedom to express dance in a different way – to share, to achieve and to express in a more natural way than the formal presentations of classical dance. Working with professional and nonprofessional, formal and informal
- presentation she recognizes and develops both aesthetic and social values exploring the dynamic interaction between the audience and the performer.This evening she performs MOORT, AMOORT (In between stillness and movement) and DWAR (THE DOOR) journey of a woman...loneliness & thereafter... which have been premiered in Poland and India earlier and she will do some new pieces based on temple sculpture and mystic images of the mountains.
- Sangeeta Sharma has been a contemporary dancer / choreographer for 21 years. She has been a student of Narendra Sharma and came to Indian dance through street theatre. She trained with Laban & Limon Technique in America and is also heavily influenced by Chhau and Kathakali. She is the assistant director of Bhoomika a professional dance company in Delhi.
Published by rohit malik on Saturday, November 24, 2007
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