09 February
Rhythmosaic Dance Company | Jonah Bokaer
February 9th | India | USA
Quantransitions | Charade
Venue – Alliance Française | Time – 6:00 pm | Duration: 20mins 30mins (there will be an interval in between)
Nrityagram Dance Ensemble
February 9th | India
Mixed Bill
Venue – Chowdiah Memorial Hall | Time – 7:30 pm | Duration: 60 mins
RHYTHMOSAIC
Matter, energy, dynamism and quantity are the key essences of existence. Every phenomenon in this world happens in relation with another -- like falling leaves have a relation with the wind that blows, a teardrop is directly or indirectly related to the emotional turmoil that takes place within an individual.
'CHARADE' is a technology-influenced solo that has been animated, choreographed, and performed by Jonah Bokaer through the use of digital choreographic software. It takes the deconstruction of modernist portraiture as its inspiration, presenting a digital “maquette” which is mimicked by the performer.
PRAARAMBHA - hymn of creation
At first, there was but ONE. That ONE thing, breathless, breathed by its own nature, beyond that, there was nothingness.
CHHAYA - imageA submission to the inherently lyrical form of Odissi, this dance explores the various dimensions of its abstract vocabulary.
MUGDHA - lost in love
'Murali paani . . .' is an Oriya poem interpreted through facial expressions (bhava) and gestures (mudra):
VIBHAKTA - the division
In the union and the separation of the male and female principle lies the secret of all creation. Each acknowledges and celebrates the existence of the other.
AARATI
A salutation to the presiding deities of Odissi dance, the goddess Vimala and Lord Jagannath.
'From you comes all life; and into you we must all return'.
Dancers: Bijayini Satpathy, Pavithra Reddy, Rasmi Raj, Manasi Tripathy.