Jan 10 2022 to Jan 12 2022 7:30 p.m.

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Where

Attakkalari

377/22, 6th Cross Rd, Vinayaka Nagar, NGO Colony, Wilson Garden, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560027

Event Description

TALENT SPOTLIGHT
The week begins with performances by emerging Indian contemporary dancers and choreographers who won the AIB open calls namely, AIB Open Studio and Platform 22 on January 10, 11 and 12.

AIB Open Studio will be held on January 10 - 12 at 7.30 pm in Attakkalari’s performance space called Rangamandala. Each evening will feature two short original dance works by finalists of the open call. There were 10 finalists selected overall. The artistes who take the spotlight this week are Deepanwita Roy (Bengaluru), Pintu Das (Kolkata), Ainesh Madan (Bengaluru) and Dileep Chilanka (Kasaragod).

New Delhi-based dancer and scholar Meghna Bhardwaj will be presenting her installation Yarning on Wednesday, Jan 12, 5 pm to 9 pm, in Attakkalari. The project explores the relationship between dance/movement and the rhythmic gestures of knitting, weaving, sewing and stitching through three films and a sound installation.

The Attakkalari India Biennial, one of the preeminent contemporary dance festivals to come out of Bengaluru officially launched on January 7, 2022 with Sthavara-Jangama, a dance production presented by the Attakkalari Dance Company. The festival will now host performances, film screenings, Winter School Intensives, a Conference on Dance and dance installations involving Indian and international dancers from January 10. Owing to the new curfew restrictions in place in Bengaluru over the weekend, the Biennial’s programme schedule has been rejigged.  Most live events will now be held during weekdays and in a few instances, they have been moved online. The schedule has been updated keeping COVID-19 safety protocols in mind which require limited audience and social distancing to be followed at public events

Attakkalari Centre for Movement Arts, 377/22, 6th Cross Rd, Vinayaka Nagar, NGO Colony, Wilson Garden, Bengaluru-27
Dates: January 10 – 12, 2022

Time: 7.30 PM

Tickets are priced at Rs. 200/- and available on www.attakkalari.org/www.bookmyshow.com/www.insider.in

For Attakkalari, contact: 9972950973/Email: festival@attakkalari.org

Media contact: Sridevi Rao 9844167547/9886673090/9448701953