Nov 03 2024 to Nov 03 2024 11 a.m.

Where

Bangalore International Centre

7 4th Main Rd, Stage 2, Domlur 560071

Event Description

Degula | Shreema Upadhya | 35 mins

The human form is considered sacred across civilizations and religions. Scriptures describe its sanctity and godliness; the significance its protection holds. Just as a shrine constructed with symbolism and care houses the deity, so does the body act as a vessel for our soul. This parallel also manifests itself in the Indian temple, whose structure appears to mirror the human anatomy, in both the physical and metaphysical sense.

Why then do we abuse this body, hate it, neglect it, and constantly attempt to alter it to fit into an external mold that it was never meant to conform to? We journey thus through the length of our very being to where the worshipped resides, with an exploration of the body through culture and time to celebrate the beauty of the imperfectly unique over the ideal, the purpose behind the periphery.

Breath | Deepali Salil, Sayani Chakraborty | 45 mins

“Breath is our maadhyam, a conduit for our emotional well being and a spiritual gateway. Living in the breath allows us to experience our present and our body completely. It allows healing.

Have you noticed that emotions and thoughts disturb the rhythm of your breath, leaving it shallow, or reluctant at the bottom of an exhale or top of an inhale? When left unchecked, these thoughts and emotions calcifies into repeated, reactive responses. Meditating and /or regulating our breath opens our awareness, breaking the chain reaction of emotional and thought elaboration. We can recognize that our incessant breath is always informing us of our inner world, while simultaneously providing us with the solutions to disturbances in our emotions, thoughts, and physical wellbeing.

This incessant breath dances within me and I seek that breath while I dance, and when I dance there are two dancers, one me and one Shiva. When Shiva gradually merges into me and two dancers become one. I become a manifestation of his Ananda Tandava, where everything that moves in this universe is a beautiful dance.

He dances, the world dances, I dance and we all become one.”

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Performers
Shreema Upadhyaya
Bharatanatyam Artiste

Bhava, Raga, Tala, which embodies the supreme art of Bharatnatyam fascinated Shreema Upadhyaya at the tender age of four. Blessed with a natural flair for the art, her dedication and sincerity have been nurtured by her Guru Sri. P. Praveen Kumar. With a growing love and appreciation for the artform, she chose to pursue and commit to its learning in entirety. Her performances over the years have won accolades, her exceptional technique and eloquent abhinaya reaching many people’s hearts with great applause.

A holder of the CCRT scholarship awarded by the Government of India for excellence and perseverance in dance, and a graded artist of the Bangalore Doordarshan, she is one of the lead members of her Guru’s Chithkala School of Dance.

Shreema was also a part of the ensemble for Padmasri Malavika Sarukkai’s production, Thari – The Loom and has performed in prestigious venues in India, Egypt, London, Mexico, Netherlands, and USA. She was a part of Maanini, an ensemble work conceptualized by Gurus Kiran Subramaniam and Sandhya Kiran. She has performed in several festivals across the country, and on television, including programmes conducted by the Kannada and Cultural Department.
Deepali Salil
Bharatanatyam Artiste

Deepali Salil holders her master’s degree in performing arts (Bharatanatyam) from Nalanda, Mumbai, and is currently under the tutelage of Guru Kalashree Rama Vaidyanathan, recipient of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award. She has performed at various national and international platforms like NCPA Mumbai, Konark Festival, Erasing Borders, NMACC, etc. Her productions and dance films FLY.. FLY.. AGAIN, LOOKING WITHIN LOOKING AROUND, DHUMAVATI has garnered love and appreciation from all over the globe. Her dance films were showcased in New York, Chicago, Erasing Borders and other prestigious film festivals. She was the Bharatnatyam choreographer and trainer for the Bollywood feature film MEE RAQSAM. Her group production BHA.. RA.. TA NATYAM was premiered in Mumbai. She is also a TEDx Speaker in Mumbai, where she presented an original work titled light and shadow within.
Sayani Chakraborty
Bharatanatyam Artiste

Sayani Chakraborty is a Bharatnatyam dancer and disciple of Kalaimamani Smt. Rama Vaidyanathan (Senior Sangeet Natak Academy awardee). She took her initial training on Bharatnatyam under the guidance of Guru Sri Rajdeep Banerjee. She has done a certificate course in Classical Ballet, Jazz, Tap, Contemporary & Kathak from the Rhythmosaic Institute, Kolkata affiliated with Off Jazz Company, Nice, France.

She is an “A” graded artist of EZCC, Kolkata. She stood first in W.B State Music Academy on Bharatnatyam division 2017. She has launched her own YouTube channel which has more than 20 million views (Tandav). Being a devotee of Indian Classical Dance, she loves to explore the depths of the art form through every aspect and tries her best to spread this divine art form through the little she has collected to date.