Aug 23 2023 to Aug 24 2023 7 p.m.

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Where

Bangalore International Centre

7 4th Main Rd, Stage 2, Domlur 560071

Event Description

The Dance for Dance Festival is one of the initiatives by Kalavaahini Trust (founded by Malavika Sarukkai), started in 2018. This was in response to the need for a well-curated festival where both junior and senior artists could share their work in an environment conducive to fostering excellence.

Kalavaahini has curated three editions (2018, 2019, 2022) of the Dance for Dance Festival in Chennai, during the December Music and Dance season. The Dance for Dance festival has premiered performances of acclaimed artists to house-full shows while also showcasing younger talent to give them greater visibility. This year the Dance for Dance Festival is travelling outside of Chennai for the first time.

Programme Schedule:

Wednesday, August 23

Junior Fellowship | 7pm – 7:50pm
K Sarveshan | KailāsaKrishna | Bharatanatyam performance

Senior Fellowship | 8pm – 9pm
Gauri Diwakar | Shades of Emotion | Kathak Performance

Thursday | August 24

Group Thematic Dance Presentation | 7pm – 8:30pm
Sankhya Dance Company | Four Seasons: Vasanta – Grishma – Varsha – Shishir – Vasanta | Bharatanatyam performance

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KailāsaKrishna | Aug 23 | 7pm
In a beautiful mandira situated on the snow-capped peaks of Kailasa, Parvati and Shambhu, tired from a night of passion, rest in each other’s loving embrace. Shambhu admires Parvati’s enchanting beauty and wonders how magnificent it must be to experience life as a Woman. With the tips of his fingers, he caresses Parvati’s lotus face and requests her to take birth as a man on Earth, so that he may take birth as a woman and experience the wonders of Womanhood. Parvati obliges. Together they prepare for their descent to Earth and go on to become the Eternal Lovers that we adore today: Radha & Krishna.

KailāsaKrishna is a Bharatanatyam work created by K Sarveshan as part of Kalavaahini’s Junior Fellowship Program 2021-2022. Sarveshan creatively employs what he believes to be traditional techniques and tropes from the Bharatanatyam repertoire to re-imagine this exceptional episode from the Devi Puranam. This alternate origin story of Sri Krishna Avatāram not only forces us to broaden our approach towards the complex nature of our Purānas and Itihāsas, but also adds nuance to the global conversations surrounding the politics of gender, identity and spirituality prevalent in the world today.

Resources Persons: Kalarigram Lakshman Gurukkal & Kathyayini Gururaj
Music: Rithvik Raja
Nattuvangam: Harikrishnan B
Vocal: Mithun Madhusoodanan & Gopika Harindranath
Mridangam: Kiran R Pai
Flute: Sujith Naik
Violin: Anantharaman

Shades of Emotion | Aug 23 | 8pm
Shades of Emotion is a mesmerising journey through the various hues of human emotions, showcasing the depth and complexity of human feelings. The performance unfolds in several acts, each portraying a distinct emotion, from invocation filled with devotion, to joy & longing. Emotions are to be delved into deeply. They remind us of the universality of human feelings and Shades of Emotion displays the innate power of dance to transcend language and touch our souls.

Vasanta – Grishma – Varsha – Shishir – Vasanta | Aug 24 | 7pm
This production explores commonplace stories of the world to seamlessly flow through the grid of Bharatanatyam. Picking from emotional human experiences, it draws a parallel to each season of the year. Vasanta – Grishma – Varsha – Shishir – Vasanta is a poetry of movement on Spring – Summer – Monsoon – Winter – Spring.

With hope, I see around. A new beginning marks its start. Spring is about blossoming.
With desire burning down my words, silence remains. When everything burns under the scorching sun, voice is parched. This summer within kindles conflicts, makes all arid.
Somber eyes like pregnant clouds wait to burst upon my skin as I long for your touch.
A winter evening, peeping through windows in skyscrapers, into lives; I see people; cosmetic, distanced, from nature or themselves. I question, does this mirror lie or fantasize; or does it expose my masks. Am I to strip myself off to be redeemed?
Every night sees the day, newness springs into our lives. Spring is not just about blooming, but also fading away. As the wheel of time turns, it brings my end. I blossom only to wither away.

Show design: Sushant Jadhav
Concept and Choreography: Vaibhav Arekar
Music compositions and arrangement: Aalap Desai
Percussion design and Music Composition: Satish Krishnamurthy
Poets: Sant Meerabai, Dharamapuri Subbaraiyyar, Nalesh patil and Sudheer Moghe
Costume design and Light design: Sushant Jadhav
Assistants: Eesha Pinglay, Radhika Karandikar, Rutuja Madiwale, Ruta Gokhale
Dancers: Eesha Pinglay, Swarada Bhave, Poorva Saraswat, Aditi Paranjpe, Gautam Marathe, Shruti Ranade, Anagha Harkare, Devayani Samant, Swarali Ghangurde.