Jan 07 2025 to Jan 07 2025 7 p.m.

Where

Bangalore International Centre

7 4th Main Rd, Stage 2, Domlur 560071

Event Description

The Asia Dance Festival is an annual celebration that brings together diverse dance traditions from across Asia. This vibrant event showcases the rich cultural heritage and contemporary dance innovations of various Asian countries, offering a unique platform for artistic exchange and collaboration.
The Korea Dance & Arts Center, a nonprofit organization, is focusing on promoting K-Art beyond K-Culture through the Asia Dance Festival, while strengthening networks through dance in various countries.

Nabimu

Cha Myung Hee(Korea)        

– This dance, expressing the joy of enlightenment upon hearing the Buddha’s teachings (Dharma), is one of the elegant forms of Jakbeop (a traditional Buddhist ritual dance). It involves purifying the sacred space and is accompanied by chants used to honor the Three Jewels (Sambo) and the celestial beings (Cheonryong).

Seonbi Hagchum

(the crane dance of Korean traditional scholars)

Lee Jong Ho(Korea)

– Seonbi Hagchum by Lee Jong-ho is a work that depicts a crane soaring and a seonbi (Korean traditional scholar) dancing, expressing the pure and clear communion with a crane through the gestures of a seonbi. The seonbi spirit values integrity and frugality above all, while the crane symbolizes purity and nobility. The hakchangui(鶴氅衣), the traditional attire worn by seonbis in their daily lives, was designed to emulate the white body and black head of a crane. This attire embodies natural beauty and harmony while reflecting the dignified and unyielding character of the seonbi.

Jinju Gyobang Gutgeori Chum

Seo Jung Sook(Korea)         

The Jinju Gyobang Gutgeori Dance, designated as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Gyeongnam Province, is composed of eight sequences representing the four seasons: spring, summer, autumn, and winter. Rooted in the elegant and artistic tradition of Gyeongsang-do’s Deotbaegi, this dance combines refined postures and precise footwork derived from Jeongjae (court dances), serving as both the driving force and the pinnacle of all its movements, culminating in improvisation.

Taepyeongmu

Kwak Myeong Ji (Korea)      

– This piece expresses through dance the wish for the nation’s peace and prosperity, a sentiment that has been passed down by Kang Sun-young as an officially designated National Intangible Cultural Heritage. Based on the shamanic rhythms of the Wangsimni Dang-gut, it showcases the vibrant and unique footwork, along with delicate yet precise hand movements, highlighting the splendor and elegance of traditional Korean folk dance.

 
Artistes
Cha Myung Hee
Choreographer

Cha Myung Hee has a Ph.D. in Confucian Philosophy and Yeak Studies, Department of Confucian Studies, Sungkyunkwan University. She is the Adjunct Professor, Department of Dance Arts Education, Dongguk University. She is the holder of National Intangible Cultural Heritage “Seungjeonmu” (Certified inheritor of the traditional victory dance) and Gyeongnam Intangible Cultural Heritage “Jinju Gyobang Gutgeori Dance”. She is also the Director of Jungwoo Chamyeonghee Arts Ensemble.
Lee Jong Ho
Choreographer

Lee Jong Ho is the holder of Gangryeong Talchum, National Intangible Cultural Heritage. He is the  President of the Hwanghaedo Seonginin Sangmu Preservation Society (Haeju Seungmu) and Former Choreographer of the National Gugak Center Dance Company
Seo Jung Sook
Choreographer

Seo Jung Sook is the Former President of the Korean Ethnic Dance Association and Member of Seoul Gyobang Dongin. She is the Former Adjunct Professor in the Department of Traditional Performing Arts, Korea National University of Arts.
Kwak Myeong Ji
Choreographer

Kwak Myeong Ji is the Director of Yeonpung Arts Troupe. She is a graduate of Ewha Womans University. She is also the Grand Prize Winner at the 19th Indongcho National Gugak Competition (2017)
Aditi Bhagwat
Kathak & Lavani Dancer

Aditi Bhagwat is an internationally renowned Kathak and Lavani exponent from Mumbai. Having featured at various dance and music festivals across the globe, Aditi is also a dance educator and trains students in both the Indian classical and folk dance forms.

Aditi has worked with different disciplines of dance and music like Flamenco, Jazz, Folk and World Music expanding her artistic experience. She received the Onebeat Fellowship from the US State department of educational and cultural affairs where she collaborated with several musicians from various parts of the world.

With a strong foothold in Kathak, Aditi has explored collaborative ideas in rhythm and movement in combination with Flamenco and Lavani. Aditi has featured in Indian movies and on television as an actor and dancer but performing on stage remains her first passion.
Madhulita Mohapatra
Odissi Exponent

    A recipient of the prestigious Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar from the Central Sangeet Natak Akademi, the IIW, She Inspires Award 2024 in the UK Parliament, Devi Award 2024 from The New Indian Express & the Kempegowda Award, Madhulita Mohapatra has carved a niche as one of the leading Odissi exponents in south India. An ‘A’ grade artiste of National Doordarshan (DD National) & an empanelled artiste of Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR), she has received prestigious awards like IIDF 2017, BCKA Yuva Kala Pratibha, Aarya Award for Women Achievers, Arathi Kala Ratna in Phoenix, Arizona, USA & the GTF Women’s Excellence awards. A disciple of Guru Shri Gangadhar Pradhan, Guru Smt. Aruna Mohanty, Guru Shri Pabitra Kumar Pradhan & Guru Krushnachandra Sahoo, she is admired & applauded by the connoisseurs & critics alike, for her profound artistry and her innate abhinaya quality. She is selflessly devoted to the promotion & popularisation of Odissi in South India through her institution, Nrityantar, by performing, teaching and nurturing finest talents. Madhulita Mohapatra is rightfully applauded for her inventive choreographic skills and her adeptness to keep her audiences engaged with brilliant use of movement & space and interesting themes.

Nrityantar
Odissi Dance Institution

Bengaluru based Odissi dance institution, Nrityantar, is a humble attempt by noted Odissi dancer, Madhulita Mohapatra, to promote and preserve India’s rich pluralistic cultural legacy by promoting Odissi dance by performing, teaching and nurturing finest talents. Nrityantar organises regular and special Odissi dance classes at various places in the city. It organises lecture demonstrations, dance programmes and performances for art lovers, connoisseurs and everyone for the promotion and popularisation of our rich art forms, to create awareness and to instill a sense of responsibility in individuals, institutions and society towards promotion and preservation of our proud art forms. Nrityantar Dance Ensemble has fast emerged as one of the most sought after classical dance troupes from Karnataka.