Saturday morning, Day 9 of the Attakkalari India Biennial 2013, the 10-day global contemporary dance festival, saw conversations among Bangalore’s art enthusiasts in the second episode of the discussions on dance at Goethe-Institut/Max Mueller Bhavan at Indiranagar called Transitions.
The series have been curated keeping some of the following questions in mind: What are the frames of contemporary dance? How does a frame influence the content of dance? How does a frame influence our ways of experiencing, seeing and perceiving? Transitions within the frames and the different kinds of transitions. Here’s the link for further information:
● http://www.attakkalaribiennial.org/transitions.html
● http://www.attakkalaribiennial.org/AIB%202013_Transitions.pdf
And Day 10 saw the final episode of FACETS presentations which took place at Alliance Française. Four of the 16 danceworks created during the FACETS residency, for emerging choreographers did not disappoint the audience – with 4 exciting performances produced by Attakkalari and mentored a team of experts at this choreography residency.
■ Aguibou Bougabali from Burkina Faso with Kounfetaga, a work that grieved for his 4-year-old son who died because of medical negligence.
■ Deepak Kurki Shivaswamy from India with Piece of Land 30 Sq. Mts, a work that questioned the proprietary nature of the land issue in Kashmir.
■ Rianto from Indonesia with Body without Brain, a piece that dealt with the idea of making dance from unconscious movement.
■ Yeonwoo Na from South Korea with I have a question, a work that investigated the idea of consumption, production and re-creation.
For further information: http://www.attakkalari.org/uploads/images/pdf/Facets.pdf
The Centre Stage shows at Ranga Shankara and ADA Rangamadira on the two days included Obtus and Lanx, two works by Cindy Van Acker and K-Style – an evening of Korean contemporary dance featuring works by the Choe Contemporary Dance Company, Bereishit Dance Company and EDx2 Dance Company were the two closing acts that premiered in Bangalore over the weekend.
In Lanx, an unbroken current moves between the body and the geometrical motifs that surround it. Through the duration of the work, the body and the decor transform, each seeming to catalyse the other. Obtus begins with a hand. The dancer, Tamara Bacci, through these initial gestures begins a persistent exploration of a ray of light. She moved with exquisite precision and sensitivity playing with a ramp of neon lights making all of her body or parts disappear. The lighting designer Luc Gendroz has created a work of volume and substance, which unsettles the viewer’s perception of depth, in turn producing floating effects and playing with appearance and disappearance of the body into darkness.
Sunday evening was an exciting set of works from the Korean dance companies – Argument, Balance and Imbalance, Help and Modern Feeling. The vibrant, conversational pieces which relayed the expertise of the performers across traditional and modern dance genres which were seamlessly intertwined to produce fresh new contemporary dance works. The energy and persistent practice of the performers cannot be ignored from the rigor, speed and intensity of the moves of every individual dancer on stage.
The four works showcased by the Korean dance companies marked the end of the Attakkalari India Biennial 2013. It lived up to the anticipation of the contemporary dance movement which the Attakkalari Centre for Movement Arts has been committed to making a difference here in India as well as on a global platform.
Attakkalari’s collaboration with video, digital artists, composers, dancers, volunteers, musicians, technicians and choreographers across the world through its India Biennial 2013 resulted in 10-days of conversations between artistes, cultures, aspiring performers, decision-makers in the fields of theatre and performing arts – thereby bringing together and spreading the values on which performing arts are built upon.
Attakkalari thanks the audience of Bangalore and all teams associated with warmest regards for contributing to making the 2013 biennial a splendid success.
About Attakkalari:
Attakkalari Centre for Movement Arts is India’s premier organization in the field of contemporary movement arts. Attakkalari’s Repertory company has evolved a unique movement language and is at the forefront of interdisciplinary works in India. The company tours widely in India and abroad.
Attakkalari’s underlying philosophy – ‘Traditional Physical Wisdom, Innovation and Technology’ drives its many activities which include Education and Outreach programmes, a Diploma in Movement Arts and Mixed Media, Research and Documentation, the Attakkalari India Biennial and the Repertory Company. Additionally stage and performance solutions are offered by TransMedia Technologies – the technical division of Attakkalari.
For more information, please visit www.attakkalari.org
