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6:30 PM
Performance | Basement21@ Goethe-Institut
Dance|What Talk of Body
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Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan Auditorium, Chennai
- Price Free entry. All are welcome!
Choreography & Text: Anoushka Kurien
Sound: Akila
Light: Vignesh Kumulai
Performed by: Akila & Anoushka
Photo: Sridhar Balasubramaniyam
The Piece:
‘What Talk of Body’ is a performance, a reference to the changing ways in which we, over time and thought and sometimes cruelty, frame the body.
Dance unhinges fixed notions of body. For the performers too, this becomes part of a process - an awareness of our tendency to pre-suppose meaning instead of engaging in the wholeness of an act.
And so the overlays of word, sound and action - spaces between swaying hip and planted foot, syllable and text, speaking and singing, standing up and bowing low, weight bearing down and feet leaving the ground - are there to suggest other areas of engagement for a viewer.
The repeating refrain - ‘What Talk of Body?’ is proposed as both a reminder and a means to re-find our shared bodies as the basis of our living, of our living together.
The Performers:
Akila
Akila began as a Bharatanatyam dancer and has performance experience of 10 years in the form. In addition to dance, she is a practitioner of Classical Music and Yoga. She holds an M.Phil degree in Indian Music from Madras University and has worked in theatre between 2001 and 2004.
She started working with choreographer Padmini Chettur in 2005. As a member of the Padmini Chettur Dance Company she has performed in the productions Pushed (2006), Paper Doll, The Beautiful Thing 1 (2009), Wall Dancing (2012) and has toured contemporary dance festivals in Europe and South Korea.
As an independent artist in the field of contemporary dance, she choreographed Unstill Images (2011), Counter (2012), collaborated on Udalmozhi (2014), choreographed Kaathiruthal (2017) and THEENDA THEENDA (2015/2018).
Anoushka Kurien
Anoushka, a dancer, lives and works in Chennai. Her choreographic practice looks at framing ideas and experiences of physicality, that address areas of perception and the quality of attention and experience, proposed by live performance. Her solo works are 'To Be Danced', 'In Rooms' and 'Restricted View'. As a performer, Anoushka works with other choreographers and her teaching practice has been a support creatively and economically. She also conspires with the artists' collective Basement 21, performing and finding ways to engage as a contemporary art community in Chennai, India.
Choreography & Text: Anoushka Kurien
Sound: Akila
Light: Vignesh Kumulai
Performed by: Akila & Anoushka
Photo: Sridhar Balasubramaniyam
The Piece:
‘What Talk of Body’ is a performance, a reference to the changing ways in which we, over time and thought and sometimes cruelty, frame the body.
Dance unhinges fixed notions of body. For the performers too, this becomes part of a process - an awareness of our tendency to pre-suppose meaning instead of engaging in the wholeness of an act.
And so the overlays of word, sound and action - spaces between swaying hip and planted foot, syllable and text, speaking and singing, standing up and bowing low, weight bearing down and feet leaving the ground - are there to suggest other areas of engagement for a viewer.
The repeating refrain - ‘What Talk of Body?’ is proposed as both a reminder and a means to re-find our shared bodies as the basis of our living, of our living together.
The Performers:
Akila
Akila began as a Bharatanatyam dancer and has performance experience of 10 years in the form. In addition to dance, she is a practitioner of Classical Music and Yoga. She holds an M.Phil degree in Indian Music from Madras University and has worked in theatre between 2001 and 2004.
She started working with choreographer Padmini Chettur in 2005. As a member of the Padmini Chettur Dance Company she has performed in the productions Pushed (2006), Paper Doll, The Beautiful Thing 1 (2009), Wall Dancing (2012) and has toured contemporary dance festivals in Europe and South Korea.
As an independent artist in the field of contemporary dance, she choreographed Unstill Images (2011), Counter (2012), collaborated on Udalmozhi (2014), choreographed Kaathiruthal (2017) and THEENDA THEENDA (2015/2018).
Anoushka Kurien
Anoushka, a dancer, lives and works in Chennai. Her choreographic practice looks at framing ideas and experiences of physicality, that address areas of perception and the quality of attention and experience, proposed by live performance. Her solo works are 'To Be Danced', 'In Rooms' and 'Restricted View'. As a performer, Anoushka works with other choreographers and her teaching practice has been a support creatively and economically. She also conspires with the artists' collective Basement 21, performing and finding ways to engage as a contemporary art community in Chennai, India.
https://www.anoushkakurien.com/
Click here for the poster!
All are welcome as per Pandemic Protocols*
*Pandemic Protocols @ Goethe-Institut Chennai
We look forward to your cooperation to ensure safety for everyone.
Sound: Akila
Light: Vignesh Kumulai
Performed by: Akila & Anoushka
Photo: Sridhar Balasubramaniyam
The Piece:
‘What Talk of Body’ is a performance, a reference to the changing ways in which we, over time and thought and sometimes cruelty, frame the body.
Dance unhinges fixed notions of body. For the performers too, this becomes part of a process - an awareness of our tendency to pre-suppose meaning instead of engaging in the wholeness of an act.
And so the overlays of word, sound and action - spaces between swaying hip and planted foot, syllable and text, speaking and singing, standing up and bowing low, weight bearing down and feet leaving the ground - are there to suggest other areas of engagement for a viewer.
The repeating refrain - ‘What Talk of Body?’ is proposed as both a reminder and a means to re-find our shared bodies as the basis of our living, of our living together.
The Performers:
Akila
Akila began as a Bharatanatyam dancer and has performance experience of 10 years in the form. In addition to dance, she is a practitioner of Classical Music and Yoga. She holds an M.Phil degree in Indian Music from Madras University and has worked in theatre between 2001 and 2004.
She started working with choreographer Padmini Chettur in 2005. As a member of the Padmini Chettur Dance Company she has performed in the productions Pushed (2006), Paper Doll, The Beautiful Thing 1 (2009), Wall Dancing (2012) and has toured contemporary dance festivals in Europe and South Korea.
As an independent artist in the field of contemporary dance, she choreographed Unstill Images (2011), Counter (2012), collaborated on Udalmozhi (2014), choreographed Kaathiruthal (2017) and THEENDA THEENDA (2015/2018).
Anoushka Kurien
Anoushka, a dancer, lives and works in Chennai. Her choreographic practice looks at framing ideas and experiences of physicality, that address areas of perception and the quality of attention and experience, proposed by live performance. Her solo works are 'To Be Danced', 'In Rooms' and 'Restricted View'. As a performer, Anoushka works with other choreographers and her teaching practice has been a support creatively and economically. She also conspires with the artists' collective Basement 21, performing and finding ways to engage as a contemporary art community in Chennai, India.
Choreography & Text: Anoushka Kurien
Sound: Akila
Light: Vignesh Kumulai
Performed by: Akila & Anoushka
Photo: Sridhar Balasubramaniyam
The Piece:
‘What Talk of Body’ is a performance, a reference to the changing ways in which we, over time and thought and sometimes cruelty, frame the body.
Dance unhinges fixed notions of body. For the performers too, this becomes part of a process - an awareness of our tendency to pre-suppose meaning instead of engaging in the wholeness of an act.
And so the overlays of word, sound and action - spaces between swaying hip and planted foot, syllable and text, speaking and singing, standing up and bowing low, weight bearing down and feet leaving the ground - are there to suggest other areas of engagement for a viewer.
The repeating refrain - ‘What Talk of Body?’ is proposed as both a reminder and a means to re-find our shared bodies as the basis of our living, of our living together.
The Performers:
Akila
Akila began as a Bharatanatyam dancer and has performance experience of 10 years in the form. In addition to dance, she is a practitioner of Classical Music and Yoga. She holds an M.Phil degree in Indian Music from Madras University and has worked in theatre between 2001 and 2004.
She started working with choreographer Padmini Chettur in 2005. As a member of the Padmini Chettur Dance Company she has performed in the productions Pushed (2006), Paper Doll, The Beautiful Thing 1 (2009), Wall Dancing (2012) and has toured contemporary dance festivals in Europe and South Korea.
As an independent artist in the field of contemporary dance, she choreographed Unstill Images (2011), Counter (2012), collaborated on Udalmozhi (2014), choreographed Kaathiruthal (2017) and THEENDA THEENDA (2015/2018).
Anoushka Kurien
Anoushka, a dancer, lives and works in Chennai. Her choreographic practice looks at framing ideas and experiences of physicality, that address areas of perception and the quality of attention and experience, proposed by live performance. Her solo works are 'To Be Danced', 'In Rooms' and 'Restricted View'. As a performer, Anoushka works with other choreographers and her teaching practice has been a support creatively and economically. She also conspires with the artists' collective Basement 21, performing and finding ways to engage as a contemporary art community in Chennai, India.
https://www.anoushkakurien.com/
Click here for the poster!
All are welcome as per Pandemic Protocols*
*Pandemic Protocols @ Goethe-Institut Chennai
- Final vaccination Certificate / RTPCR Test should be shown on request.
- A thermal scanning will be done at the Entry.
- Mask must be worn by all non-performers all the time.
- Sanitizer Stands will be provided at appropriate points for use.
- Entry and Exit into the performance hall will be organized one by one.
- Physical distancing has to be strictly maintained on corridor and in the hall.
- Access to other spaces in the premises is possible only on prior permission.
- Air-conditioner will be @ 27-30 degrees, and Entry Door of the performance hall may be kept open.
We look forward to your cooperation to ensure safety for everyone.
Location
Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan Auditorium
No 4 Rutland Gate 5th Street
Chennai 600006
India
No 4 Rutland Gate 5th Street
Chennai 600006
India