Workshop My Body, My Gender - explorations through movement
A Workshop By Mandeep Raikhy
Where does the notion of gender locate itself in the body? Is there any tension between the gender you have constructed for yourself and the gender that is being prescribed to you? How does masculinity play itself out in a moment of contact with another body? Is it possible for us to allow our bodies the space to resist and disrupt acquired notions of gender?The workshop will engage the participants in an embodied dialogue about masculinity and enable them to explore their relationship of notion of gender through the body, their own body in particular. The workshop will open up several questions around masculinity through movement scores, improvisational explorations and discussion.
Mandeep is a dance practitioner exploring the intersections between dance creation, performance, research, and pedagogy. With a BA (Hons) in Dance Theatre at Laban, London (2002), Mandeep has created and toured with dance works, Inhabited Geometry (2010), a male ant has straight antennae (2013) and Queen-size (2016). Since 2009, Mandeep is Managing Director at Gati Dance Forum, and has developed a supportive environment for contemporary dance through residencies, festivals, publications, and advocacy initiatives. He is an assistant professor for MA Performance Practice (Dance) at Ambedkar University, Delhi.
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