Moving the Frame to Frame the Moves
A discursive look at dance/choreography/cinematography in Indian Cinema
Speaker
Sadanand Menon
The talk will explore the umbilical link between dance & choreography within the very construction and inception of the cinematic frame and the 'moving image' on the Indian screen. It will take a look at some of the iconic moments of framing the moves on the Indian screen, which led to a significant recalibration of moving the frame to newer realizations of space, time and duration.
Sadanand Menon explores the charged space linking politics and culture through his work in media, pedagogy and the arts. He is Adjunct Faculty at Asian College of Journalism, Chennai; at IIT-Madras; and at Presidency University, Kolkata. He has been an arts editor, columnist and photographer. A long time collaborator with the late writer/dancer/choreographer Chandralekha, he is also a leading stage lighting designer. A long time collaborator with the late artist/photographer/designer Dashrath Patel, he curated the definitive retrospective exhibition of his work for the NGMA Delhi & Mumbai in 1998/99. He has been on the Advisory/Executive Committees of the National Museum, National Gallery of Modern Art, Lalit Kala Akademi, National School of Drama, Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla, the Board for Intangible Cultural Heritage, Raza Foundation, Delhi and Dakshinchitra, Chennai. Along with Romila Thapar and A.G.Noorani, he has contributed an essay to the book 'On Nationalism' (Aleph, 2016). He is Managing Trustee of the Arts Foundation, SPACES, Chennai.
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