Opening Body Matters - Move to Transform and NAGARIKA goes Live!

Venue: Bangalore International Centre

Date: Feb1, 2023

Time: 7pm

To mark the opening of Attakkalari’s Arts in Education Festival “Body Matters- Move to Transform”, the evening features a presentation of NAGARIKA, a seminal, interactive, online archive of Indian Somatic Traditions and Contemporary Expressions. Nagarika began as an integrated information system on Indian physical traditions through technology and was the first such initiative in India in the field of traditional performing arts.The programme for the evening includes a short presentation about the history and process of the “NAGARIKA” archive; followed by the premiere of "Somatic Songlines" a screendance short film coproduced by Attakkalari Centre for Movement Arts in partnership with the Royal Norwegian Embassy, and in collaboration with FRIKAR Dance Company (Norway); the evening will come to a close with a multimedia dance performance by the acclaimed Attakkalari Dance Company.

It is a collaborative project between Attakkalari Centre for Movement Arts and Goethe Institut / Max Muller Bhavan, Bangalore. The NAGARIKA launch is part of the opening programme of 'Body Matters: Move to Transform' on 1st February (Wednesday) at 7 pm at the Bangalore International Centre. The Project is produced by Chris Ziegler / movingimages with support of the German Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media in the NEUSTART KULTUR, tanz:digital program of the Dachverband Tanz Deutschland (German Dance Association). For more information click the given below link
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Attakkalari Inlaks Scholarship Scheme for the education of talented youth.

Attakkalari, in collaboration with The Inlaks Shivdasani Foundation is offering a Scholarship Program. Under this initiative, talented performing artists, particularly dance and movement artists, who wish to get comprehensive professional training of international standards, will get a rare opportunity to get a qualification from Attakkalari, India's leading contemporary dance institution. The Scheme aims to provide crucial support to dance artists who are talented, passionate and committed yet unable to pursue their dream due to financial constraints.

This year, the Attakkalari Inlaks Scholarship will be offered to TWO eligible candidates from India who are offered admission to Attakkalari Diploma Programme in Movement Arts and Pedagogy through the selection process. The Scholarship will cover the Rs.2,00,000 tuition fees for the first year program and provide a sum of Rs. 50,000 for the student to cover a portion of the living expenses in Bangalore. Potential candidates who clear the auditions for Diploma Programme and seek the Attakkalari Inlaks Scholarship will be scrutinised and assessed based on a predefined process.
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Application Form and Guidelines

Diploma in Movement Arts and Pedagogy

Learn from the experts and build a career in dance!! A unique, comprehensive and fully professional dance education programme that draws from India’s rich physical and performance traditions and combines it with the latest developments in the global contemporary dance scene in equal measure. With added inputs in pedagogy, modules in fitness and stage technologies, and an extended apprenticeship, the Attakkalari Diploma in Movement Arts and Pedagogy is the best way to build your career in dance.
For more details and to register for audition click here
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Flying Low Intensive by Prashant More

Flying low is a contemporary dance training technique developed by David Zambrano. This technique focuses mainly on the dancer's relationship with the floor, utilizing simple movement patterns, speed, alertness, awareness with space and other fellow dancers, and spirals which explore cohesion and expansion of the body.

Improvisation/ Research This session will look into the aspects of experimenting, creating and reflecting. This part invites you to explore your practice and awareness on what your interests relating to movements and physical performances are. The workshop will provide various frames of tasks, tools and methods to develop materials in relation to space, time, bodies and objects. We will work on how we make choices while creating. How can we bring ourselves into a space where the fields of possibility open out before us. What helps us to navigate our process? We will work with the question of being watched or looked at, how we can remain present under the intensity of an audience’s gaze? We will work alone, together, in small groups, or in pairs. We will watch and be watched. We will share what we see and experience and will ask questions and find ways to answer them. Although very physical, the class will follow a clear structure never breaking the flow but systematically guiding one from the beginning to the end, maintaining a synergy of one energy that binds all, with a non-judgmental approach.

Although very physical, the class will follow a clear structure never breaking the flow but systematically guiding one from the beginning to the end, maintaining a synergy of one energy that binds all, with a non-judgmental approach.

 

About the Faculty

Prashant More is an interdisciplinary artist based in India. He engages largely in the field of movement (contemporary dance) as a performer, teacher, and choreographer. He studied in India and Europe. In 2012, he graduated from Attakkalari, India, and worked as a company dancer. And 2016, he acquired intensive training in choreography and 'Physical Experimental Performances' in Amsterdam and Berlin. As an educator, he teaches all age groups. His research module is called 'Breaking Points' in which the approach is to find an authentic movement flow and transformation of dance vocabulary.


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Dates & Fee: 8th, 9th & 15th, and 16th October 2022 - (4 days, 3 hours each day in total 12 hours)Fee: Rs 5000/-
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Spotlight Live: Online Kids Dance Camp Edition 2

After an overwhelming number of registrations for the first edition, we bring to you Spotlight 2.0 - our second online dance camp for kids! Choose between a morning or evening batch and let your children join us for 2 weeks of Kalaripayattu & Contemporary Dance. We also have a special discount for students of Edition 1. All classes will be completely different, and open to dancers of any level.

Dates: June 9th - 22nd. To register, click here.

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CommunityHours@Attakkalari

Attakkalari welcomes all budding artists to use Attakkalari’s studio space for FREE at special community hours. With this new campaign, we aim to cultivate more affordable workspaces to ensure that artists continue to generate creative energy in communities. Lack of studio space or affordability adversely impacts the performance and career growth of many artists. With CHAt@Attakkalari, the main idea is to provide a boost to artists who are just starting out.

Apply for CHAt@Attakkalari here.

For more information please call us on 6291699597 / 9606600937

Photography Credits: Nicole Wytyczak, Klaus Fr+¦hlich, Martina Thalhofer, Vivek Prabhu, Park Sang-Yun, Sara Davis, T.V.Sebastian Varkey, Andy Ross, Dilip Banerjee, Anoop Kumar, Sudeep Bhattacharya, David Coleman, Anand K, Carlos Collado & Attakkalari, Tejovanth N, Suneeth Halgeri, The Hindu
Attakkalari is supported by The Royal Norwegian Embassy, Sir Ratan Tata Trust, Tata Education Trust and the Department of Culture, Government of India.