Nadir at India Art Fair!

Diya Naidu, senior member of the Attakkalari Repertory Company will present her solo work Nadir at KHOJLIVE 12 on January 27th at Blue Frog, New Delhi. Entry is free.

Diya is an emerging choreographer and was the joint winner of the Robert Bosch Young Choreographers Award in 2010. Nadir was created under the auspices of this grant. The piece explores ideas of isolation and the inescapable fact of bondage within separation. It has been performed in Bangalore, Heggodu, Chennai and in Dusseldorf, Germany. More information here

EVENTS CALENDAR

January, 2012

27th

Nadir

Blue Frog, New Delhi

16th-28th

Workshop with Richard Siegal

Attakkalari Studios

13th

MeiDhwani, Nagarika

NSD, New Delhi

December, 2011

18th

Young Choreographers Platform, Nagarika

Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Cochin

17th

MeiDhwani

Kerala Fine Arts Hall, Cochin

8th-11th

"Exploring the Senses - Emotions, Performativity, and Ritual"

Clubhaus FU Berlin, Germany

3rd

MeiDhwani

Ninasam, Shimoga

2nd

Young Choreographers Platform

Ninasam, Shimoga

November, 2011

30th

MeiDhwani

Music Academy, Chennai

29th

Young Choreographers Platform, Nagarika

SPACES, Elliots Beach Chennai

11th

MeiDhwani

J.S.S. Auditorium, Bangalore

5th-8th

Synchronous Objects (William Forsythe)

Goethe-Institut/Max Mueller Bhavan Bangalore & Attakkalari

October, 2011

19th

Nagarika Presentation & Master classes

Museum of World Culture, Gothenburg, Sweden

17th-18th

Workshop on "Textiles & Performance"

Swedish School of Textiles, Sweden

14th-15th

MeiDhwani, Nagarika

Tanzhaus nrw, Dusseldorf

12th

MeiDhwani

Theatre im Pumpenhaus, Munster

11th-13th

Nadir, Uyire, Padheyam, Uruvam

Tanzhaus nrw, Dusseldorf , Germany

7th, 8th

MeiDhwani

Kunstlerhaus Mousontrum, Frankfurt

2nd

Traces

14th Seoul International Dance Festival

September, 2011

10th-18th

Philadelphia Live Arts Festival

Philadelphia, U.S.

7th

MeiDhwani preview

Ravindra Kalakshetra,Bangalore

August, 2011

19th

Diploma Graduation Ceremony

Bangalore

June, 2011

4th

Nadir & Uyire

Alliance Francaise, Bangalore

May-JUNE, 2011

23rd-2nd

Beyond Project

Amsterdam, The Netherlands

April-May, 2011

30th-1st

Low Lives 3

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25th-7th

Summer Camp

Attakkalari, Bangalore

April, 2011

22nd

Learning & Participation Project

South Bank Centre, London, UK

20th

Farewell in honour of Dr. Evelin Hust

Goethe- Institut/Max Mueller Bhavan, Bangalore

19th

Chaaya

South Bank Centre, London, UK

11th-21st

Alchemy Festival

South Bank Centre, London, UK

9th

Rush & Padheyam

Greenwich Dance Agency, London, UK

7th

Rush, Uruvam & Padheyam

Plymouth University, UK

3rd

Uruvam

Pavilion Dance/ Dance South West, Bournemouth, UK

2nd

Rush & Padheyam

Pavilion Dance/ Dance South West, Bournemouth, UK

March, 2011

31st

Uruvam

Arnolfini, Bristol, U.K.

February, 2011

3rd

Traces

Rangashankara, Bangalore

January 2011

30th

Rush, Uruvam & Padheyam

Rangashankara, Bangalore

28th

Corporeal Kaleidoscpoe

National Gallery of Modern Art, Bangalore

November-December, 2010

27th-19th

Beyond Project

Amsterdam, The Netherlands

November, 2010

2nd

Sanchaari

Tagore Hall, Trivandrum

October, 2010

31st

Sanchaari

Mammen Mappilai Hall, Kottayam

8th

Sanchaari

Tagore Centenary Hall, Calicut

September, 2010

9th

Sanchaari

Trichur

8th

Sanchaari

Regional Theatre, Trichur

5th

Sanchaari

Kerala Fine Arts Society, Cochin

4th

Young Choreographers Platform Showcase

David Hall, Fort Kochi

August, 2010

20th

Diploma Graduation Ceremony

Seva Sadan Association, Bangalore

July, 2010

17th

Auditions for Diploma Programme

Attakkalari, Bangalore

June, 2010

26th

Auditions for Diploma Programme

Terence Lewis Dance Company, Mumbai

12th

Uruvam & Chaaya

Alliance Francaise, Bangalore

April, 2010

20th

For Pina

National Centre for Performing Arts, Mumbai

17th

For Pina

Darpana, Ahmedabad

March, 2010

26th-28th

Chronotopia

Künstlerhaus Mousonturm, Frankfurt, Germany

18th

Evening of Young Choreographers

Museum of World Culture, Gothenburg, Sweden

17th

Chronotopia

Varakonserthus, Sweden

14th

Chronotopia

Staasts Theater, Schauspielhaus, Germany

february, 2010

8th

For Pina...

Uma, Kolkata

5th

For Pina...

Max Mueller Bhavan, New Delhi

2nd

For Pina...

Qutub Shahi Tombs, Hyderabad

january, 2010

30th

For Pina...

Ranga Shankara, Bangalore

28th

For Pina...

Spaces, Elliot Beach, Chennai

19th

Chronotopia

Abhimanch Theatre, New Delhi

17th

Chronotopia

Antarang Theatre, Bharat Bhavan, Bhopal

Artistic Director in Australia

Jayachandran Palazhy, Attakkalari's Artistic Director has been invited by Critical Path and the Asian Art series, Melbourne Arts Centre to conduct workshops in Australia. Critical Path is a choreographic research and development centre for dance artists in New South Wales, Australia.

Jayachandran will teach a one week intensive workshop from January 30th to February 3rd funded by the Australia Council for the Arts and Arts NSW. He will also teach at the Melbourne Arts Centre on February 4th and 5th.

Attakkalari in New Delhi

Attakkalari was invited by the National School of Drama to present its latest, full length, contemporary dance production MeiDhwani - Echoes of the Body in New Delhi. The performance was held on Friday, January 13th at 8:30 PM at the Abhimanch Theatre, National School of Drama. MeiDhwani has completed five successful performances in India - including shows in Bangalore, Shimoga, Chennai and Cochin.

Jayachandran Palazhy, Attakkalari's Artistic Director also conducted a contemporary dance workshop in New Delhi on Saturday January 14th from 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM at the Max Mueller Bhavan.

Workshop in Dhaka

Attakkalari's Artistic Director - Jayachandran Palazhy and a senior member of the Repertory Company - Diya Naidu were invited by the Goethe-Institut Bangladesh, the cultural wing of the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany. They conducted a contemporary dance workshop from January 6th to 10th in Dhaka.

Sanchaari Mobile Theatre

As part of its Sanchaari Mobile Theatre initiative, Attakkalari toured  Chennai, Shimoga and Cochin in November-December, 2011. The tour included performances of the Attakkalari Repertory Company's latest full-length production - MeiDhwani and works by Young Choreographers.

The tour also included contemporary dance workshops and an installation of NAGARIKA, Attakkalari's seminal research series.

Nagarika DVD available!

Attakkalari's latest research project in the NAGARIKA series on Kalarippayattu is now available on DVD! The NAGARIKA series is conceived as an integrated information system on Indian performance and physical traditions.

The interactive DVD attempts to showcase the body concepts and movement principles embedded in Kalarippayattu as articulated by the masters of the form. It is the outcome of a 3 year research project 'Rediscovering the Kalarippayattu Spectrum' supported by Ford Foundation. The DVD features students and masters from Hindustan Kalari, Choorakkody Kalari, C.V.N Kalari and EPV Kalari.

Photography Credits: Soumit & Soumita,Divya Babu/Sanjay Arora, Dilip Banerjee, Anoop Kumar, Sudeep Bhattacharya & Attakkalari.