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Guest Aniruddhan
Why I dance Talking of the “inner impulse” called “inspiration,” my most favourite poet Wislawa Szymborska says this in her 1996 Nobel Prize acceptance speech: ” It’s just not easy to explain something to someone else that you don’t understand yourself.” Notwithstanding the fact that I am light years away from being half as inspired [...]
Read more...Guest Mesma
Why I dance? …the only person you are in competition with is the individual you know you can become…” – Martha Graham That is the absolute beauty of dance. My relationship with dance is complex and yet simple. I sleep, walk, bathe, eat, wander, dream and suffer with dance. Sometimes because of it. I am [...]
Read more...Guest Author Eva
A life of loving dance by Eva Yaa Asantewaa Dakshina is featuring guest writers on our blog telling us what drew them to dance and the arts. We’re very proud to have Eva Yaa Asantewaa start this series for us. Music touched my life even before I drew my first breath. When she was pregnant [...]
Read more...Royal Ballet Review
June 25, 2009 The Royal Ballet began their Kennedy Center run this week with a mixed program showcasing the company’s strength and versatility. The company is the resident ballet at London’s Covent Garden and is one of the leading dance companies in the world. The ballet offerings ranged from the starkly beautiful “Chroma” by Wayne [...]
Read more...A Fine Balance
The Sensual S–Experiencing Anish Kapoor’s sculpture through movement Recently, I was invited to lead a movement workshop to explore Anish Kapoor’s S-Curve sculpture that is currently on display at the Smithsonian. Dakshina’s senior dancers assisted me in preparing for the workshop and we discovered how masterfully Kapoor used the very still S-Curve to create movement [...]
Read more...S-Curve Feedback
Dakshina lead an interactive workshop with Anish Kapoor’s S-Curve Sculpture at the Sackler Gallery in June. Here are the comments from one participant. Hello Mr. Singh, I just wanted to write and say how much I enjoyed the Sensual S workshop you and the dancers of Dakshina led on Saturday. It greatly enhanced my enjoyment [...]
Read more...Joe Goode Review
Joe Goode: Signature or Formulaic? Sunday, May 3, 2009 at 12:43am Joe Goode Performance Group danced at the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center on May 1-2, 2009 and presented excerpts from his 1996 piece Maverick and the area premiere of Wonderboy. Based in San Francisco, Goode has been exploring and showcasing movement theater works that [...]
Read more...Paul Taylor Review
Paul Taylor: Speaking in Code Monday, March 30, 2009 at 11:21pm Paul Taylor dance company presented three newer works for their Kennedy Center program including “De Suenos,” “De Suenos Que Se Repiten,” and “Beloved Renegade,” his tribute to Walt Whitman. The program showed a breadth of Taylor’s strengths from his quirky dark side to his [...]
Read more...Bill T Jones Review
Bill T Jones: Answering the call, throwing down the gauntlet Wednesday, March 25, 2009 at 11:14am It is humbling to watch genius unfold itself. And that is the what the masterful artist (not just choreographer) Bill T. Jones does. He allows the best effort unfold in each one of his multi-talented collaborators. The Bill T. [...]
Read more...Nrityagram Review
The Legacy Continues Friday, March 20, 2009 at 5:09pm Nrityagram took the stage at Strathmore tonight, and from the opening invocation to the closing celebration it was a study in subtlety and perfection. The company lives in a modern day ashram setting where they devote their lives to dance, music and literature. The dancers displayed [...]
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