Mountains

Music for Kathak / Contemporary show by Aditi Mangaldas

Rosa

From Kathak/Contemporary Dance show Forbidden by Aditi Mangaldas

Rage

Opening

From the soundtrack of Contemporary Dance show Far From Home by Alleyne Dance Company.

Moving Fingers

Vara - A Blessing. A feature film by Khyentse Norbu.

In rural India, a young woman named Lila and her mother Vinata, a temple dancer wed to a Hindu god, find themselves on the fringes of society, struggling to make ends meet.

Vara - A Blessing. Excerpt 3

Girl Connected. Documentary by Koen Suidgeest. Music by Nicki Wells.

About:
Five teenage girls use their individual strengths to tackle gender discrimination and violence in their communities. In Bangladesh, Peru, Jordan, India and Kenya, each of the five young women inspires her peers to transform their own lives. Though each finds her talents in a different field, their stories portray hope for a brighter future for all young adults.

Girl Connected - End Credits

Girl Connected - Latifa

Girl Connected - Dust Settling

Drawing the Line by Howard Brenton. Directed by Howard Davies.

London, 1947. Summoned by the Prime Minister from the Court where he is presiding judge, Cyril Radcliffe is given an unlikely mission. He is to travel to India, a country he has never visited, and, with limited survey information, no expert support and no knowledge of cartography, he is to draw the border which will divide the Indian sub-continent into two new Sovereign Dominions. To make matters even more challenging, he has only six weeks to complete the task.

Drawing the Line. Theatrical Play. Excerpt 3

Contemporary dance show Murmur delves into the world of the warped and exaggerated realities experienced by those who suffer from dyslexia. Using the ancient language of Kathak dance fused with contemporary dance and cutting edge technology from ARS Electronica Futurelab. The piece uses light, mapping, mechanics and music by Nicki Wells to weave a narrative around dyslexia.

Aakash Odedra. Murmur. Battle of Self

I Imagine is an exploration of the dynamism of dance-theatre by embodying three generations of immigrants through masks and acting. The result? An intuitive and humorous story of migration and identity. This piece was co-created with spokenword artist Sabrina Mahfouz whose voice opens the dozens of suitcases piled on stage, thus unveiling heart-felt stories that Aakash’s characters share with us.

“I Imagine is not only a superb piece of dance theatre, but a thought-provoking one, and most definitely one for our time”. The Dancing Times

Aakash Odedra. I imagine. Words

#JeSuis explores the relevance of a life in conflict. Inspired by the disconnect between media stories about war, displacement and erosion of freedom and the lived experience, #JeSuis brings the choreographic lens to focus on a group of dancers from the middle east where human catastrophe is a daily given. Using the real life stories of his bonded ensemble of Turkish dancers, Aakash’s collaboration reflects his positive history of dance creation since 2011, with Fabiana Piccioli designing lighting and Nicki Wells composing the music.

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