Entries by Dance Bridges
Contemporary ART+ Performance, a talk with Anirudh Chari
Dance Bridges had the pleasure to co-present with the British Council Kolkata an interactive session on Contemporary ART + Performance focussed on contemporary artists in the UK led by Kolkata based curator and cultural theorist Anirudh Chari. The talk was followed by a session of improvisation looking at art as a point of departure for inspiration […]
CINARS Biennale 2018
‘Since 1984, every two years in Montreal, CINARS has been organizing one of the most important international showcases and networking events, gathering more than 1 900 professionals hailing from over 54 countries including 433 show presenters, some of whom are the most influential in the business. During one week, 170 shows from Quebec, elsewhere in […]
t2’s tryst with MR Twinkletoes — Stefano Fardelli
Artist interview with Stefano Fardelli for The Telegraph t2 by Anannya Sarkar. Read the article online here. When we met Italian dancer Stefano Fardelli, he had just walked into The Doodle Room in Hazra with the swagger of a fashion model dressed in all black, his affability belying the fact that he had just been […]
Iranian artiste Makan Ashgvari’s experiments with sound and words
Artist interview with Makan Ashgvari for The Telegraph t2 by Anannya Sarkar. Read the full article online here As an electronic musician, Makan Ashgvari likes to weave his surroundings into his creative work, like the sound of trucks lumbering on the roads of Tehran where he lives. As an artiste, Makan refuses to be compartmentalised, and […]
Aerowaves & Spotlight USA 2018 (Bulgaria)
March 2018 saw the Dance Bridges team represented by Pierre Palluet and Vanessa Maria Mirza at two international dance platforms in Bulgaria. It was a great honour to be the only Indian Festival participating in both these prestigious international events. Aerowaves’s annual festival Spring Forward festival was held in Sofia from 23rd-25th March, 2018 in […]
Lucas Viallefond of Paris Opera School decodes Modern Dance
We were delighted to present a modern dance workshop with French artist, Lucas Viallefond, a modern dancer and a teacher at the Paris Opera School. http://lucasviallefond.com/en/ The two-hour class was based on the Jooss-Leeder technique, developed by Hans Züllig and Jean Cébron, with contemporary barre work. We had a wonderful response with dancers from different parts of […]
Dance Improvisation Jam
We hosted our first Dance Improvisation Jam with young dancers gathering in The Doodle Room and guests artists Devarshi Kar(Percussionist) and Abhishek Banerjee (Visual Artist) adding to the flavour of the evening. It was a special night as creative energy flowed through the room, and sparked new ideas for dance collaborations and projects. Thanks once […]