by Preethi Bharadwaj Jaipur – The Pink City, a city which caught our senses for the unthinkable amount of shopping we could do!! It all started with short, strenuous and instilling practice sessions to learn Mayuri’s Choreography “Kaali”. On night of May 8, at 23:00 we get a text message from Geetha asking us to report…
Continue reading...It was that time of the year for my get away to teach dance outside Bangalore. My destination was to the classical dancers of Pariniti Kalakendra in Sagara. Sri Gopal Sagar (Director) and Sri Chinmayi (Dance critic) has been in conversation with me for a year and the dates finally materialized during our Republic day….
Continue reading...“STRENGTHEN YOUR ANKLE” by Masoom Parmar This is a general conditioning program. Before you start: i. Warm up – Warm up with 5 to 10 minute of low impact exercises like walking or riding a stationary cycle before starting the exercises. ii. Do not feel pain – Should you feel pain, at any point while…
Continue reading...I’ve always had the travel bug in me. Never had the guts to take a break for few years..How do these youngsters do it? and go around the world. Hence, had to consciously take time out from dancing to freak out. This time Jodhpur was on cards and Madhuri decided to join in the experience….
Continue reading...Guru Sri Kiran Subramanyam offers pearls of wisdom for budding dancers. 1) Keep your practice and performance separate and running parallel to each other. Let one not suffer due to excessive attention on the other. 2) Watch performances. See as many as possible, and not necessarily only your type of dancing. 50% of learning comes…
Continue reading...FAT by Vishwa Kiran Fat or Lipid is an essential aspect of diet. Diet must contain fat for survival and robust vitality. In this short write-up, we shall see how easy it is to store fat and how difficult to get rid of; how one is gulled into doing the wrong exercises and end up…
Continue reading...When we performed for the 15th anniversary celebrations of the Indian Habitat Center at Delhi, the evening turned magical. A few clicks by Avinash Pascricha and Shobha Deepak Singh. Cos SHE is a goddess Cos power intoxicates Laskhmi – The Goddess of Wealth, Consort of Vishnu The movements swirl in light Time, Space and Energy…
Continue reading...Origins in collaboration with Erica Kaufman, a dancer, choreographer,yogini, creative expressionist and contact improviser is conducting a workshop, from the 12th to the 15th, from 12:30 to 2:30 pm in Bangalore. The workshop aims at exploring contact improvisation as a vehicle of discovery, creativity, and expression. In addition, she is working closely with Nancy Stark Smith, one…
Continue reading...AUDITION Components and essentials…. By- Madhuri Upadhya Dance Auditions are a systematic process through which professionals select suitable artists who are required to give a sample performance. If you compare it to other industries it’s more or less like a job interview, only harder because your body cannot lie. In the field of dance, there…
Continue reading...Hindu Paper features Artistic Director, Mayuri Upadhya on winning Bronze for India at the International Choreography Competition, held in South Korea.
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