Strengthen your Knee

Masoom brings another blog in the Health series on how to strengthen your knee. 1.Stretch your IT Band: •Stand with your left foot crossed over your right. Lean your upper body as far as you can to the left without bending your knees. Repeat with your right foot crossed over your left, leaning your upper…

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Choreography process

By Vishwa Kiran Wild flower is based on the concept of “Lookism”. Lookism is actually a term used to describe the phenomenon of how, societally, physically attractive people meet with positive reinforcements. For me, this translates into how eventually physical appearance becomes so vital that it negates everything else, this obsession is one of the…

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In the practice sessions

Catch our practice sessions in pictures. Photo Credit: Nikita Dutt Bajpai

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Prayog 4 – Behind the Scenes 1.0

Take a sneak peek into the rehearsal sessions of our upcoming production “Prayog”…   Latha and Ashwin try some moves Tripataka flying higher The Blow If looks could kill… Setting up the prop for rehearsals. Self help is the best help Getting the synchronization right Interlocked Madhuri in conversation with the dancers Photo credits: Nikita…

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Beginning of the End

by Mayuri Upadhya Choreographers are people of such imagination and vision. Each creator’s drive, concerns vary from each other & from time to time. Inspired by personal, creative, intuitive, technical input each composition takes shape. I for one aspire to reach a realm where I can create and watch my own ‘unforgettable extraordinary theatrical experience’….

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Dance talk

One of the youngest dancers of the company, Niranjan speaks about his experience performing for two different choreographies, viz. Manmatha and Wildflower by Madhuri Upadhya and Vishwakiran Nambi respectively: Photo credit: Ravi Shankar Anything close to your heart will necessarily go beyond your control. Artistic production and visionary experience relates more to life unlike other…

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SHOW MANAGEMENT – PART II

By Geetha Ballal   My previous blog on management covered the primary aspects of a show and.. what I am about to write now is a lot more elaborate and absolute necessary things to do. I am sure if you have made a check list as mentioned in my previous blog and put it to…

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Manmatha premiere on June 1st

Madhuri Updahya on her choreographic piece “Manmatha” As a choreographer my thoughts have always leaned towards combining aesthetics of painting and dance almost like giving picture frames animation. My line of research has always been on 2 dimensionality exploring thematic possibilities linearly and also in lines placed at a choreographic space. Personal stories of dancers…

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KNOW YOUR KNEE

KNOW YOUR KNEE by Masoom The knee is the largest synovial joint of the body. It is also one of the most complexes. The knee is composed of three bones (femur, tibia, and patella) and two articulations (tibiofemoral and patellofemoral). The tibiofemoral joint is formed by two large, bulbous femoral condyles resting on a relatively…

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Student speak

A techie, self confessed art lover and one of our students Narita describes her experience at our dance class. Read on – “Nritarutya follows the traditional way of teaching. The initial training focuses on building up the body to dance which includes stamina building, developing control, balancing, body conditioning, flexibility, alignment aspects. The training period…

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