There is always something that you want to do and you have to do. And at one point, you choose one over the other.. obviously compromising on what you’ve always wanted to do having no strong reason, probably it was just more convenient to do so. But what if you never have to choose! 🙂…
Continue reading...The music CD has just slipped and is repeating a track on its own or just goes ‘kapoot’… ‘1 – 2 -3 -THUD- the side wing has just fallen on the very spot you were just 2 seconds ago.. Ouch!! A nail has just pierced even through the seasoned skin of the feet… How am…
Continue reading...It has always been a wonderful experience to shoot movement and more over to showcase motion in a single frame. For me it was so exciting to capture various compositions and the lighting adding up to the frame. The utilization of space and mixture of dance gestures were just brilliant. Their immense dedication and passion…
Continue reading...Weekends, party, aaram are all synonymous terms, aren’t they? Hmm but last month, its weekends, was a little different for us here at Nritarutya. The entire team traveled to perform at two very famous venues. Even with its radically different environments they equally had a supportive climate for art and dance. Spaces, their cultures and…
Continue reading...As promised…we continue to fill in more on the fitness/diet for dancers…read on The diet of a dancer ideally must consist of about 55-60% carbohydrate, 12-15% protein, and 20-30% fat. During weighty working out and rehearsals the amount of carbohydrate should be augmented to about 65%. The reason is that carbohydrate in the major energy…
Continue reading...I remember feeling excited and nervous, earnest and apprehensive hesitant and confident all at the same time as I entered Kalari Institute of performing arts, the venue of Nritarutya’s dance class for the very first time. As I entered the hall, I was genuinely surprised to be greeted by the sight of a jolly bunch…
Continue reading...And we shall pass our dance, our tradition through these young minds! The most Active, the most Vibrant, very vocal in their Actions! Nritarutya’s Kids Team, at par with their skills and confidence, is trained and taken through several contemporary techniques, basics of classical dances and martial arts as well. Children are encouraged to indulge…
Continue reading...How important is a breather space to an artiste? Only as essential as inhaling and exhaling oxygen or as exciting work coming one’s way. So, my survival instincts made me think up a few things that would take me away from my dance studio and to re-energize I, me ,myself. As part of my “…
Continue reading...Vande Mataram!!! This 26th January, NRITARUTYA, Indian Contemporary Dance Company offers its tribute to the nation at the Chitrakala Parishat. A live, contemporary movement experiment bringing the idea of Ashoka Chakra to spin over, this is a tribute to the nation’s Constitution. Watch out as the Property turns into a magnanimous dance sculpture used by…
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