Spectrum 2025 - Day 1

Name: Spectrum 2025 - Day 1
Start: 2025-02-07T18:30:00+05:30
Location: Tata Theatre: NCPA

Schedule

Fri, 07 Feb, 2025 at 06:30 pm

UTC+05:30

Location

Tata Theatre: NCPA | Mumbai, MH

Naama Mhane… - Bharatanatyam by Vaibhav Arekar & troupe and NRITYAVYVIDHYAM – a variety of dances - Uday Shankar Style of Dance by Tanusree Shankar Dance Company Vaibhav Arekar, one of India’s leading male Bharatanatyam soloists, has trained under virtuoso teachers Saroja Srinath, Thangamani Nagarajan and Dr. Kanak Rele. Arekar has a BFA and MFA from Nalanda Nritya Kala Mahavidyalaya. He has been a recipient of Singar Mani by Sur Singar Samsad and Narthaka Nipuna awards. He is the founder of Sankhya Dance Company. Naama Mhane…, far from being an episodic enactment of Sant Namdev’s life, portrays his journey from being an individual identity to a philosophical concept. The choreography by Arekar, evolved as a response to the spiritual awakening that affected Sant Naamdev, uses traditional interpretations, abstract narrations and classical motifs. It explores and examines various components of Bharatanatyam in its individual capacity to empower the dancer to lift the self and the spectators to an experiential state called 'bhakti’. A dancer of international repute, Tanusree Shankar is the choreographer and the chief inspiration of the dance company that bears her name. She has trained under Amala Shankar and developed a unique choreography based on Uday Shankar’s style of dance. Shankar is a recipient of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 2011 for her contribution towards Creative and Experimental Dance. Her dance company has toured extensively performing at prestigious venues such as Carnegie Hall in New York, The Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. and Queen Elizabeth Hall in London. She has interacted with various contemporary American and British dance companies and institutions and is always enthused at the prospect of artistic collaborations. She has recently started workshops in Mumbai that teach the Uday Shankar style of dance. The Tanusree Shankar Dance Company Pvt. Ltd. will present dances based on Uday Shankar's style of Dance, that are Indian in origin and spirit, modern in presentation and universal and timeless in appeal. Nrityavyvidhyam – a variety of dances, is a collection of short thematic pieces based on the environment, the social milieu, the five senses and others choreographed by Tanusree Shankar. This presentation has been supported by Voltas under its CSR initiative.