This summer in Liverpool, it was one thing to be able to learn from artists like Rama Vaidyanathan and Bragha Bessel, but completely another to learn from them in the day, discuss their choreographic approaches with them in the afternoon, and watch them perform live on stage in the evening. Followed by a post-show discussion over breakfast the next day, for 7 days. The intensity of contact time with them at Dance India 2017 allowed a rare 360-degree intimacy, revealing more about their creative processes, personalities, approaches and journeys than I had imagined I could know.
On one of these evenings, as part of Indika Festival, Rama Vaidyanathan and daughter Dakshina performed a full length show to an audience that leapt up for a standing ovation. Continue reading
Rediscovering Dance 