Artsphere and Dance

World dance day was on 29^th April and what better way to celebrate it than to attend a dance show where all forms of dance were performed. (well almost all)

The show was organised by Artsphere at the Symbiosis  auditorium (Viman nagar)

It was a visual treat, not to mention the music that accompanied it. 

I had seen some of the artists perform earlier like the performers from the Naad Nrityalaya  and had written a blog on them earlier. 

The various form of dance were Kathak, Bharatnatyam, Odissi, Salsa, Contemporary and belly dance accompanied by drum solo.  

  

The Capoeira may look like Dandia but it is actually a Brazilian martial art which was developed during the European colonial era by the slaves, allowing them to express themselves and rebel against suppression through acrobatics, fluid body movements, music and good energy. (The sickle is replaced by the sticks) 

Out of all the items above, what I liked best was the participation of the children with special needs. They had no stage fright and was just rearing to go.  The children along with the teachers presented a jungle and rainbow show followed by a small Djembe performance.  The first video is based entirely on their performance. 

After a long time I got to see a peti (harmonium) on stage  

Some of the advantages of filming near the stage is that you get to capture the sound of the ghungroo and the stomp of the feet. Or for that matter capturing the finer points like these three young ladies standing on their heels, which may be missed out by the audience. 

The second video is a glimpse of all the dance performances. Even though I had longer footage, I had to deliberately shorten it to reduce the overall length (still it runs into two parts) (Here is the second part of the second video)

The selective audience who were very appreciative about the performance. 

 

The team who made it all happen 

Pune Art Hop

Wildlife photography is something many are passionate about, but to explain it in simple terms and how to go about it is what Ishmeet Sahni is good at.

I was observing him and listening to him and most of the things that he said made sense.

One from the audience asked him about workshops to which he replied “Its better that you start off on your own than going for workshops. Focal length, aperture, ISO, one third rule. . . . . all this is going to get you bored even before you start photography.”

One advice that he gave for bird photographers “never stand up when you are shooting a bird. They will simply fly away. A big bus can pass very close to the bird and it will stay put, but a human being stands up and it flies away” 

Some of his work were on display.

You can see more of his work at his Flickr site (click here)

Ishmeet was one of the artists who took part in the Art Hop held by Pune Mirror in Koregaon Park last Sunday.

I tried to cover as much as possible of these 14 locations.

For example when I located and reached the venue for drum circle it was all over and this is what I got:

Personalised cakes by Mohena Ahluwalia. 

Something else that took place at the Art Sphere was the belly dance performance.

Then there was a solo play by Hina titled “Mujhse Shadi Karoge?” (Will you marry me?)

This trio (below) gave a swell performance. While the two girls enacted their part, the boy did a good job on the keyboard. There was a good rapport between them. They were good enough to pose for me (sorry I did not get their names)

There were dances in various forms:

This guy had some photographs from the daily life of Delhi for sale.

Selfies are the order of the day

Young artists tried their hand at painting

While other got themselves painted

Craftwork with rolled papers by Nupur.

Digital art work by Filomina.

There were many paintings and art work on display (and for sale)

This one below was made from audio tape reels by Pooja Kamble. 

There are many more photographs that I am not putting up here.

I think Pune Mirror did a good job in arranging the whole event which included transport from point to point.

I have compiled all the artists and their presentation into a 16 min video (when I say all, I mean what I could possibly cover on that day)

Those who want to see the complete Odissi recital can click here

And for those who want to see the Salsa, click here

Enjoy the video J