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Heart beats and rests, lungs fill and subside: muscles demand rests from effort. Even in a general world of matter, tension and relaxation seem to operate as a law, energy filled day followed by the restful night: or the project that takes months of effort, followed by a vacation. I decided it’s time my team…

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In the business of dancing…

Artistic director Mayuri Upadhya’s article about the business of dance was published in “The Asian Age” . Read the article here.   I’m a professional dancer. A few years ago the answer to “what do you do?” assured me of amused reactions. From raised eye-brows, stupid stares to utter fascination. From being asked “Ok…you dance, but what is it that you do for a living?” to “Dancer,…

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Makeup – Ramp v/s Stage

One of India’s leading make up artiste Ralph Daniels talks about the differences between the make up for ramp and stage. Excerpts…   Makeup for the ramp and for a dance performance has a few things in common, but there is quite a lot of difference too.          Makeup for the ramp…

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Legalities in Dance

Associate director Geetha Ballal throws some light on legalities involved in a dance production. Read on… Legalities – the word is enough to put everything in perspective and see what we have been doing… Working for a dance company for the last 14 years, I can only say that this word holds more and more…

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Managing the Stage.

Masoom Parmar reminisces about stage management for our production “Madhur Milan”. Excerpts… A year and eight months and I have my wings tested big time… After working for so long under the watchful eyes of GBa (that is Geetha Ballal for starters), I had to handle backstage for Nritarutya’s musical “Madhur Milan” without her. This…

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Aerial Rigging for Madhur Milan

Gaurang Swarge of Natura Adventure Crew reminisces working on Nritarutya’s production “Madhur Milan” at Mumbai. Excerpts… We were approached by Artistic Director, Mayuri Upadhya for multiple aerial entries and exits for their upcoming production Madhur Milan. This event will be known to us for the host of challenges that were thrown at us from different…

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