Breathe

Overview   The ancient art form of India, yoga where one finds the ultimate expression to life, where the body, mind and spirit is in absolute harmony, yoga is a way of life. Yoga signifies four things: Y for Yukti [reasoning], O for Om [primordial sacred sound] G for gnyan [wisdom] and A for Agni... Continue reading...

Parched

Overview   A river does not understand borders and states, yet we force to divide it, ensuing in an existing situation of extreme scarcity of water. This in itself gives birth to an imposing question of what the future will hold.  This setting empowers a movement vocabulary that is about struggle, confrontation and aggressive behaviour,... Continue reading...

Trishanku

Overview   Borrowing from its namesake mythological character caught between heaven and earth, Trishanku talks about the middleground or limbo between one's goals or desires and one's current state or possessions. As legends go Trishanku, after being denied the passage to heaven by the sage Vasishtha, went to Guru Vishwamitra who agreed to perform the... Continue reading...

Mars

Overview   In our world, men are said to be the functional ones, the physically strong ones, and everything in between. But how does a man cope with all the nuances of life, with expectations from him, with his own standards and targets? Portrayed as being from mars, while women are from venus, the two... Continue reading...

Chakra

Overview   We think of breath as a part of life but Eastern Philosophy dictates both as one and has the same word for it- Atma, this piece explores the idea of breath moving through different forms of dance. Silent, rhythmic, foot-tapping and physical, ‘chakra’ is a story on the cycle of life. The breath... Continue reading...

Bodies have Stories

Overview   Inspired by the mural art and the Mayan culture, Bodies Have Stories explores the geometry of entanglement, and of being alone. Contact technique echoes through this piece as the artists’ bodies come in contact in unconventional manner, creating illusions, and its own identity, before morphing to another illusion. The bodies are only a part... Continue reading...

Matsyangana

Overview   Mythical or legendary – the subject of mermaids has always fascinated us. A popular folklore across regions and cultures like Europe, Africa and Asia, mermaids are sometimes associated with perilous circumstances and sometimes with love and benevolence. We are drawn to their existence and their underwater world. Kama, krodha, lobha, moha, mada, matsarya,... Continue reading...

Lakshmi

Overview   A popular goddess in Hindu mythology, Goddess Lakshmi is the wife and strength of God Vishnu. But that is not her sole identity. She is the goddess of wealth, fortune and prosperity. Her name means knowledge of goal, and her four arms are symbolic of dharma, artha, karma, and moksha. As she sits on a lotus... Continue reading...

Forgo

Overview   In many epics around the world, it seems like it teaches us about the great wars between good and evil; however, it is not the war that we remember. We remember the sacrifices. We remember the heartache in every story and in every epic. Forgo is one such story of sacrifice, the story... Continue reading...

Kali

Overview   Ya Devi sarvabhutayshu shakti-rupena samstita Namastase namastase namastase namo namah Flames for hair, hue of night, She appears naked.. Adorning heads of massacred demons, Blood dripping from her tongue..sitting on pile of corpse. Kali , perhaps the most dramatic form of Devi ever known to mankind. Described in puranas -as kalaratri who appears on... Continue reading...