When We Move
By Suhaee Abro
When We MoveJul 08, 2020
When we move - Episode 14 TRAILER
Episode 14 TRAILER - When we move is a series of conversations based on movement, the body, art, dance, the heart, mind and life.
Releasing Friday, October 2nd, 2020.
Ahsan Bari, a singer, songwriter, producer, lyricist and multi-instrumentalist. He is the front man of Sounds of Kolachi, is a Masters of Physics; he has also studied a range of musical forms at the National Academy of Performing Arts in Karachi. In March/April 2017, Sounds of Kolachi, Pakistan's first progressive world music ensemble, went on tour of the USA, with a month long showcase of live shows all across the country, aimed at introducing new music from Pakistan to American audiences and to the South Asian diaspora.
To watch or hear previous episodes, click on this link: https://suhaee.com/podcast/
Artwork by Abro Khuda Bux
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When we move - Episode 13 with Lucia Moretti
Episode 13 - When we move is a series of conversations based on movement, the body, art, dance, the heart, mind and life.
Lucia started exploring dance as a young child from classical ballet to contemporary as well as martial arts in her hometown, Torino, Italy. She continued to study at Accademia "Company and Company" in Barcelona, Spain. Later, she interned and studied with a scholarship at Nuova Officina Della Danza, N.O.D. She has danced for Artmedia company and collaborated as a freelance dancer and choreographer with many incredible artists and companies such as Keren Rosenberg, Erion Kruja and Phil Hulford, Tobiah Booth-Remmers at the Derida dance Company in Sofia, Bulgaria for the creation of her solo: "La Loba", performed between Bulgaria and Greece. In 2017, she created the performative collective L.B.W.L -Look, but with love with Suhaee Abro; a meeting between different cultures and art forms between the two artists. Lucia has also performed at the Karachi Arts Council, Pakistan with this project. Currently she is a freelance dancer in different projects around Italy and Europe.
Introduction music by Eran Sabo
Photo credit: Alex Forge and Alexandrina
Lucia Moretti: https://www.instagram.com/____lusiamm/
To watch or hear previous episodes, click on this link: https://suhaee.com/podcast/
Artwork by Abro Khuda Bux
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When we move - Episode 13 TRAILER
Episode 13 TRAILER - When we move is a series of conversations based on movement, the body, art, dance, the heart, mind and life.
Releasing Saturday, September 12th, 2020.
Lucia started exploring dance as a young child from classical ballet to contemporary as well as martial arts in her hometown, Torino, Italy. She continued to study at Accademia "Company and Company" in Barcelona, Spain. Later, she interned and studied with a scholarship at Nuova Officina Della Danza, N.O.D. She has danced for Artmedia company and collaborated as a freelance dancer and choreographer with many incredible artists and companies such as Keren Rosenberg, Erion Kruja and Phil Hulford, Tobiah Booth-Remmers at the Derida dance Company in Sofia, Bulgaria for
the creation of her solo: "La Loba", performed between Bulgaria and Greece. In 2017, she created the performative collective L.B.W.L -Look, but with love with Suhaee Abro; a meeting between different cultures and art forms between the two artists. Lucia has also performed at the Karachi Arts Council, Pakistan with this project. Currently she is a freelance dancer in different projects around Italy and Europe.
To watch or hear previous episodes, click on this link: https://suhaee.com/podcast/
Artwork by Abro Khuda Bux
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When we move - Episode 12 with Kaif Ghaznavi
Episode 12 - When we move is a series of conversations based on movement, the body, art, dance, the heart, mind and life.
Every Friday.
An undergraduate of National College of Arts and graduate from California College of Arts, Kaif Ghaznavi aims to create healthy dialogue of cultural practises within the community by curating 'Bunvat Festival' annually. She believes in celebrating culture through the vehicle of music, dance and theatre focusing on Urdu Language. Her portfolio for the variety of platforms she performs for, informs us that she carefully chooses her content with the impact on the society taking precedent. She runs the KaifWala Foundation with the sole purpose of giving back to the society by becoming patron to rural and small town artists. Ghaznavi is currently holding a position of HoD Media Sciences at Iqra University.
To watch or hear previous episodes, click on this link: https://suhaee.com/podcast/
Music credit: Bunvat Festival 2017, 'THUMRI –lut uljhi suljha Raag Bihaag', Kaif Ghaznavi: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUlhe8Aw_K8
Artwork by Abro Khuda Bux
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When we move - Episode 12 TRAILER
Episode 12 TRAILER - When we move is a series of conversations based on movement, the body, art, dance, the heart, mind and life.
Releasing Friday, September 4th, 2020.
An undergraduate of National College of Arts and graduate from California College of Arts, Kaif Ghaznavi aims to create healthy dialogue of cultural practises within the community by curating 'Bunvat Festival' annually. She believes in celebrating culture through the vehicle of music, dance and theatre focusing on Urdu Language. Her portfolio for the variety of platforms she performs for, informs us that she carefully chooses her content with the impact on the society taking precedent. She runs the KaifWala Foundation with the sole purpose of giving back to the society by becoming patron to rural and small town artists. Ghaznavi is currently holding a position of HoD Media Sciences at Iqra University.
To watch or hear previous episodes, click on this link: https://suhaee.com/podcast/
Artwork by Abro Khuda Bux
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When we move - Episode 11 with Luc Jacobs
Episode 11 - When we move is a series of conversations based on movement, the body, art, dance, the heart, mind and life.
Every Friday.
With Luc Jacobs who taught us for a week or two during my course at Nuova Officina Della Danza. He was definitely someone I learnt a lot from during the time he spent with us in the dance studio in Torino, Italy as N.O.D students but this conversation has also been a very special one.
Luc Jacobs studied Ballet and Gaga. He is an independent choreographer. Luc danced with the Royal Ballet of Flanders in Belgium, Deutsche Opera Berlin and Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo. In 2002, Luc joined the Carte Blanche and later that year Batsheva Dance Company. Since 2005 to 2020, Luc has been the rehearsal director of the Batsheva Dance Company. Luc has choreographed for the Batsheva dancers through the years.
To watch or hear previous episodes, click on this link: https://suhaee.com/podcast/
Artwork by Abro Khuda Bux
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When we move - Episode 11 TRAILER
Episode 11 TRAILER - When we move is a series of conversations based on movement, the body, art, dance, the heart, mind and life.
Releasing Friday, August 28th, 2020.
With Luc Jacobs who taught us for a week or two during my course at Nuova Officina Della Danza. He was definitely someone I learnt a lot from during the time he spent with us in the dance studio in Torino, Italy as N.O.D students but this conversation has also been a very special one.
Luc Jacobs studied Ballet and Gaga. He is an independent choreographer. Luc danced with the Royal Ballet of Flanders in Belgium, Deutsche Opera Berlin and Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo. In 2002, Luc joined the Carte Blanche and later that year Batsheva Dance Company. Since 2005 to 2020, Luc has been the rehearsal director of the Batsheva Dance Company. Luc has choreographed for the Batsheva dancers through the years.
To watch or hear previous episodes, click on this link: https://suhaee.com/podcast/
Artwork by Abro Khuda Bux
#podcast #lucjacobs #gravity #sensation #meditation #movement #conversations #life #art #gagadance #dance #weight #performingarts #artist
When we move - Episode 10 with Nadia Iftkhar
Episode 10 - When we move is a series of conversations based on movement, the body, art, dance, the heart, mind and life.
Nadia Iftkhar being half English and half Kashmiri having roots in the part of it of what is Pakistan today. She is a professional dance artist based in the North East. She has over 15 years’ experience working in a diverse range of settings, including work with companies such as; Talawa Young People’s Theatre, Tyneside Women’s Health, and Janice Parker Projects.
To date she has made and collaborated on over 20 works that have been performed at Northern Stage, Maltings Berwick, Sadlers Wells, Dance City, Konzerthaus Wien, Theatre Royal Newcastle, MuTh and SommerTheatre Detmold.
Her work is honest storytelling of the human experience told through movement, spoken word and film. She is interested in people, the stories they hold, the things that happen to them throughout their lives; how they survive the most traumatic situations and how they celebrate the joyous moments in life.
Nadia serves as the Artistic Director as well as CEO for Company of Others and trustee of Newcastle East mixed multi Academy Trust
To watch the vodcast (YouTube) and hear the podcast (various platforms), you will find the links to it on: https://suhaee.com/podcast/
Artwork by Abro Khuda Bux
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When we move - Episode 10 TRAILER
Episode 10 TRAILER - When we move is a series of conversations based on movement, the body, art, dance, the heart, mind and life.
Releasing Friday, August 21st, 2020.
Nadia Iftkhar being half English and half Kashmiri having roots in the part of it of what is Pakistan today. She is a professional dance artist based in the North East. She has over 15 years’ experience working in a diverse range of settings, including work with companies such as; Talawa Young People’s Theatre, Tyneside Women’s Health, and Janice Parker Projects.
To date she has made and collaborated on over 20 works that have been performed at Northern Stage, Maltings Berwick, Sadlers Wells, Dance City, Konzerthaus Wien, Theatre Royal Newcastle, MuTh and SommerTheatre Detmold.
Her work is honest storytelling of the human experience told through movement, spoken word and film. She is interested in people, the stories they hold, the things that happen to them throughout their lives; how they survive the most traumatic situations and how they celebrate the joyous moments in life.
Nadia serves as the Artistic Director as well as CEO for Company of Others and trustee of Newcastle East mixed multi Academy Trust
To watch the vodcast (YouTube) and hear the podcast (various platforms), you will find the links to it on: https://suhaee.com/podcast/
Artwork by Abro Khuda Bux
Company of Others: https://www.companyofothers.org.uk/company/
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When we move - Episode 9 with Imran Nafees Siddiqui
Episode 9 - When we move is a series of conversations based on movement, the body, art, dance, the heart, mind and life.
Every Friday.
Episode 9, with Imran Nafees Siddiqui or Akka as most of us fondly know him as is a performing and visual artist as well as a social activist who uses the power of art for his expression, be it theater, dance, film, visual art, performance or photography. With an education background in Social Sciences, Imran’s association with a variety of projects is based on the basic premise of training and development through creativity. He has pioneered platforms for expression through research, training, theater, workshops, exhibitions and books by virtue of which he has channelized the talent and the ‘need to express’ of many people including women and children in under-developed areas of the country. Besides being a gender trainer, and researcher to many writers, directors and actors for his theatre group, Dugdugi, Imran offers his skills as creative counselor and trainer to individuals/groups/organizations, and a myriad of human rights organizations. He also teaches theatre and movement.
Photograph credits: Olomopolo Media and various
To watch the vodcast (YouTube) and hear the podcast (various platforms), you will find the links to it on: https://suhaee.com/podcast/
Artwork by Abro Khuda Bux
#podcast #imrannafeessiddiqui #dance #creativity #life #pakistan #movement #conversations #life #art #classicaldance #theatre #southasian #performingarts #stillness #urduconversations
When we move - Episode 9 TRAILER
Episode 9 TRAILER - When we move is a series of conversations based on movement, the body, art, dance, the heart, mind and life.
Releasing Thursday, August 13th, 2020. Episode 9, with Imran Nafees Siddiqui or Akka as most of us fondly know him as is a performing and visual artist as well as a social activist who uses the power of art for his expression, be it theater, dance, film, visual art, performance or photography. With an education background in Social Sciences, Imran’s association with a variety of projects is based on the basic premise of training and development through creativity. He has pioneered platforms for expression through research, training, theater, workshops, exhibitions and books by virtue of which he has channelized the talent and the ‘need to express’ of many people including women and children in under-developed areas of the country. Besides being a gender trainer, and researcher to many writers, directors and actors for his theatre group, Dugdugi, Imran offers his skills as creative counselor and trainer to individuals/groups/organizations, and a myriad of human rights organizations. He also teaches theatre and movement.
Photograph credits: Olomopolo Media and various
To watch the vodcast (YouTube) and hear the podcast (various platforms), you will find the links to it on: https://suhaee.com/podcast/
Artwork by Abro Khuda Bux
#podcast #imrannafeessiddiqui #dance #creativity #life #pakistan #movement #conversations #life #art #classicaldance #theatre #southasian #performingarts #stillness #urduconversations
When we move - Episode 8 with Rukmini Vijayakumar
Episode 8 - When we move is a series of conversations based on movement, the body, art, dance, the heart, mind and life.
Every Friday.
Episode 8 is with Rukmini Vijayakumar, a Bharatanatyam dancer, the artistic director of Raadha Kalpa Dance Company, and the director of Lshva, a space for artists. She is known for her unique style and approach to the practice of Bharatanatyam. Her strength lies in her dedicated and rigorous practice and layered knowledge of Bharatanatyam. Rukmini has developed a pedagogical system that approaches Bharatanatyam in a systematic analytical manner that trains the body progressively while cultivating creative exploration. She has performed as a soloist all over the world, including the Jacobs Pillow, The Drive east festival, LaMama Theater NYC, Korzo Theater, amongst numerous other venues. She was noticed for her role as “the goddess of love” in Pandit Ravi Shankar’s Opera, ‘Sukanya’, produced by The Royal Opera house, London.
She began her bharatanatyam practice under Guru Padmini Rao, Guru Sundari Santhanam and Guru Narmada. Her style is greatly influenced by Karanas, an ancient movement practice of India. A Graduate of the Boston Conservatory, Rukmini’s process of creation is both traditional and contemporary. She was a recipient of the Kylian grant for choreography and a resident choreographer at Korzo theater, Netherlands in 2018. Rukmini continues to to create extensively in the traditional format of presentation. Her productions, Nayani, Prabhavati, Abhimata, Talattu and The Dark Lord have toured india and the world extensively. Her more recent work, Turiya, MALA, The Muse and Unrequited were created within the contemporary idiom and have been appreciated for their creative approach to the bharatanatyam vocabulary.
Also an actor, Rukmini has had the privilege of working with some of the best Filmmakers in the Indian film industry. She has worked with Bharathi Raja, Mani Ratnam, R Balki, Harsha, and Soundarya Rajanikanth. She was nominated for the Filmfare award, best supporting actress for her role in “Bhajarangi”.
Photograph credit: https://www.newsbugz.com/rukmini-vijayakumar-wiki-biography-age-movies-family-images/
Rukmini Vijayakumar website https://rukminivijayakumar.com/
To watch the vodcast (YouTube) and hear the podcast (various platforms), you will find the links to it on: https://suhaee.com/podcast/
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#podcast #rukminivijayakumar #dance #spirituality #bharatanatyam #dancetheatre #movement #conversations #life #art #bangalore #india #southasian #performingarts #classicalart "
When we move - Episode 8 TRAILER
Episode 8 TRAILER - When we move is a series of conversations based on movement, the body, art, dance, the heart, mind and life.
Releasing Friday, July 31st, 2020.
Rukmini Vijayakumar, is the artistic director of Raadha Kalpa Dance Company. She is known for her unique style and approach to the practice of Bharatanatyam. Rukmini has developed a pedagogical system that approaches Bharatanatyam in a systematic analytical manner that trains the body progressively while cultivating creative exploration. She has performed as a soloist all over the world, including the Jacobs Pillow, The Drive east festival, LaMama Theater NYC, Korzo Theater, amongst numerous other venues. She was noticed for her role as “the goddess of love” in Pandit Ravi Shankar’s Opera, ‘Sukanya’, produced by The Royal Opera house, London.
Also an actor, Rukmini has had the privilege of working with some of the best Filmmakers in the Indian film industry. She has worked with Bharathi Raja, Mani Ratnam, R Balki, Harsha, and Soundarya Rajanikanth. She was nominated for the Filmfare award, best supporting actress for her role in “Bhajarangi”.
To watch the previous Episode on various platforms, you will find the links to it on: https://suhaee.com/podcast/
Artwork by Abro Khuda Bux
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When we move - Episode 7 with Ditta Miranda Jasjfi
Episode 7 - When we move is a series of conversations based on movement, the body, art, dance, the heart, mind and life.
Every Friday.
Episode 7 is with Ditta Miranda is originally from Jakarta, Indonesia living in Germany for more than 30 years. As a child she studied ballet and folk Indonesian dance forms. She later went on to major in Japanese literature and after that to study Dance at the Folkwang University of the Arts, Germany and since year 2000 to present, she has been performing with the dance company, Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch. She is known for her role as the "chosen one" in Pina's "Rite of Spring" and many other solos she choreographed herself that she has performed as part of the company's productions. Ditta is also seen in various music videos, dance documentaries particularly Wim Wender’s 2011 film, Pina which was a tribute to the late German choreographer, Pina Bausch, as her dancers perform her most famous creations.
Photograph credit: Dr. Klein
To watch the vodcast (YouTube) and hear the podcast (various platforms), you will find the links to it on: https://suhaee.com/podcast/
Artwork by Abro Khuda Bux
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When we move - Episode 7 TRAILER
Episode 7 TRAILER - When we move is a series of conversations based on movement, the body, art, dance, the heart, mind and life.
Releasing Friday, July 24th, 2020.
Ditta Miranda is originally from Jakarta, Indonesia living in Germany for more than 30 years. As a child she studied ballet and folk Indonesian dance forms. She later went on to major in Japanese literature and after that to study Dance at the Folkwang University of the Arts, Germany and since year 2000 to present, she has been performing with the @tanztheaterwuppertal Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch. She is known for her role as the "chosen one" in Pina's "Rite of Spring" and many other solos she choreographed and performed as part of the company's productions.
To watch the previous Episode on various platforms, you will find the links to it on: https://suhaee.com/podcast/
Artwork by Abro Khuda Bux
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When we move - Episode 6 with Sarmad Sultan Khoosat
Episode 6 - When we move is a series of conversations based on movement, the body, art, dance, the heart, mind and life.
Every Friday.
Episode 6 is with Sarmad Sultan Khoosat, who is Pakistani actor and director for film/TV and theatre. He is also a producer and screenwriter. He rose to prominence during the late 1990s, when he created the sitcom Shashlik which ran for over three years on PTV (Pakistan Television). Along with giving many hits as a tv/film director, such as humsafar, baaghi and mein manto, in October 2018 he delivered a 24-hour-long live act, No Time To Sleep, enacting the last 24 hours of a death row prisoner’s life, a performance which earned him critical appreciation.
His upcoming directorial film Zindagi Tamasha (circus of life) will be released soon. It has been awarded the prestigious Kim Ji-Seok award at the Busan International Film Festival.
Links:
FB: https://www.facebook.com/SarmadKhoosatOfficial/
INSTAGRAM: @sarmadkhoosat
To watch the vodcast (YouTube) and hear the podcast (various platforms), you will find the links to it on: https://suhaee.com/podcast/
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When we move - Episode 6 TRAILER
Episode 6 TRAILER - When we move is a series of conversations based on movement, the body, art, dance, the heart, mind and life.
Releasing Friday, July 17th, 2020.
Sarmad Khoosat Official is Pakistan's renowned film, theatre and tv director and actor. In this episode of When we move podcast he speaks about the importance of movement, rhythm, body language and limitations as a director and an actor.
To watch the previous Episode on various platforms, you will find the links to it on: https://suhaee.com/podcast/
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When we move - Episode 5 with Amna Mawaz Khan
Episode 5 - When we move is a series of conversations based on movement, the body, art, dance, the heart, mind and life.
Every Friday.
Episode 5 is with Amna Mawaz Khan, who began her training in at the age of 11 years under the dance legend Indu Mitha. With an emphasis on Bharatanatyam, she has also learnt and explored Kathak, Uday Shankar and Pakistani folk dances.
From 2016 to 2018, Amna was appointed head choreographer and dance instructor of the permanent dance ensemble, the National Performing Arts Group, at the Pakistan National Council of Arts. During this time, she choreographed 3 dance pieces, Barzakh, Situation 101 and Mehergarh with the group ranging from 13 to 22 dancers.
In 2016, Amna attended a short course in choreology and choreography from Trinity Laban Conservatoire in Greenwich, England. She has performed and given workshops across Pakistan as well as in Switzerland, China, America, India and the United Kingdom.
Amna is a part of the Awami Workers Party, Women Democratic Front, and has been active in and organized movements for housing rights, the women's movement, as well as indigenous people’s struggles, environmental issues, students, peasants, transgenders, and persecuted religious and ethnic groups.
A strong believer in art being a powerful tool of social change, Amna is also part of the progressive art collective Laal Hartaal, and often works with the Pakistan National Council of the Arts, Kuch Khaas and Theatrewallay in their creative productions.
She is currently mentoring with Bharatanatyam guru Subashini Ganesan, the current Creative Laureate of the city of Portland (Oregon, USA).
Links to her pages:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Anarchistani
FB:https://www.facebook.com/amnamawazkhan/?ref=br_tf&epa=SEARCH_BOX
INSTAGRAM: @amnadabbadoo
Photocredit: Snober Abbasi
To watch the vodcast (YouTube) and hear the podcast (various platforms), you will find the links to it on: https://suhaee.com/podcast/
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When we move - Episode 5 TRAILER
Episode 5 - When we move is a series of conversations based on movement, the body, art, dance, the heart, mind and life.
Releasing Friday, July 10th, 2020.
Episode 5 is with Amna Mawaz Khan, a Bharatanatyam dancer, she has also learnt and explored Kathak, Uday Shankar and Pakistani folk dances. Amna is a part of the Awami Workers Party, Women Democratic Front, and has been active in and organized movements for housing rights, the women's movement, as well as indigenous people’s struggles, environmental issues, students, peasants, transgenders, and persecuted religious and ethnic groups. A strong believer in art being a powerful tool of social change, Amna is also part of the progressive art collective Laal Hartaal, and often works with the Pakistan National Council of the Arts, Kuch Khaas and Theatrewallay in their creative productions. She has performed and given workshops across Pakistan as well as in Switzerland, China, America, India and the United Kingdom. She is currently mentoring with Bharatanatyam guru Subashini Ganesan, the current Creative Laureate of the city of Portland (Oregon, USA)
To watch the previous Episode on various platforms, you will find the links to it on: https://suhaee.com/podcast/
Artwork by Abro Khuda Bux
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When we move - Episode 4 with Rakesh Sukesh
Episode 4 - When we move is a series of conversations based on movement, the body, art, dance, the heart, mind and life.
Every Friday.
Episode 4 is with Rakesh Sukesh who is from South India but currently living in Belgium. He is a Kalarippayattu and yoga practioner as well as a contemporary dancer. He started his Contemporary dance journey in 2003 with Attakkalarri in Bangalore. Since 2009 Rakesh has been working on developing a contemporary movement method called Payatt INtransit - using Kalarippayattu and contemporary movement techniques, yoga and energy work. He has been invited to teach Payatt INtransit at various festivals and for companies such as Sidi Larbi’s company, Ultima Vez, Impuls Tanz Vienna, Deltebre Danza Spain. He travels around the world working with Dance companies and festivals. He also works as freelance Performer/ Choreographer, collaborating with various artists from different genres. In 2014 he was a certified yoga teacher from Shivananda school of yoga. He currently lives and works by dividing his time between Europe and Asia. Sanskar India is the brainchild of Rakesh and Narendra as a way to bring world-class dance education to India/south east asia and integrate into the international dance community.
He is currently co-directing a festival in India along with Narendra Patil - Sanskar India: https://www.sanskarindia.org/
Photocredit: DAR
To watch the vodcast (YouTube) and hear the podcast (various platforms), you will find the links to it on: https://suhaee.com/podcast/
Artwork by Abro Khuda Bux
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When we move - Episode 4 TRAILER
Episode 4 - When we move is a series of conversations based on movement, the body, art, dance, the heart, mind and life.
Releasing Friday, July 3rd, 2020.
Episode 4 is with Rakesh Sukesh who is from India living currently in Belgium. He is a practitioner of Kallaripayattu, Contemporary dance and Yoga. He started his Contemporary dance journey in 2003 with Attakkalarri in Bangalore. Since 2009 Rakesh has been working on developing a contemporary movement method called Payatt INtransit - using Kalarippayattu and contemporary movement techniques, yoga and energy work. He has been invited to teach Payatt INtransit at various festivals and for companies such as Sidi Larbi’s company, Ultima Vez, Impuls Tanz Vienna, Deltebre Danza Spain. He travels around the world working with Dance companies and festivals. He also works as freelance Performer/ Choreographer, collaborating with various artists from different genres. In 2014 he was a certified yoga teacher from Shivananda school of yoga. He currently lives and works by dividing his time between Europe and Asia. Sanskar India is the brainchild of Rakesh and Narendra as a way to bring world-class dance education to India/south east asia and integrate into the international dance community.
To watch the previous Episode on various platforms, you will find the links to it on: https://suhaee.com/podcast/
Artwork by Abro Khuda Bux
#podcast #movement #conversations #dance #life #art #martialart #yoga
When we move - Episode 3 with Farah Yasmeen Shaikh
Episode 3 - When we move is a series of conversations based on movement, the body, art, dance, the heart, mind and life.
Every Friday.
Episode 3 is with Farah Yasmeen Shaikh, an internationally touring artist practicing the Indian classical dance form, Kathak. Born, brought up and living in California, U.S.A, she received her training for two decades by the late Pandit Chitresh Das.
Farah is known for her powerful and evocative storytelling, technical precision, delicacy and grace - bringing a clairvoyant voice to the contemporary stage, while simultaneously maintaining the traditional aspects of Kathak.
Farah is a former member of the Chitresh Das Dance Company and former instructor of the Chhandam School of Kathak. Touring extensively with the company nationally and internationally since 1998 and later as a soloist with her first solo performance in 2007.
In 2015, Farah presented her first full length production of her own original choreography - The Twentieth Wife - a performance of Farah as the solo dancer through an adaptation of a novel by Indu Sundaresan of the same title, including live musical accompaniment and multimedia. Farah continues to tour the follow up to this project, The Forgotten Empress, with an original script written by playwright and director, Matthew Spangler.
In 2016, Farah founded her own organization, Noorani Dance, providing in depth training to students ages 5 and up.
For more on Farah and Noorani Dance: https://nooranidance.com/farah-yasmeen-shaikh
Intro music credits: Shehroz Hussain (Sitar), Yousuf Kerai (Tabla), Farah Yasmeen Shaikh (singing)
To watch the vodcast (YouTube) and hear the podcast (various platforms), you will find the links to it on: suhaee.com/podcast/
Artwork by Abro Khuda Bux
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When we move - Episode 3 TRAILER
Episode 3 TRAILER - When we move is a series of conversations based on movement, the body, art, dance, the heart, mind and life.
Releasing Friday, June 26th, 2020.
Farah Yasmeen Shaikh is an internationally touring Kathak artist, and the Founder and Artistic Director of Noorani Dance, having received her training for two decades by the late Pandit Chitresh Das.
Displaying a passion and compassion in all of her work, Farah is known for her powerful and evocative storytelling, technical precision, delicacy and grace - bringing a clairvoyant voice to the contemporary stage, while simultaneously maintaining the traditional aspects of Kathak.
In 2016, Farah founded her own organization, Noorani Dance, providing in depth training to students ages 5 and up. Noorani Dance offers traditional and innovative training and performances, and collaborative partnerships across other forms of performing arts, displaying Farah’s unique artistic expression and vision coupled with the classical and innovative style of her Guru, the late Kathak maestro, Pandit Chitresh Das.
To watch the previous Episode on various platforms, you will find the links to it on: https://suhaee.com/podcast/
Artwork by Abro Khuda Bux
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When we move - Episode 2 with Dr. Peter Lovatt
Episode 2 - When we move is a series of conversations based on movement, the body, art, dance, the heart, mind and life.
Every Friday.
Episode 2 is with Dr Peter Lovatt who is a Dance Psychologist. His breakthrough moment came when he combined his fascination with psychology and neuroscience with his passion for dance. He spent over twenty years as an academic in British universities researching the relationship between the body and the mind. He set up the first Dance Psychology Lab in 2008, from where he studied how movement changes the way people think and solve problems, how it changes social interaction and increases pro-social behaviour, and how movement changes people's feelings.
He found that when you move, you improve. Movement enhances human experience.
He is the author of two books, The Dance Cure (2020) and Dance Psychology (2018).
Dr Lovatt is a co-creator of Movement in Practice (MiP), a technique for using movement to enhance the human experience in business, education, health and social care.
Dr Peter Lovatt is a world-class speaker who delivers groovy keynotes. Speaking about movement, and its impact on our relationships, thinking and emotions, Peter has shared keynote sessions with Oprah Winfrey, Barack Obama, Geena Davis, Steve "The Woz" Wozniak, Sir Richard Branson, Lin-Manuel Miranda and others.
Dr. Peter Lovatt takes you on a thought-provoking and entertaining exploration of the psychology of movement and how it affects uniquely human skills such as creativity and divergent thinking, skills that are important in education, healthcare and the workplace.
Peter developed and teaches two courses on Dance Psychology at the Royal Ballet School in London.
Peter is sometimes known as Dr Dance.
Music reference credit (Dr's Dance's Happy Dance): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1p1ubjp_VtA&t=94s
A big thank you to both Lindsey and Dr. Peter Lovatt for making this conversation possible. To know more about him: https://www.peterlovatt.com/
To watch the vodcast (YouTube) and hear the podcast (various platforms), you will find the links to it on: suhaee.com/podcast/
Artwork by Abro Khuda Bux
When we move - Episode 2 TRAILER
Episode 2 TRAILER - When we move is a series of conversations based on movement, the body, art, dance, the heart, mind and life.
Releasing Friday, June 19th, 2020.
Dr Peter Lovatt is a Dance Psychologist. His breakthrough moment came when he combined his fascination with psychology and neuroscience with his passion for dance. He spent over twenty years as an academic in British universities researching the relationship between the body and the mind. He set up the first Dance Psychology Lab in 2008, from where he studied how movement changes the way people think and solve problems, how it changes social interaction and increases pro-social behaviour, and how movement changes people's feelings.
Peter is sometimes known as Dr Dance.
To watch the previous Episode on various platforms, you will find the links to it on: suhaee.abro/podcast/
Artwork by Abro Khuda Bux
When we move - Episode 1 with Suhaee Abro
Episode 1 - When we move is a series of conversations based on movement, the body, art, dance, the heart, mind and life.
Every Saturday evening.
Episode 1 is with the creator of the podcast, Suhaee Abro, as she articulates her motivation behind starting this series: what dance has done to and for her; what movement is in her perspective; and how she explores this theme further in conversation with others (movers, dancers, musicians, actors, doctors, anyone working with the body internally or externally) in the episodes to follow.
Aadil Ayub, her longtime friend and an outsider the field of dance/movement, asks her questions about dance and movement as a personal practice, and how to understand and engage with it as a layperson.
To watch (YouTube) and hear the podcast (various platforms), you will find the links to it on: https://suhaee.com/podcast/
Artwork by Abro Khuda Bux
Photograph by Ezster Papp
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When we move - Episode 1 TRAILER
When we move is a series of conversations based on movement, the body, art, dance, the heart, mind and life.
Releasing Friday,June 12th - 9pm (PST) and 6pm (CEST)
Episode 1 is the with the creator of this podcast, Suhaee Abro as she tells her reason for beginning this series, what dance has done to and for her, what is movement in her perspective and how she explores this further speaking with others (movers, dancers, musicians, actors, doctors, anyone working with the body internally or externally) in the episodes following the first one. Aadil Ayub her longtime friend who has nothing to do with dance or movement asks her questions sharing what he thought dance was all about and what he has observed about it and in Suhaee's journey as her friend.