Junoon partners with the India Foundation for the Arts (IFA) , to bring to you ACROSS, NOT OVER - a dance performance born out of the desire of two dancers from very different backgrounds to re-look at the possibilities inherent in the form of Kathak.



ACROSS, NOT OVER lets a viewer in to the explorations of dancers, and the questions they ask of themselves and their form as they continuously seek their ever-evolving expression.

This performance grew from a dancer's impulse - Vikram Iyengar, the performer of this piece, wanted to understand the possibilities inherent in his Kathak-trained body. He approached contemporary dancer Preethi Athreya to help him re-see Kathak through the lens of her form.

For the duo, the exploration engaged with the following questions:

What is a Kathak trained body?
What does it enable, what traces does it leave on one's everyday (non-performative) physicality?
What mental space does it tend towards?
Where can the individual (the owner/inhabitant of this body) meet these traces, and what can one work towards meeting outside them?

Vikram Iyengar is a Kolkata-based Kathak dancer, choreographer and theatre director, and Artistic Director of Ranan.

Preethi Athreya is a Chennai-based contemporary dancer and choreographer. To know more about the artists, click here

This production has been supported by the India Foundation for the Arts, Bangalore, under their Arts Practice Programme.

For more about the show, click here

Date & Time: Wed, 25 March 2015 | 7 pm
Duration: 55 minutes, followed by a conversation over chai with the artists
Venue: Sitara Studio, Tilak Bhavan, Kakasaheb Gadgil Marg, Dadar (West) (map & venue info)

Entry Free. Limited seating.
To book your seat, email riddhi@junoontheatre.org. You will get a response within 24 hours.
Walk-ins will be seated only if space available.
There is NO LATE ENTRY

*There is no parking near Sitara Studio, so if you need to find parking, please keep some time in hand.

It is advisable to take public transport.*

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