A weekend of performances

I’ve had the pleasure of seeing some awesome contemporary dance performances over the weekend. It started off with my friend’s contemporary creative dance workshop for kids last week which culminated in a heart warming piece done by the kids and my friend (and her friend who are both free lance dancers).
Over the weekend, it was the inaugural dance performance of the Attakkalari India Biennial 2009. What an opening it was! An assault of the senses with their movements, music and colour. Held at the Chowdiah Memorial Hall, it was a perfect beginning to the 10 day festival.
We then chose to go for one of the performances my friend recommended. It was by a South Korean troupe – Dance Theatre CcadoO and it was called Murder in the Elevator. Now this was something else. It was a dance-play, meaning, a play that mainly had a lot of dance to portray the story and the characters. Lithe, slender bodies moving so quickly that it made one gasp. One after the other the amazing movements, the co-ordination, the acrobatic like steps which was made to look so easy, the crisp story telling, the characters, the digital art on the stage, the set …was absolutely mind blowing. I don’t think I’ve seen something like this even on TV for a long time. We all enjoyed it immensely. After the performance, there was a meet the artiste session where with the help of an interpretor, we were able to ask questions to the troupe about the whole performance.
Looking forward to the next one we will be going for, this one is by the Attakkalari group itself, it’s called Chronotopia. Check out more details and a full calendar of events here. Enjoy!