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Erasing Borders 2009: Festival of Indian Dance
August 20th, 2009- Erasing Borders2= Dance x Visual Arts
Artist Bios
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| Preeti Vasudevan (Bharatanatyam/ Modern) |
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Preeti Vasudevan is a performer and choreographer whose creative explorations derive from her deep training in Indian classical dance (Bharatanatyam) as well as multiple other modern and contemporary forms. Her goal is to develop a new language of movement through a multi-disciplinary approach to dance and theatre. As a classical soloist, Preeti has been the recipient of prestigious awards for her outstanding contribution in the classical arts of India. She was faculty for the 2004/05 American Dance Festival teaching contemporary Indian dance technique and composition. In 2007 she was invited to present her choreographic experiments at the International Symposium for Dance Research (Centre National de la Danse, Paris). In 2009, she won Best Choreography award for this production at the META (Mahindra Excellence in Theatre Awards) festival in New Delhi, India. www.threshdance.org, www.dancingforthegods.org
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| Sridhar Shanmugam (Artistic Director, The Arch, Inc.) |
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Sridhar Shanmugam trained in the most prestigious school of dance from Tamil Nadu - India, later started working with Chandralekha, the legendary Dancer in 1983 and danced in all her production and performed in all major National and International dance festivals under the banner of Cultural Center Chennai. Sridhar Shanmugam has toured around the world over the past two decades, working with many of the world's most famous artists. Sharing with Pina Bausch, Suzanna Linke, and countless others, Sridhar has been an international ambassador for the arts. Won Sangeeth Natak Akademy Awards, Time out Dance umbrella award GIAI Aaward for culture and ecology as part of Chandralekha's group, has given him the basis with which to step onto any stage or into any classroom. He choreographs for youth and does intensive counseling via arts. www.thearch.org |
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