The Unseen Sequence
Dance on Camera 2014
January 31 - February 4, 2014
Choreographer and dance professor Hari Krishnan in person!
Malavika Sarukkai, a celebrated Bharatanatyam dancer, is our guide for an exploration of this ancient classical form which she re-imagines and re-invigorates in the process.
Screening with: PAS (Charli Brissey & Courtney Harris, 3m)
Choreographer and dance professor Hari Krishnan in person!
The Unseen Sequence finds new meanings and renewed vigor in India's classical dance tradition through one dedicated disciple. Malavika Sarukkai is a celebrated Bharatanatyam dancer rooted in that tradition but imbued with a uniquely contemporary sensibility that she exerts on this prescribed form, turning each performance into a new, revelatory experience. As a superb interpreter of Bharatanatyam's rhythmic and expressive aspects, she is the perfect guide for this investigation of an ancient art that has evolved from temple dance to court entertainment to a new, more universal model. Beautifully shot in temples and sacred sites, the film blends interviews, historic footage, and performance to create a truly mind enhancing experience.
Screening with:
PAS. Charli Brissey & Courtney Harris, USA, 2013; 3m
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