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led by Chitrangee Uppamah 23–25 March 2012 The Grotowski Institute, 27 Rynek-Ratusz  Fri 23 March, 7pmKuchipudi presentation Admission free Please book your seat in advance by e-mailing: sekretariat@grotowski-institute.art.pl Sat-Sun 24–25 March, 10am – 1pm and 3pm – 6pm Kuchipudi workshop Fee: 180 PLN Contact: Justyna Rodziñska-Nair justyna@grotowski-institute.art.pl In this workshop you will learn basic postures, mudras (hand gestures), steps, neck, eye and head movements, facial expressions (bhava and rasa), and a simple dance routine. The workshop will also include a discussion of classical Indian dances, with a particular emphasis on Kuchipudi and Carnatic music that accompanies the dance. Kuchipudi is an Indian dance from Andhra Pradesh in South India. It is one of the seven classical Indian dances. Originally a prayer, it had been a male-only dance until the mid-20th century. Kuchipudi dancers enact mythological stories to the strains of traditional Carnatic music. Their movements are graceful, elegant and noble. Kuchipudi has much in common with Bharatanatyam, but has a number of distinctive features including a special form of dance performed on the edges of a brass plate, with a pot full of water on the dancer’s head and two oil-burning candles in her hands. Chitrangee Uppamah is an Indian dancer, choreographer and teacher born in Mauritius. She is the only exponent of Kuchipudi in Italy, where she lives. Well-known across Europe, she has worked with many world-renowned artists. Uppamah started dancing at the age of 14 under the guidance of the acclaimed teachers Premila Uppamah (the Mahatma Gandhi Institute, Mauritius) and Sathyapriya Ramana, a disciple of legendary dancer and guru Vempati Chinna Satyama, the founder of the Narthana Saala School in Madras. She graduated from the Mahatma Gadhi Institute in Mauritius and then studied at the Sathyapriya Kuchipudi School in Madras. She has taught in Italy since 1990 – first in Catania, then in Turin. In 2002 she opened her own school, the Shruti Kuchipudi Indian Dance School, as part of Reale Società Ginnastica in Turin, the oldest such organization in Italy and one of the oldest in Europe. More: www.srutikuchipudi.com |