Too Far East is West

Abhilash Ningappa India

contemporary dance / national premiere

“Too far East is West " speaks about journey far far away eventually becomes familiar to ones own experience from the past. Two dancers from different cultures and background entering into a space experiencing difference in culture and identity through Movement exploration and exchange of information. Ideas which is shared through movement compositions and scores.

Exploring the difference between two cultures. India and Portugal, India has various languages , religions, dance,music, architecture, food, and customs differs from place to place within the country. Initially divided into several politically ,economically as well as culturally independent.

On a smaller scale it has a power to unify as well as to divide.

Portugal has a rich traditional folklore , with great regional variety. Many cities and towns have a museum and a collection of ancient monuments and buildings.

This piece explores differences and similarities between two cultures through practice of movement art. bodies speaks culture and informations are accumulated in our system and speaks through body language. Consciously we look for information, like a form to create, eyes to look and imitate, smell and touch to provoke feelings and the want to know what will happen next. Questioning How we can perform our situation, our feeling, our physical and mental state (active or passive) even fear or hesitation? How can I create space in between imagination and executed action through these cultural differences.

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Credits

choreography - Abhilash Ningappa

performance - Abhilash Ningappa e Ana Jezabel

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Bio

Abhilash Ningappa is born in India. performer, teacher, choreographer and Artistic Director of Play Practice Artists Residency in India. He post graduated in SEAD (Salzburg) and Post Masters in APASS (Advanced performa

nce and scenography studies - Belgium). A yoga practitioner and a martial art teacher, trained in kalaripayattu and contemporary dance, started his training in India and later travelled in various parts of the world working and practicing. He worked with La Caldera (Spain), Compagnie Thor - Thierry Smits (Brussels), Nunart (Spain), Royal Conservatoire Antwerp (Antwerp), I-dance(Hong Kong), Hofstra University(New York) and Brown University (Providence). He won Pecda award for his choreography work "Architect of self destruction" performed in

Bangalore Biennial 2017, NUNOFF festival and Ibiza movement and performance Festival, " No Speaking Solo" performed in Isadora Festival in Russia, "Too far east is west" duet performance with Carla Guida Johnson, "Disposable Heroes" with Bangalore Dance Collective.

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