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10/8/2000

Akademi

Royal Festival Hall (Purcell Room), London

South Asian dance in the UK
Coming of age

Directed and designed by artist Keith Khan with dancer/choreographer Pushkala Gopal. Featuring music by Shrikanth Sriram, this spectacular site-specific performance will blast out of the South Bank architecture in a thought provoking journey of the senses, celebrating 21 years of Akademi.

South Asian Culture is officially cool. Everywhere we look it has a growing influence: fashion, music, the club scene, dance, cinema, comedy, theatre. East is West, you could say. Seventy dancers from three generations collaborate with an exceptional artistic team in a work which explores South Asian traditions and their modern counterparts in an event rooted in the here and now. Starts on the RFH Level 2 Terrace at 9pm.

Friday 11 August
ISTD Shiksha:behind the performance

Step into the exciting and colourful world of South Asian Dance as the Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing (ISTD) presents excerpts from the new Kathak and Bharata Natyam syllabuses amongst a packed day of workshops and performances. As well as the dancing, you can find out about Karnatic and Hindustani music, explore the techniques of Abhinaya and have a go at face painting.

Saturday 12 August
Leadance F.R.E.S.H.!

Entertaining, stimulating: this is South Asian Dance! Take a new look at this ancient art form and discover the exciting ways it can expand your world. Performances and workshops in yoga, music, martial arts, filmi dance, bhangra, mask-making, storytelling, and contemporary South Asian Dance take over the building in this day packed with stimulating and enjoyable activities. F.R.E.S.H! culminates in the presentation of an exciting new work which will be devised throughout the day.

Royal Festival Hall
RFH Ballroom 10.30-11am

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