Workshop Inter(actions) at the french Institute Léopold Senghor, Dakar, Senegal

October 24, 25, 26, 2011

Workshop around Isadora, a software for real time treatment of images and sound, as adapted for installations, live performances, etc.

Video by Karen Dermineur

It adresses dancers, actors, technicians, designers, etc. Demonstrations and body experimentations with an interactive camera.

Project made possible with the financial support of the “Conseil Régional Midi-Pyrénées” and the partnership of the french Institute of Dakar.

photo credits: Karen Dermineur

Production 2009

As part of the Festival La Novela K. Danse presents the Danse e-Toile project: Nataraja and the Cosmos, 17 Octobre 2009

Celebrating International Year of Astronomy 2009

Indo-French internet-streamed performance and event

Press clip from daily national Hindu 13/12/2009

Photo animation

An art-science collaboration between Sharada Srinivasan (Bharata Natyam dancer and Associate Professor, NIAS, Bangalore, India) and the team of K. Danse, France of Jean-Marc Matos and Anne Holst) on the crossed theme: mythology of the body/mythology of stars.

The event, taking place October 17 at the Cité de l’Espace, Toulouse from 2 :30 pm until 5 :00 pm, offers: 1/ a related photo, video and musical exhibition, 2/ an internet-streamed simultaneous east-west dance fusion performance across the venues of Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA) (CREST), Hoskote, and Cité De L’Espace, Toulouse by Sharada Srinivasan and Anusha Emrith, 3/ discussions between Indian and French astrophysicists, also in relation to Prof. Sharada Srinivasan’s researches linking the Nataraja imagery to stellar observations and also connections between astronomical traditions in the Orient and West including India and Egypt.

Program

- 2.30-3.30 pm French time; and 20 minutes online webcast: (6 pm onwards Indian time)

Thematic Photo-exhibition at Cité De L’Espace, Toulouse by Sharada Srinivasan

(artistic, archaeometallurgical & archaeoastronomical insights on Nataraja) and films by     Jean-Marc Matos

- 3.30-4.30 pm French time/7-8 pm Indian Time: ‘Danse e-Toile’ dance performance

- 4.30-5.00 pm French time/8-8.30 pm Indian time:

Online exchange between Indian & French scholars & astrophysicists

Artistic and scientific team

Artistic collaboration: Sharada Srinivasan, Anne Holst, Jean-Marc Matos

Dance: Anusha Emrith (France and Reunion-based contemporary dancer), Sharada Srinivasan (Bangalore-based archaeological scientist and Bharata Natyam dancer)

Music: David Fieffé; Bharata Natyam ensemble music led by late Guru Narmada & Srivatsa

Special live-streamed veena prelude by Geeta Navale; mridangam inputs by Gurumurthy

Invited scientist: Karine Guadré, « Docteur » in Astronomy, University of Toulouse

Supporting Agencies

In France: Festival La Novela (City of Toulouse), CulturesFrance (Ministry of Foreign Affairs), Cité de L’Espace (Toulouse), Observatoire de Midi-Pyrénées (University Paul Sabatier, Toulouse III), Théâtre Marcel Pagnol (Villeneuve-Tolosane),

x-réseau/Théâtre Paris-Villette, technological partner

In India: Alliance Française de Bangalore, Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore,

Microsoft, Saint-Gobain Glass India Ltd, JSW Foundation, Centre for Excellence in Basic Sciences, ISRO

Production et technical team: Rakesh Mannar, Sanjiv Gorkha, Rekesh Mohan, Digvijay Mallah

photos credits: Digvijay Mallah, K. Danse, Cité de l’Espace (Sandra Henry-Baudot)

Production Guatemala 2006-2007
Choreographic and video performance for the 25 dancers
of the National Ballet of Guatemala
Premiere: 28 May 2007
National Theater, Guatemala City- 20 mn -

The project was coordinated by the French Alliance of Guatemala City and was made possible with the logistical and financial support from the National Ballet (directorship: Amali Selva), Air France, le Children’s Museum, the National Theater, the Biltmore Hotel. It was financially supported by CulturesFrance (French Ministry of Foreign Affairs) and the City of Toulouse.

Description of Yo aqui estoy – pdf

Production Morocco 2006-2007.  Performance made with 12 young artists (Attijari WafaBank, “Interactions” program, as part of the International Video Festival of Casablanca 2006.  Touring: January-February 2007: French Institutes of Casablanca, Rabat, Fez, Meknès – 50 mn
long video excerpts

Production 2006-2007

video excerpt casablanca sensor, Identity-Distr(action)

Presentation, 21 March 2006, of a performance finalizing the ” interactive dance” creative workshop, as part of the “Interactions” program led by the Attijari WafaBank, with the International Festival of Video Art of Casablanca, Morocco, from 10 to 21 March 2006.

Touring 8 January to 2 February 2007 in Casablanca, Rabat, Fes, Meknès.

Production 2004

Internet based performance between Mexico and France

simultaneous broadcast: June 2004, Monterrey, Mexico-Toulouse, France

The Fronter@ project, as part of a residency supported by the AFAA (French Ministry of Foreign Affairs), proposes creative workshops in Mexico and the making of an “on line” dance, music and video performance, during the “Rio Loco” Festival, 16 June 2004 in Toulouse.

With the support of the French Alliance of Monterrey, Mexico.

Links:

Terra Mexican site

Download:

Complete description-pdf

Production 2001

Dance and video workshop, led in Caracas, Venezuela, as part of the X CURSO DE GERENCIA EN LAS ARTES, Polar Foundation, from 25 to 28 September 2001, for a group of young dancers/choreographers and visual artists.

Production Pakistan 1995-1997
Performance made in collaboration with choreographer Sheema Kermani
Premiere: April 1995, Rawalpindi, Lahore
International Festival of Hamburg, Germany, August 1997 – 60 mn -

As part of a residency in Karachi, Pakistan (presentations in Rawalpindi and Lahore, May 1995 and during the International Festival of Hamburg, Germany, August 1997).
This project has been supported by the network of the French Alliances of Pakistan, the Afaa (French Ministry of Foreign Affairs), the cultural section of the French Embassy and several Pakistani private companies.