The Artist
Founder Director of ANVESHANA DANCE THEATRE, Sangeeta Sharma, an
Indian contemporary dancer and choreographer with an experience of
over 23 years in the field of the Indian & western dance. Sangeeta’s
choreographed pieces demonstrate her unique creative and innovative
style to bring up issues facing the society, journey into the
internal struggle and conflicts of each individual, share of her
own spiritual search with the audience or even dwell into the
interconnectedness between theatre and dance
For the last 15 years,
Sangeeta has been experimenting in dance techniques with village
school children in Andretta (H.P.), bringing out their potential by
making use of the limited resources available in the area. With a
strong base in street theatre, she has been exploring the connection
between dance and theatre, the audience and performer through her own
choreographic work and through workshops in Himachal with actors,
supported by the Sangeet Natak Academy (2006) and National School of
Drama (2007,08). Apart from the regular dance classes in Triveni Kala
sangam presently she is taking new production oriented workshop With
Bhoomika dancers
In 2008, Sangeeta was
awarded the Senior Fellowship from the Department of Culture,
Government of India. She has worked collaboratively with filmmakers,
visual artists, theatre practitioners and Directors in choreographing
their plays.
Sangeeta Sharma says ..... ......
Creative dance can encourage people to explore, to discover, the numerous wonderful ways, in which their body can move. It can constantly challenge their physical and mental boundaries to reach somewhere beyond...
To me dance is a means of sharing, of achieving and of expressing all types of feelings.Working with professionals and nonprofessionals, with a formal or informal presentation – I began to recognize & develop both aesthetic and social values.
I explored the dynamic interaction between the audience and the performer.
Contemporary Indian Dance is a lifelong commitment for me. It weaves in modern Indian sensibilities. Its whole scenario is passing through the challenges of 21st century. The vocabulary and the settings are changing ...., for example, dancers today are exploring movement disciplines through Yoga, Martial Arts, Chhau etc.
Future plans
Training and choreography
Anveshana
Dance theatre aims to establish a sustained environment for learning and
development in all areas of the arts in addition to dance and theatre. Our
students and workshop participants will constantly be stretched to improvise and
create their own movements and style.
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Dance theatre workshops with teachers, dancers, actors and any art
lovers
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Intense, long term training programs for those who wish to make
dance a full time career under Anveshana Dance Theatre
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Initiations into different dance/ art forms
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Incorporating relevant elements of gymnastics into dance/theatre
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Workshops with poets, writers, light designers, music composers
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Dance/ theatre compositions on different subjects
· A
year (or more) of intense training for students. Their training will
end
with self- choreographed short pieces (solo, duets), which will be
evaluated constructively by an informed audience
Research and long-term goals
We
as a team at Anveshana are constantly looking for ways to reach out to a wide
range of people from different professional and educational backgrounds. We hope
to achieve some long-term goals through consistent research and work on our
methodologies and techniques in contemporary dance and theatre.
·
Publish a book on practical contemporary dance methodology for dancers, actors
and teachers, providing techniques and actual exercises for implementation in
their own areas of work
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Work towards a final dream of establishing a National School of Contemporary
Dance
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