Production 2009 (Telepresence) video excerpts
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
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)
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