Monday, December 1, 2008

kettukkari in bangalore

And this was for a recent performance in Bangalore in June 2008 at the Taj Residency. I work a lot with the long stick - Kettukkari, using it for swings and combat. It is exciting to watch people do this, but it takes a lot of training so you dont get injured.

These are photos from my performance 'Beyond the Walls for Men' in England . It was an interesting learning and performing experience for me, I was working in England with many well known dancers.




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NAME : Dil Sagar
Phone : + 91 9745856669
Email : dilsagarm@gmail.com

PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS
2001-2009
Attakkalari Centre for Movement Arts, Bangalore
Faculty - Kalaripayattu. ( 2006-2008)
Diploma in Movement Arts & Mixed Media Programme
Community Outreach Programme - Facilitator
Community Class Facilitator : Kalaripayattu
Corporate Workshops : Contemporary dance and Kalaripayattu choreography.
Choreographer - Kalaripayattu integrated with Contemporary Dance, Attakkalari Centre for Movement Arts productions.
Facilitator: LVD's India International Salsa Congress 2011
1997- 2004
Imlata Dance Company, London, UK as a Movement Artiste
Community Outreach Programmes with Imlata in the U.K

1990 – 1997
Won the National Championship- Full on combat, consecutively for two years.

1992- Won First Place ( Kettukeri), Keralotsavam, ( Kerala State Youth Welfare Board.)

1991-92 – Won First place ( Sword & Shield), Kerala Kalaripayat Association, Tiruvanathapuram

1993-94 – Won Individual First Place, State Championship, (Kerala Kalaripayat Association), Thiruvanathapuram.

1993-94 – Won Team First place, State Championship, (Kerala Kalaripayat Association).Trissur

1993-94 – Won Individual First Place, and Best Sword & Shield Category, District Championship, (Kerala Kalaripayat Association)Trissur

1980 – 1990

· 1988 – Performed at `Lok Utsav”, Sangeet Natak Akademi, New Delhi.

1989- Participated in `Bharatiyam’, in the presence of the Prime Minister of India, J.N Stadium, New Delhi for the Jawaharlal Nehru celebrations.
1989 – Won First place ( Meipayattu), Yuva Jana Mela, Kerala State Youth Welfare Board.
1983 – Began Kalaripayattu training at Vallabhatta Kalari Sangam, Chavakkad
under Gurukkal Shri Sankaranarayana Menon and Gurukkal Sri C.Vishwanathan, Mallapuram, Kerala .

 Corporate workshops / Master classes
· Shobhana Jeyasingh Dance Company ( UK ) – Company Classes
· Tribhanga Dance Theatre ( South Africa) – Master Class
· INFOSYS, Bangalore – 3 month Corporate Classes
· CGI, (IT Company), Bangalore – 1 month workshop + choreography
· STEM Dance Kampni, Bangalore – Company Classes for Dancers
· LOURDES VIJAY Dance Company – Company Classes for Dancers
· OPUS RESTOBAR, Bangalore – Community Class
· SNGSV Kalari Sangam –Master classes
· Jawahar Bala Bhavan , Trissur –Master classes
. Facualty Foe LVD's Indai International Salsa Congress 2011

Significant lecture – demonstrations ( a few )

2008- India Habitat Centre, New Delhi – `Movement for Dancers ‘
( Kalaripayat integrated with Contemporary Dance)

2003 - `FACETS’, Internal Choreography Residential Laboratory Attakkalari, Bangalore.

1992- Madras Craft Foundation, ( Kalaripayattu Lecture-Demonstration)

Miranda College, New Delhi

Significant Performances ( a few )

· 1997 : `Beyond the Walls for Men ‘ – with the Imlata Dance Company, UK. Performances in - Birmingham, Nottingham, London,

· 2000 : `CITY MAPS’ – with the Imlata dance Company, UK.
Performances in - London (Place Theatre, Greenwich Dance Agency) Milton Keynes, Nottingham, Exeter, Croydon, Chichester Fringe Festival 2000, Ellesmere Port,Barnet,

· 2003 : `TRANSAVATAR’ – research & development of movement and material for the project, with Imlata Dance Company, UK.

· 2006-2007 : `PURUSHARTHA ‘-multi-media dance production, Attakkalari Centre for Movement Arts, Bangalore. Performed at Venice Biennale, Munich Festival of Contemporary Dance, Frankfurt Book Fair, JuliDans, Amsterdam, Poland Contemporary Dance Festival, Chennai.

`NAGARANTHARA” a site specific work performed in Trafalgar Square, London.

· 2007-2009 : TRANSAVATAR ( New) multi-media dance production, Attakkalari Centre for Movement Arts, Bangalore. Performed at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai, Amsterdam.

Oct 2008- KAMANI AUDITORIUM, New Delhi – India, Brazil, South Africa Summit In collaboration with dancers from Brazil and South Africa.

Oct 2008- RASTRAPATHY BHAVAN, New Delhi- (Kalari and Contemporary Dance ) for the Presidents of India, Brazil and South Africa.

Jan 2009- KALINGA MARTIAL DANCE FESTIVAL, Bhubaneshwar, India

Feb 2009- ATTAKKALARI INDIA BIENNIAL 2009, Site specific performance at the Alliance Francaise De Bangalore and for the inaugural ceremony.

Oct 2009- Choreographed/performed own work `Ashank ( Fearless ) a 45 mns contemporary Kalaripayattu performance which premiered at Chowdiah Memorial Hall, Bangalore and was invited to open the International Film Festival , Thiruvanathapuram, subsequently.

ADDITIONAL KNOWLEDGE

·  Sacha Waltz Workshop, Chennai, 1998
· Capoeira – Estegiario Marcus Cabeca,  London ( Place Theatre)
· Contact improvisation – Christopher Lechner, ( Germany)
· Learnt Ballet - Christina Lechner (USA),
· Yoga – Arun Iyengar, Bangalore,India
· Attended FACETS Attakkalari’s global choreography workshop, 2001


WORK CONTENTS ( BRIEF)

1. CORPORATE FITNESS WORKSHOPS – 3 month sessions
– classes and choreography

· Warm up sessions
· Leg swings
· Animal movements
· Jumps
· Body conditioning
· Cool down session
· Theme based creative movement


2. COMMUNITY CLASS CONTENT

· Warm up sessions – Kalari integrated with Capoeira moves
· Leg swings
· Animal movements
· Jumps
· Body conditioning
· Weapons handling – Long stick/Short stick/Dagger/Sword ( fencing)/,Sword & Shield, Spear,Ottakol
· Cool down sessions

3. DIPLOMA IN MOVEMENT ART & MIXED MEDIA- Faculty

· Basic warm ups – to build body and joints
· Basic leg swings
· Animal movements – by choice
· Basic cool downs

(ii)
· Creation of movement ( mutually)
· Jumps -Kalari
· Animal movement ( Part II )
· Combine jumps and sings ( Meipayattu)
· Creative sessions in Kalari and Contemporary dance

(iii)

· Long Stick – handling and choreography
· Ottakol –Handling ( flexibility and body control)
· Choreography
· Creative movement sessions in choreographing Kalari with contemporary dance.


WORKSHOP STRUCTURES

1. KALARIPAYATTU & Fitness - For Corporates
2. KALARIPAYATTU & Movement –For Dance Companies only
3. KALARIPAYATTU the Martial Art – Self Defense Techniques

FOR MORE INFORMATION

kalari with sagar.blogspot.com
attakkalari.org
http://www.hinduonnet.cim/
http://www.asklaila.com/
http://www.cmprocess.com/
http://www.pureland.com/
http://www.paulburt.co.uk/
Mirrorsquad.wordpress.com
http://www.nehrucentre.org/
event.tescoweb.com
nestcepas.ch/de/reiseberichte/indien/indien.htm
de-rien-n.blogspot.com
chrysalis.exblog.jp/m 2007-09-01