Deconstructed Alarippu
What happens when the movement known to my body is abstracted and isolated?
Alarippu is a first composition I learnt in Bharatanatyam, and this deconstruction was my first attempt at interacting with tradition through a contemporary lens. When the lower half of my body is still, what happens to energy and attention in the body when smallness demands to be witnessed?
Bennington College, VT, USA
Works-in-Progress Concert, May 2022