Conference and Seminars
Creating New Audience for Dance - Online Forum by SRI Singapore (date of performance)
SRI gathered some of the most distinguished leaders in dance from around the world for a succinct and lively discussion with insights on how they tackle challenges dancers face in today’s society. The YouTube ‘live’ forum garnered XXX views.
The international panel comprised:
- Farooq Chaudhury OBE, Producer & Co-Founder, Akram Khan Company, London
- Usha RK, Arts Consultant, Director, Jawaharlal Nehru Cultural Centre, Moscow
- Datuk Ramli Ibrahim, Chairman, Sutra Foundation, Kuala Lumpur
- Shantha Ratii Artistic Director, Shantha Ratii Initiatives, Singapore
It was moderated by Actor/Voice Over Artist, Chacko George Vadaketh, who operates between Kuala Lumpur and Los Angeles.
World Music Conference (date of performance)
As a dance-artiste I am privy to the several mental and physical benefits of dance, which are holistic experiences. I hope to share some details within these systems that hold the true power to our well-being! The New Frontier!
How our worldview drives our behavior, music stimulates our brain’s reward centres and how Yoga and Ayurveda too helps to enhance our lives. One might even venture to add that Yoga could be considered the Original form of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT).
We delve a little deeper to see how we can achieve psycho-physiological balance and emotional resilience.
“Concept and Creation” for Natya Darshan Chennai (date of performance)
An artist’s fundamental need to create and communicate is difficult to ignore.
When thoughts, both linear and abstract lead to concepts, how does a choreographer/dancer explore different perspectives keeping the creativity and expressions relevant to a modern audience.
While the impulse to create is fueled by our imagination and life experience, the need to express through contemporary sensibilities leads one to explore territories formerly uncharted.
Panel discussion on the film “Dance of Joy” (date of performance)
We were delighted to partner Tagore Society and the South Asian International Film Festival (SG.SAIFF) for the screening of “Dance of Joy” – a documentary film by Aparajita Ghosh on Rabindra-Nritya, a dance form that Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore created, primarily because there was no dance-form in Bengal to call its own. What a mammoth task he undertook!
The panel discussion was moderated by Shantha Ratii with the distinguished panelists.
Aparajita’s goal was to document the essence of Rabindrik dance styles and making it relevant to a younger generation by adding a parallel narrative. Her passion to share the JOY of the dance was evident.
Moderator : Shantha Ratii
Penalist:
Prof PK Basu, (senior economist and President of Tagore Society) Samit Ghoshal (Rabindra Sangeet exponent) and Aparajita (Film Director)
Communication -The Eternal Theme For Dance (date of performance)
This year, on the occasion of the “200th Anniversary of Singapore’s opening up”, as a world-famous trading port.
The Singapore Performing Arts Association welcomed dancers from all over the world to gather in Singapore to talk about the past, present and future of dance art; in the perspective of dance, examine the opportunities and challenges that dance art faces in the course of history.
Main speakers:
- Lu Fenhua (Dance Professor of Stanford University, Head of the New Century Dance Company and Art Director)
- Pearl Lam (Hong Kong’s well-known dance choreographer, winner of the “Chenglong Charity Foundation” scholarship, has repeatedly served as a national dance competition review.)
- Anthony Peter Price (Australian expert, International Dance Teacher Association (IDTA) ballroom dance and Latin dance expert and scholar degree – the highest level)
- Meng Xiaoyan (Chinese expert, professor of dance school of Central Dai University, master tutor, president of China Minority Dance Society, director of China Dancers Association)
- Shantha Ratii (Indian Dance Expert, the leading leader of the Singaporean culture and classical dance world, a well-known celebrity in the global arena and widely recognized as one of the foremost “Kuchipudi” dancers of our time).