Workshop with students from National Institute of Design

From August 24^th to August 29^th, 2009 Attakkalari conducted a special workshop on “Bodies in Space” with students from the New Media department of the National Institute of Design based in Ahmedabad. The workshop was led by Attakkalari's Artistic Director - Jayachandran Palazhy along with faculty and dancers from Attakkalri. The students have shared their reactions below:

“I became more sensitive to the relationship between my body and space – and enjoyed playing with negative and positive spaces.” – Rohini P. Shitole.

“The trust building exercises really helped. I also learnt to explore the floor with my body.” – Shailja Pahuja

“I learnt how motion from daily life can be transformed to dance.” – Kirti Anand

“Working together was never more fun. Understanding each others limitations and learning from one another.” – Pranav Gupta.

“We had never danced as a group, but due to the workshop – we were able to build our confidence as an active group….we realized that Everyone Can Dance.” – Sagar Raut.