Nrityagram Dance Ensemble of India

At Dance on Camera Festival: 

The documentary Nrityagram: ‘For the Love of Dance’ tells the story of the Nrityagram Dance Village, and the Dance Ensemble that has made it world famous.

 NRITYAGRAM: FOR THE LOVE OF DANCE World Premiere
 

Nan Melville, USA, 2009, 26M

This painterly portrait of an idyllic dance village near Bangalore offers a taste of the Indian dance style, Odissi.

Protima Bedi institutionalized classical Indian dance through the founding of Nrityagram; a “gurukul” where students could dance and live in close proximity with their master guru.

The internationally renowned Nrityagram Dance Ensemble continues to expand on Protima’s legacy; lead dancer and choreographer, Surupa Sen and Odissi Gurukul Director, Bijayini Satpathy have expanded the language of the traditional Odissi dance through the incorporation of choreographic techniques adapted from world dance. The Ensemble continues to push the boundaries of Indian dance and to perform to worldwide acclaim.

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Q & A with director Nan Melville and choreographer Mark Morris, founder of the Mark Morris Dance Group, to follow screening.

Based in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, the Mark Morris Dance Center fulfills the mission of the Mark Morris Dance Group to serve as a cultural resource to engage and enrich the community.

For directions, please see www.mmdg.org/directions.