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SESSIONS Revisiting Ancient Tradition: Laban Movement Analysis and Bartenieff Principles as Applied to the Practice of Indian Classical Dance by Ciane Fernandes, Brazil/Germany, and Rajyashree Ramesh, India/Germany Paper and Workshop The paper by Ciane Fernandes and technically revised by Rajyashree Ramesh deals with the actual application of LMA and Bartenieff principles to the movement repertoire and expression of classical dance of India "in order to facilitate and provide the learning of such ancient technique, as much as research the integration between tradition and innovation in the choreographic process". The workshop will deal with the technical part of the paper which draws parallels between the dance technique of Bharatanatyam and the Laban/Bartenieff system, illustrating how the breakdown and analysis of the movement repertoire of a seemingly complex and ancient dance form, based on descriptions such as ‘core support’, ‘vertical alignment’, ‘bony connections’ or the various dimensions and planes, can amongst other aspects a) lead in actual studio work to precise and effective teaching technique based on body awareness, b) through precisely identifying underlying universal aspects help in making Bharatanatyam technique understandable and interesting to dance practitioners across the world and c) make cross-cultural integration of tradition and innovation easier. Ciane Fernandes is a tenured professor in Performing Arts Graduate Program at Federal University of Bahia, Brazil, Associate Researcher at the Laban/Bartenieff Institute of Movement Studies, with a Ph.D. in Arts & Humanities for Performing Artists from New York University (1995) and CMA from LIMS (1994), author of several books and international articles, recipient of scholarships, prizes including the Virtuoso Grant 2003 from the Brazilian Ministry of Culture for comparative study at the Rajyashree Ramesh Academy for Performing Arts, Berlin. For further details/photos please refer: www.cianefernandes.pro.br Rajyashree Ramesh, trained in Bangalore and Chennai, India, living in Germany since1977, teacher, performer and choreographer with a dance career in India and Europe spanning four decades, presenting Bharatanatyam in classical and contemporary context in performances, lectures, workshops, articles, radio/TV interviews and outreach programmes. Launched special training programme in the 80’s for aspirants of all origins, with several accomplished dancers today. Recipient of several grants, her choreographic credits include multinational experimental productions with various world dance forms and disciplines. Has published articles both in German and English and presentations at international conferences (IFTR, CCU/DNB) to her credit. For details/photos/video clips please see: www.rr-dance.com
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