India 2019-2020
Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Lucknow, Hassan, Hyderabad, Surat, Mumbai, Pune, Kochi, IndiaThe seven-member American Battery Dance Company joined with two classical Indian dancers to form an Indo-U.S. touring ensemble, visiting seven Indian cities from December 27 – January 18, 2020. With its wide array of public performances, film screenings, outreach activities and speeches, the tour attracted extremely positive media coverage in both English and local languages, large audiences and engendered good will among notably diverse segments of the population. The Company was able to engage with artists and the public in large metros (Hyderabad, Mumbai, Ahmedabad and Lucknow) as well as the small city of Hassan where 1,300 people packed the municipal auditorium.
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Program Activities:
Venues
Ahmedabad
Performance as part of Vikram Sarabhai Festival at Natarani Amphitheater (audience of approximately 500), 2 workshops with children in government schools
Vadodara
Performance at C.C. Mehta Hall, M.S. University (audience c. 650); Film Screening of Moving Stories at Playbox Theater, Faculty of Performing Arts, M.S.U.; All-day workshop for dance students at M.S. University; Workshop at Udayan, NGO for disadvantaged girls;
Lucknow
Performance as part of Lucknow International Dance Festival (audience of approximately 150 – low numbers because of anti-American rally on the same day and violent anti-CAA protests a few days earlier)
Hassan
Performance at Hasanaba Kalakshetra (audience of 1,300); Workshop for special children and young adults; Teacher training workshops for advanced dancers and dance teachers with attendees from Hassan, Bengaluru and Kochi; Urban Dance workshop
Hyderabad
Performance at Shilpakala Vedika (audience of 900); Film screening and panel discussion at Prasad Labs; Workshop in contemporary dance for teens and young adults at HY dance studio; Workshop for S.E.L. social and emotional learning children; Workshop for Naandi Foundation – young women; Lecture at University of Hyderabad; Workshop for children at SpringUP Leadership NGO;
Surat
4 workshops at government schools and the Tap-in Dance Studio
Mumbai
Performance at St. Andrew’s Auditorium as part of EVAM 2020 Festival (audience of approximately 500); Film Screening and Q/A – Sumeet Nagdev Dance Academy; Film Screenings – American School of Bombay; Lecture/Discussion – “Deconstructing Choreography” at Natanam Studio
Pune
Keynote Address – SymBIZ Entrepreneurship Summit, “Entrepreneurship in the Arts” Kochi – Film Screening & Discussion – Lokadharmi Theater Centre; Film Screening & Discussion – College of the Sacred Heart
