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Dancer Shantala Shivalingappa Performs at Jacob's Pillow - July 24, 2008
 | | Jacob’s Pillow in the Doris Duke Studio Theatre, August 7 – 10. Photo Courtesy of Jacob’s Pillow |
BECKET – Showcasing Indian classical dance and music, Shantala Shivalingappa performs at Jacob’s Pillow in the Doris Duke Studio Theatre, August 7 to 10. Shivalingappa is a widely recognized Indian dancer in the South Indian Kuchipudi tradition and performs with her ensemble of master musicians. She performs a solo titled Gamaka, vibrations of sound and movement, in which rhythmic movement is infused with narrative from Hindu mythology through the use of gestures, facial expressions, and body language.
Kuchipudi is a harmonious combination of pure and expressive dance, in which each part of the body is used to depict the text, poem, or story recited in the music. A traditional Kuchipudi performance is accompanied by a live orchestra consisting of vocals, flute, and percussion. At Jacob’s Pillow, Shivalingappa’s performance will be complemented by expert musicians from India, Haribabu Balan Puttamma as “Nattuvangam” or conductor on cymbals, Jetty Ramesh as vocalist, Neelamani Ramakrishnan on “mridangam” or double-sided drum, and K.S. Jayaram on flute.
Gamaka employs gestures, facial expressions, and body language as modes for narrative storytelling. Shivalingappa comments, “In dance, the elements of movement, rhythm, sound, melody, and poetry come together, as vibrations that resonate, calling each other, playing, escaping, mingling, deviating, forming patterns of great beauty and harmony.”
The week prior to her solo program engagement, Shivalingappa is also showcased in the Pillow’s presentation of David Michalek’s Slow Dancing July 31 to August 3, performing a phrase that is also shown in extreme slow motion film, and also performing a contemporary solo. The soloists also include Holley Farmer, a dancer with Merce Cunningham, and Fang-yi Sheu, a former dancer with the Martha Graham Dance Company. The three dancers will perform a free program preview on the Inside/Out series, on the Marcia & Seymour Simon Performance Space, July 31, 6:30 p.m.
Also on the Inside/Out series, Shivalingappa and her musicians will preview her solo program August 6, 6:30 p.m. In addition, in a free PillowTalk, Preserving Dance Traditions, August 9, 4 p.m. in Blake’s Barn on the Jacob’s Pillow grounds, Shivalingappa is joined by her mother Savitry Nair and Joseph Houseal of Core of Culture to discuss both success stories and current threats in preserving traditional dance forms.
For more information on Shantala Shivalingappa and Jacob’s Pillow, visit www.shantalashivalingappa.com or www.jacobspillow.org. |
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