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C.Tactile -Tracing Touch
Memory, Power and Resistance – A Contemporary Piece
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C.Tactile redefines connection and challenges perceptions of embodiment, offering a visceral journey into the intricate choreography of touch.
What does it mean to embody a female identity in a world where the male gaze shapes perceptions?
How is touch used to establish socio-political hierarchies?
How does the body perform to these assertions?
This evocative contemporary dance piece invites audiences to witness the dancers use their bodies as canvases of resistance, vulnerability, and resilience, embracing the contradictions of touch as both an experience and an act of intervention.
Concept and Choreography: Shruti Maria Datar
Movement Collaborator: Melitta Dsouza
Performed by: Shruti and Nisha
Original music score: Adriel George
Produced by: The Movement Arts Co.
Supported by:
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Shruti Maria Datar
Shruti Maria Datar is a Mumbai based Indian Performer, Choreographer and Arts Manager. She has completed her Professional Training in Contemporary Dance from Danscentrumjette, Belgium and holds a Diploma in Movement Arts from Attakkalari Centre for Movement Arts, Bangalore. She received the G5A Performance Grant for the season 24/25 to premier her choreographic work C.Tactile in December 20204. She is the recipient of the prestigious KCC Arts Fellowship for the year 2023-24.
Nishashmita
Nishashmita is movement artist from Assam currently based in Mumbai. She is trained in Contemporary, Jazz techniques, contact improvisation and martial art forms such as Mayurbhanj Chhau and Capoeira. These diverse practices have shaped her approach to movement, blending fluid dance expressions with the strength and discipline of martial arts. She works across various artistic and commercial productions.
