Dance/Performance Studies Lectures & Dance Film Workshops

March 18, 10:00am - 2:00pm
Mānoa Campus, Dance Building

Dr. Suparna Banerjee and Dr. Angana Jhaveri Dance/Performance Studies Lectures and Dance Film Workshops

March 14 – 18, 2017,

Open to the Public at the Dance Building

LECTURES AND WORKSHOPS:

TUESDAY March 14 :

9AM – 10:15AM

Lecture: I/digi-I? Reading the ‘digital double’: new aesthetics and technoculture in contemporary/Bharatanatyam choreographies with Dr. Suparna Banerjee

Drawing on contemporary/Bharatanatyam practice, this lecture will discuss how new dance aesthetics are reconfigured through digitisation of the body.

THURSDAY March 16:

9AM – 10:15AM

Lecture: Indian Dance Forms and Films with Dr. Angana Jhaveri

This presentation is an introduction to some of the best known Indian Classical Dance forms through films made in India and includes a comparison of dance documentaries on Bharata Natyam made by established film makers.

2PM – 3:15PM

Lecture: Raslila: a cosmic dance, a temple ceremony, a theatre arts dissertation with Dr. Angana Jhaveri

A personal, experiential journey.

3:15PM – 4:30PM

Lecture: Choreographing/researching heterotopia: (dis/re)located places and lived temporalities with Dr. Suparna Banerjee

Contemporary Bharatanatyam practitioners in Britain have utilized disparate city places and objects, either physically or through digital technology to create new spatio-temporal aesthetics. This lecture will discuss Michel Foucault’s conceptualization of ‘heterotopia’ and examine how relationships among these fleeting places in contemporary dances fit in with his conceptualization.

SATURDAY March 18

10AM – 2PM

Dance Film Workshop with Dr. Angana Jhaveri and Dr. Suparna Banerjee

Meet at the Dance Building Studio. We will travel to a site specific location.

Guest Lecturers and Workshop Instructors:

Dr. Suparna Banerjee

Scholar, Artist, Dance Writer

Suparna Banerjee is an independent scholar, artist and dance writer from India. She obtained her PhD in Dance Studies from the University of Roehampton, UK. She is trained in Bharatanatyam dance and has received several awards for her performances and teaching. Her choreographies have been showcased in many countries, including Germany, France, Belgium, Switzerland, the USA and the UK.

Dr. Angana Jhaveri

Producer/Director Illumine Films

Angana Jhaveri feels extremely fortunate to have been born to a classical dancer in India the land of timeless traditions and spiritual masters. She trained early with her mother, her sisters and their guru from Manipur and performed with the Jhaveri Sisters Dance Company all over India and abroad. To compliment her interest in classical dance she received a Masters in Ancient Indian Culture and then a PhD on the Raslila Dance Theater of Manipur from Michigan State University, funded by the then JDR 3rd Fund (Asian Cultural Council).


Event Sponsor
Department of Theatre & Dance, Mānoa Campus

More Information
Betsy Fisher, (808) 956-9626, efisher@hawaii.edu,

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