An excerpt from Post Natyam Collective's Sunoh! Tell Me Sister, this piece references the pleasure involved in embodying cliches on our own terms and the complicity of women in imposing stereotypes on other women. Here we specifically reference the Guru/Disciple relationship when learning traditional Indian dance through campy cliches.
An excerpt from Post Natyam Collective's Sunoh! Tell Me Sister, this piece references the pleasure involved in embodying cliches on our own terms and the complicity of women in imposing stereotypes on other women. Here we specifically reference the Guru/Disciple relationship when learning traditional Indian dance through campy cliches.
This dance for camera short was created to be edited into "Cyber Chat: A Manifesto" by members of the Post Natyam Collective. The written version of our manifesto may be read at: http://postnatyam.blogspot.com/2011/10/post-natyam-collective-manifesto.html
Here is the text:
Bite down hard into our naughty knotty histories
How nation-state clamped down
domesticating our bodies
Remember the unthinkable
the intimate erotic exchange between women
powerfully…
A sinuous, dream-like contemporary kathak work driven by unconventional cross-rhythms and haunting melodies. Material for dreaming in taal was developed at The Swarthmore Project, a residency program for choreographers and dancers sponsored by Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA.
choreographed by Cynthia Ling Lee
performed by David Cutler and Cynthia Ling Lee
music by David Cutler based on a rhythmic composition by Lenny Seidman
From Post Natyam's show
"SUNOH! Tell me, Sister"
created and performed by Shyamala Moorty
multimedia: Carole Kim
dramaturg: Mona Heinz
lighting design: Kedar Lawrence
special thanks to: Cynthia Ling Lee and TeAda Productions
choreography and performance: Sandra Chatterjee, Cynthia Lee, Shyamala Moorty, Anjali Tata
video editorial arrangement: Sangita Shresthova
music composition: Cynthia Lee, drawing on kathak rhythmic compositions from Bandana Sen and “Is Ishq Ke Hathon Se” sung by Begum Akhtar
sound manipulation: Loren Nerell
This video is an artistic version of the Post Natyam Collective’s administrative meetings, which are held via webcam conference calls on Skype…
This was made as a part of "SUNOH! Tell me, Sister"
choreography and performance: Cynthia Ling Lee, Shyamala Moorty, and Anjali Tata
Music: Ravindra Deo and Loren Nerell
Multimedia: Carole Kim
Dramaturgy: Mona Heinz
Lighting design: Kedar Lawrence
special thanks to Hari Krishnan and TeAda Productions
slideshow photography: Andrei Andreev and Michael Burr
music: Ravindra Deo
SUNOH! Tell Me, Sister uses multimedia storytelling and contemporary Indian dance theater to bring to life women’s stories of being silenced, finding voice, and the importance of sisterly community. The evening-length performance draws on the fragmented histories of the dancer-courtesan of the Indian subcontinent, the stories of contemporary South Asian survivors of domestic…
This channel shows contemporary South Asian dance-work choreographed by members of the Post Natyam Collective. The Post Natyam Collective is a multinational community of dance artists, scholars, and organizers critically and creatively engaging with South Asian dance forms and aesthetic concepts.
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