ATMA Dance Company
Archive Listings for ATMA Dance Company
SIVALOKA & Ghatam - T654818778Eagerly anticipated new works Sivaloka and Ghatam launch Mayuri Boonham’s innovative new company ATMA; using the exhilarating Bharata Natyam dance language to reflect upon the meeting of ancient Indian thought with contemporary experience. Widely known and respected for her role as joint Artistic Director and Choreographer of Angika Boonham now embarks on a new chapter of artistic creativity, to explore the spiritual and sacred within the rush of life today. She brings together an international team of award winning collaborators including: India’s leading electronica composer-duo, Midival Punditz (featuring vocals from Bollywood star Shankar Mahadevan); lighting designers Guy Hoare and Clare O’Donoghue; costume designers Moritz Junge and Becs Andrews and dancers Archana Ballal, Shreya Kumar, Pauline Reibell & Luisa Lazzaro.Music Midival Punditz (SIVALOKA). Lighting Guy Hoare (SIVALOKA). Costume Becs Andrews (SIVALOKA). Costume Sydney Florence (costume making - SIVALOKA). Music Midival Punditz (Ghatam). Lighting Clare O'Donoghue (Ghatam). Costume Moritz Junge (Ghatam). | |
| 30 Jul 11 to 31 Jul 11 | The Tobacco Factory, Bristol :: V1384579886 listing details L01973225847 |
| 1 Dec 10 | Rich Mix, Outer London :: V0478944234 listing details L01640682804 |
Sivaloka/Ghatam - T1938646986Mayuri Boonham’s vibrant new dance company ATMA uses classical Bharatanatyam movement and contemporary vocabulary to create eloquent, unpredictable dance. For Sivaloka and Ghatam, the company’s first two works, Mayuri has brought together an international team of award-winning collaborators. Inspired by the dramatic, rock-cut Elephanta temple in India, Sivaloka explores one of the central ideas in Hindu philosophy; Ghatam was inspired by American composer Steve Reich’s iconic Drumming, with a score played by dancing drummers, featuring the beautiful and unique sound of the ghatam, a classical Indian percussion instrument.Choreographer Mayuri Boonham. | |
| 12 May 11 | The Place Theatre, Inner London :: V240 listing details L690406797 |
