Presented by
International Research Centre ‚Interweaving Performance Cultures’ of Free University, Berlin
um: Indian Dance in a Global Age

Curated by: Dr. Avanthi Meduri and Rajyashree Ramesh
Keynote: Prof. Dr. Gabriele Brandstetter (Dance Research, Freie Universität Berlin)

Presenters: Ashish Mohan Khokar (India), Dr. Avanthi Meduri (UK/India), Prof. Martin Puttke (Germany), Rajyashree Ramesh (Germany/India), Anja Weber (Germany), Sandra Chatterjee (Germany)

This exciting international symposium, organized in collaboration with the International Research Centre of Free University, Berlin, is unique and the first of its kind in Berlin. It brings together scholars and practitioners from India, Europe and the UK to examine global issues relating to Indian dance production, transmission and performance. The seminar is novel in that it focusses on unexplored themes around cultural translation, historicity, innovations and inter-weavings in Indian dance.

How are dancers, dance teachers, choreographers and scholars responding to the changing needs of the global age? What is the meaning and function of Indian dance in a global world?

The symposium investigates these themes within an Indo-European framework and the long history of East/West collaborations linking India with the world. Since this is a practice-based seminar, the symposium will feature select innovative work by young choreographers using Indian classical dance vocabulary to create new interweaving visions, communities and audiences for Indian dance in a global world.

Call to Dance Communities 
If you want to showcase your innovative work (3mins) at the conference, or want to make a presentation on what Indian dance means to you today in a global age, please send your short abstracts/DVDs to the curators at: A.Meduri@roehampton.ac.uk, natyam@aol.com. Deadline for Receipts of Abstracts: June 1st 5pm.
Acceptance Notifications:  June 7th