'Movement and me' is an initiative that is designed to help you take your passion in Arts forward!
This Podcast will feature artists from different areas and walks of life who will be discussing their journey through arts and also highlight their areas of interest in the process!
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About Sreelekshmi - Sreelekshmi is a dance practitioner and graduate of Lady Shri Ram College for Women, Delhi University, who is currently pursuing a Masters in Performance Studies in Ambedkar University, Delhi. She is a Ministry of Culture CCRT scholarship holder and a Doordarshan graded artiste in the field of Mohiniyattam. Sreelekshmi started her dance training under Sudha Peethambaran at the age of five, in Kerala. She started with the forms of Bharatanatyam, Mohiniyattam. She later joined Geetha Padmakumar for training in Kuchipudi. After moving to Delhi, Sreelekshmi further explored the Sopanam repertoire of Mohiniyattam which was pioneered by theatre practitioner Kavalam Narayana Panicker, under Jayaprabha Menon at the International Academy of Mohiniyattam, Delhi and has travelled for various productions and programmes such as Nishagandhi Festival, Kerala, ‘Philippine International Dance Festival and Workshop 2017’, Konark Festival, Delhi International Arts Festival 2017, Hampi Festival and so on. She has also given various Mohiniyattam solo recitals in New Delhi and Kerala. Exploring the notion of Performance in Ambedkar University, paved ways for Sreelekshmi to question her practice and specifically the problematized space of the ‘classical’. Body is a major space of conflict that she has tried to converse with. Some of the major questions and processes for her practice are the politics of the figure of the performer, in costuming, in gender performance, the space of performance and in the body movements to name a few. She is currently self-training her body in ‘Mohini’attam in reading and decoding the performance tradition. She has currently re-started her training in Kuchipudi with Geetha Padmakumar and is also learning Kalaripayattu from Mr. Arvind in Kerala. Currently, she is working for her Masters Dissertation with the faculty of Ambedkar which is on the aspect of ‘Spectatorship’.
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Links to the Audio Podcasts:
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2C9zprA6x3BqaoVrQCbsPR?si=NXPf_cMBQKWY5uGoxd76Dw
Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/movement-and-me/id1538479889
Google Podcast: https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy8zZTRkZTU3MC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw==
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