Aur Ek Antaraal : Drishti Dance
Festival Film Nights
Aur Ek Antaraal : a short film by drishti dance
Aur Ek Antaraal
On these shores of infinity
Bound by an ancient affinity
Deep in the shadows of that incandescent star
Time slips slowly, relentlessly, bead by bead
An endless shattering into myriad prisms..diffusing all..
Till.. all is time and time is all
And then again an Antaraal…
…The splendour of age old, temporal laws
A hectic pace, then slumberous pause
And this then again an Antaraal
Till..all is time and time is all..
Mallika Dasgupta
(Adapted from original Hindi text written by Dr. Rashmi Chaturvedi)
The word Antaraal literally means suspension or a pause in time.
Aur Ek Antaraal is short screen dance film that explores the journey of movement in time, as experienced through pause in between. A pause that encapsulates a potential for transformation, a leashed energy, an anticipation, a silent tension ready to release at the next moment. A time thus can be viewed as a series of pauses interspersed with movement.
This screen adaptation follows a full length work Antaraal, that premiered in ‘The Resolution 2016’ at The Place, London followed by ‘Moving with the Times’, in Pegasus, Oxford. It was then, re-developed, based on especially commissioned new text, “Aur Ek Antaraal” authored by DR. Rashmi Chaturvedi. The work has since then premiered at Offbeat 2019.
Dancer and Choreographer, Anuradha Chaturvedi works with filmmaker, Rauni Baros, Screen Dance
Mentor, Omari ‘Motion’ Carter and Artistic Consultant Debbie Fionbarr, to develop this film as a process of understanding screen dance as a new creative and artistic expression especially in the context of a Classical Indian dance form. It is a year long project funded and supported by Arts Council’s DYCP (Developing Your Creative Practice) grant.
Poem (Aur Ek Antaraal) – Dr. Rashmi Chaturvedi
English Adaptation (Aur Ek Antaraal) – Mallika Dasgupta
Image Credit- Alexander Clovis
This piece is part of a double bill with The World is Broken by Illumé. This evening will explore the work of these two Berkshire based contemporary dance companies, who also do extensive work in teaching, and with communities. Watch together then join both companies online to find out more about the piece and the company.
This ticket includes a unique link to view the film and a code to join the online question and answer session, both of which will be emailed to you nearer the time. You do not have to attend both the screening and the q&a.