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Ektha presents a one-of-its kindDance competition in Coimbatore!Competitions:Bharathanatyam - SoloFolk Dance - GroupDate...
23/01/2023

Ektha presents a one-of-its kind
Dance competition in Coimbatore!

Competitions:
Bharathanatyam - Solo
Folk Dance - Group

Date: 8th and 9th April, 2023

Bharathanatyam (Solo)
Round 1: A 3-5 minute piece of your choice on 08/04/23
Round 2: Top contestants of Round 1 will work on a piece together in teams of 2 or 3 the next day - 09/04/23.

Folk Dance (Group)
Round 1 - A 3-5 minute piece of your choice on 08/04/23
Round 2 - The top teams will be given a challenge by the judges which they will have to work on and perform the next day - 09/04/23.

Swipe right to know more about the competition.

Register at: www.ekthadance.com/events
Registrations are on a first come first serve basis.

Ektha presents “Anjali” - An Evening of Dance!We are really excited to dance our hearts out for all of you at Anjali, ou...
28/12/2022

Ektha presents “Anjali” - An Evening of Dance!

We are really excited to dance our hearts out for all of you at Anjali, our very own show on January 8th 2023 at The Grand Regent!❤️

Tickets are on sale now! Early bird offer ends on January 1st! Grab yours soon! ✨

We are very grateful to all our Gurus, families, friends, and well wishers for their support!❤️

Hope to see all of you on 8th Jan - a huge day for all of us at Ektha!

15/08/2020

Two years ago, today, we started EKTHA!
It has been two wonderful years of sharing, learning and growing together as dancers and human beings!

Here's a virtual collaboration by 20 of us to celebrate two years of EKTHA! 🙂

A huge thank you to all of you for your encouragement, love and support!
And a bigger thank you to all our dance Gurus without whom we are nothing!

To many more years of sharing our passion and love for dance.. ❤

Songs: Ghanan Ghanan, United by Music and Ae Watan by Penn Masala

Dancers:
Maiurei, Krishnapriya, Gayathri, Shreya, Shreya Kallingal, Akila, Hema, Shobika, Sandhya, Maansi, Ahalya, Krithika, Nivithaa, Pavithra, Smitha and Saritha

EKTHA presents SWĀDHYĀYA - A DANCE & MOVEMENT WORKSHOP by SHREYA KALLINGALOn Sunday, 26th January ‘20 from 9:30 am to 12...
21/01/2020

EKTHA presents SWĀDHYĀYA - A DANCE & MOVEMENT WORKSHOP by SHREYA KALLINGAL
On Sunday, 26th January ‘20 from 9:30 am to 12 pm.

This workshop will focus on understanding the interplay of Bharatanatyam & contemporary dance vocabulary!

Workshop fee: Rs 300. Register to confirm your place: https://forms.gle/GcuZdRPGydikTn2RA
Limited seats only.
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What you will learn:
Part 1: Cardio exercises + Conditioning (this involves a flow of stretches) Gaga technique- through this, the dancer will be able to explore the range of movement their bodies are capable outside the construct of a particular dance style.

Part 2. Ballet basics like basic positions & lines - these will help understand contemporary dance aesthetic, but the techniques will also go with Bharatanatyam.

Part 3. Musicality - something we don't play with too much in Bharatanatyam. Dancers generally perform choreographies in different Kala pramanams & according to the percussion but seldom use the quality & tone of the music to inspire movement. This part will help dancers move with the quality of the music, look for rhythms & musical cues within a song.

Part 4. Theory based discussion- with the primary focus being on angika & sathvika and a brief of Laban movement analysis. Exercises based on the vocab & theory.

Part 5. Laban movement - Work through bars of choreography & render it with different qualities of movement. ************************
Shreya, a lawyer & dancer, has been training in Bharatanatyam for the last 15 years (under the tutelage of Guru. Vidushi Mrudula Rai) & is BFA Bharatanatyam graduate from SASTRA University.
She has taken training in Mohiniattam, Kuchipudi, Odissi & other Indian folk styles.
She’s trained in Contemporary dance (specialising in dance theatre), drabbled in Street styles & was a senior company member of High Kicks Dance Ensemble in Chennai. She’s a passionate performer & choreographer and is a co-founder of त्रyam an Artist Collaborative that works with traditional/modern dance vocabulary & dance on film.

EKTHA PRESENTS SWĀDHYĀYA - A DANCE AND MOVEMENT WORKSHOP BY SHREYA KALLINGALon Sunday, the 26th of January, 2020 from 9:...
21/01/2020

EKTHA PRESENTS SWĀDHYĀYA - A DANCE AND MOVEMENT WORKSHOP BY SHREYA KALLINGAL
on Sunday, the 26th of January, 2020 from 9:30 am to 12 pm.

This workshop will focus on understanding the interplay of Bharatanatyam and contemporary dance vocabulary!

Workshop fee: Rs 300*

Please register in the following link to confirm your place. https://forms.gle/GcuZdRPGydikTn2RA
Limited seats only.

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Below is an insight into what you can expect at the workshop:
Part 1: Cardio exercises + Conditioning (this involves a flow of stretches like the Suryanamaskar)
Gaga technique - through this, the dancers will be able to explore the range of movement their bodies are capable outside the construct of a particular dance style.
https://www.dancewearcentral.co.uk/blog/gaga-dance/

Part 2. Ballet basics like basic positions and lines - these will help understand contemporary dance aesthetic, but the techniques will also go with Bharatanatyam.

Part 3. Musicality - something we don't play with too much in Bharatanatyam. Dancers generally perform choreographies in different Kala pramanams and according to the percussion but seldom use the quality and tone of the music to inspire movement. This part will help dancers move with the quality of the music, look for rhythms and musical cues within a song.

Part 4. A theory based discussion section - with the primary focus being on angika and sathvika and a brief of Laban movement analysis. Exercises based on the vocab and theory.
https://www.theatrefolk.com/blog/the-eight-efforts-laban-movement/

Part 5. Laban movement - Work through bars of choreography and render it with different qualities of movement. ************************

About Shreya Kallingal:
Shreya is a lawyer and dancer based in Coimbatore. She has been training in Bharatanatyam for the last 15 years (under the tutelage of Guru. Vidushi Mrudula Rai) and is BFA Bharatanatyam graduate from SASTRA University.
She has also taken training in Mohiniattam, Kuchipudi, Oddissi and other Indian folk styles.
She has trained in Contemporary dance (specializing in dance theatre), dabbled in Street Styles and was a senior company member of High Kicks Dance Ensemble in Chennai.
She's a passionate performer and choreographer, and is a co-founder of त्रyam an Artist Collaborative that works with traditional/modern dance vocabulary and dance on film. ************************

*The workshop fee can be paid in cash at the workshop. If you'd like to transfer it, please get in touch with us.

Contact +919952630555 for further details.

With the blessings of our Gurus, families and well-wishers, we are taking huge yet baby steps this new year! We are real...
04/01/2020

With the blessings of our Gurus, families and well-wishers, we are taking huge yet baby steps this new year! We are really happy to perform our first full Bharathanatyam performance as Team Ektha as part of the 12th edition of the Coimbatore Vizha Celebrations!

We are a group of young dancers who learn/learnt under different Gurus but our passion for dance is what unites us! We meet, we choreograph, we dance, we learn from each other and we laugh together but most importantly, we love dance! You will see the culmination of all of this in the coming week when we perform! 🙂

Come watch how dance brings us together:
7th January at Marudhamalai Temple - 5:15 pm
9th January at Dhanvantari Temple - 7 pm

Your presence will really mean a lot to us! 🙂
Dancers: Aashikha Manikanth Amrutha Naresh Rao Kavinaya Selvaraj Priya Ranganathan Saritha Choudhry Vajra Balaji

How we celebrated the New Year - a day full of practice and a couple of photos! 😀We, at Team , wish all of you a very h...
01/01/2020

How we celebrated the New Year - a day full of practice and a couple of photos! 😀

We, at Team , wish all of you a very happy 2020! Thank you for all the love and support you gave us in 2019 - it means a lot to us! We look forward to uniting more dancers this year and sharing our love for dance with a lot more people! 😍
The countdown to our first full Bharathanatyam performance begins.. We are performing next week at the Marudhamalai Temple (7th Jan) and Dhanvantari Temple (9th Jan).. Please do come watch us and show us your love and support! 😊 Looking forward to seeing you there !
❤️

08/10/2019

Stay tuned... :)

We are happy to announce that our next Adavu Meet is on Wednesday, 11th September from 4 pm to 6 pm!An Adavu Meet is jus...
07/09/2019

We are happy to announce that our next Adavu Meet is on Wednesday, 11th September from 4 pm to 6 pm!

An Adavu Meet is just a fun way to practice your Adavus & meet new dancer friends.. Register in the following link or drop me a message to confirm your place.. https://forms.gle/sBEX9qNMi81ebCim6 !

This time it is going to be a much more interactive and fun session, so do come by and make the usually tiring Adavu practice a happy one! 😍

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EKTHA - where dancers unite!

"EKTHA" ... where dancers unite! 🙂 Ektha means Oneness or Unity. All of us at Team Ektha learn under different Gurus & we have different styles of dancing, but what makes us one is our mutual love for Bharathanatyam and other Indian dance forms. So basically, through Ektha, you can see a bunch of passionate young dancers who come together to share ideas & come up with dances just because we love dancing! We still continue to learn from our respective Gurus & will never stop - coz we are nothing without them! 🙂 This is only a way to meet like-minded people & share the love for dance.

If you're thinking how suddenly - here's how it started. While I was at the University of Southampton, thanks to SKBD & India society, I got the chance to meet dancers whose exposure to dance was different from each other & also got to perform with them. Every time we came up with a choreography, it was a different experience. New ideas & new thoughts... I learnt so much from everyone I worked with! So I thought why not do something similar here... and that's how Team Ektha came together!

Lots of gratitude to everyone who has contributed towards this journey and helped make this possible (my family, Guru, friends and dancers!) Looking forward to make a lot more of you dancers a part of this story :)

If any of you would like to share ideas and our love for Bharathanatyam or any other Indian dance form (folk/classical), email us at [email protected] and we will get in touch with you!