New production from Sankalpam

Posted on October 28, 2010

Asian-inspired dance company Sankalpam present Corpo-realities at Laban Theatre, south London, on November 16–17.

Three choreographers have been commissioned in a triple bill that fuses the South Indian classical dance Bharata Natyam with contemporary techniques.

Luca Silvestrini, known for his work with Protein Dance, uses observational movements to reflect cultural hang-ups. Stephanie Schober – herself a Trinity Laban graduate – looks at the performers’ desire to communicate. Stella Uppal-Subbiah, Sankalpam’s joint artistic director, has collaborated with theatre director Phillip Zarrilli to explore the process of abhinaya (internal acting).

For tickets, call 020 8469 9500 or see www.trinitylaban.ac.uk/labantheatre

Picture: dancer Lucia Tong in Corpo-realities. Photograph by Nuno Santos.

Zoe Anderson

Zoë was born in Edinburgh, and saw her first dance performances at the Festival there. She is the dance critic of The Independent, and has also written for The Independent on Sunday, The Scotsman and Dancing Times. In 2002, she received her doctorate from the University of York for a thesis on “Nationhood and epic romance: Ariosto, Sidney, Spenser”. She is the author of The Royal Ballet: 75 Years and The Ballet Lover’s Companion.