Active States : Dance Workshop
Hosted By : Ainesh Madan
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Active States is a dance workshop for people with all backgrounds. In the workshop, we will explore improvisational tools to help get us moving. We will then access simple movement exercises adapted for the people in the room. The workshop will culminate in a layered and rhythmic movement phrase that we will learn and dance together.
The class will feature LIVE MUSIC by Chandan Channakeshava.
How It Works:
A thoughtfully crafted movement based workshop that is fun and light.
What To Expect:
- 2 Hours of finding out how your body can move
- Dance to live music by Channakeshava
- Meet fellow dance enthusiasts
Ainesh Madan (he/him) is a dance artist currently based in Bangalore, India. He is a co-founder of the 206 Dance Collective. Ainesh attended Bard College (USA) on a full-tuition scholarship, receiving a Bachelor of Arts in Dance and Economics. He premiered his first evening-length solo, Phantasies, as part of the University Settlement Guest Artist Series programme in New York City, for which he received the Emergency Grant from the Foundation for Contemporary Arts. Ainesh was one of the 2021 residents for Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan’s bangalore residency-Expanded at Weltkunstzimmer in Düsseldorf. He recently received the ThinkArts Grant to develop a new work for kids inspired by the character of Smeagol/ Gollum from the Lord of the Rings saga. Ainesh is currently working towards becoming a certified teacher in the Alexander Technique. He is also an experienced, multilingual dance teacher, and has been teaching dance for over eight years to people of various ages. Ainesh’s writing was published in Imagining – A Gibney Dance Journal in November, 2021. Given the opportunity, Ainesh would willingly spend all his time reading, journaling, meditating, playing an instrument, and most importantly, making new friends.
