Shanghai Indian Performing Arts Collective
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Artistic Director: Dr. Priya Srinivasan with Minakshi Choudhury, Neesha Jhaveri, Gayathri Ramamurthy, Sashikala Ravi, Chelvy Samuel, and guest artist You Qi
18:00 Reception
19:00 Performance
20:00 Discussion: "The Spiritual/Material Divide" by Dr. Priya Srinivasan and Nunu Kong
Both Indian and Chinese cultures have an understanding of the third eye. Hindu tradition associates the third eye with the AGNA Chakra. Taoism claims that the third eye is one of the main energy centers of the body. Seeing beyond duality of body/mind, of the spiritual and the material, feeling beyond seeing, and experiencing through the third eye is the goal of this performance. It is also about feminine experience of this third eye.
In Indian artistic forms there is no difference between music, yoga/dance, and text. They all work together. The written text in the forms of poems is set to a raga (melody) and tala (rhythm) and the moving body then visualizes the music through dance. Using classical Indian dance and music vocabulary, ancient and contemporary oral, written and digital texts, the group presents postmodern, experimental work to see how performance and communication bridges can be created between India and China bringing the past, present, and future into conversation.
The collective brings together musicians, dancers, artists, and scholars trained in India, Malaysia, and Australia who currently reside in Shanghai and features local Shanghainese guest artists.
The event is supported by Consulate General of India Shanghai.
上海印度艺术表演团
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艺术总监: Priya Srinivasan博士, Minakshi Choudhury, Neesha Jhaveri, Gayathri Ramamurthy, Sashikala Ravi, Chelvy Samuel, 及特邀艺术家You Qi
18:00 欢迎酒会
19:00 表演
20:00 讨论：由Priya Srinivasan和Nunu Kong 和带来的"精神与物质的划分"主题的讨论
印度和中国的文化中都有关于“第三只眼”的描述。在印度教的传统叙述中，是把第三只眼和顶轮（AGNA Chakra）联系在一起。中国的道教认为“第三只眼”是身体最主要的能量中心之一。这次表演希望大家能通过身体和心灵观察物质和精神世界，通过“第三只眼睛”感受超越视觉感官的世界，这也是关于从女性角度来解读“第三只眼睛”的内容。
在印度的艺术表现形式中，音乐，瑜伽和文字是不可分割的整体。以诗歌形式出现的文字被赋予了音乐的旋律（Raga）和节奏（Tala），而音乐通过身体的动作被转化成视觉的舞蹈。表演团将通过使用印度古典舞蹈和音乐，古代和现代的口头、书写和数码文字表达方式为大家带来后现代兼具试验性的艺术表演作品。希望呈现艺术表演和交流是如何将印度和中国联系在一起的。这种联系古已有之，在当下焕发出勃勃生机，并将在未来继续发展。
表演团的成员由来自印度，马来西亚和澳大利亚接受培训的音乐家，舞蹈家，艺术家和学者，构成，她们目前都生活在上海，特邀的上海艺术家也将参加这次表演。
此活动得到印度驻沪领事馆支持。