For Pina - Dance Performance By Attakkalari: Events in Hyderabad

REVIEW FOR FOR PINA - DANCE...

Goethe Zentrum, in association with the Attakkalari Centre for Movement Arts and the Andhra Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation, is presenting a special dance program at the Qutub Shahi Tombs at Shaikpet. Titled For Pina, the baller is a homage to a choreographer Pina Bausch.

Dr. Geeta Reddy (Minister for Information and Public Relations, Cinematography, FDC, Tourism, Culture, Archaeology & Museums Archives - Government of Andhra Pradesh) is the chief guest for the evening. The guests of honour are Jayesh Ranjan, IAS (Secretary to Andhra Pradesh Government in Tourism and Archaeology & Museums) and Padmasri Dr. Ananda Shankar Jayant (dancer & choreographer).

For Pina... is situated in a specially-designed sonic environment with cutting edge music.Choreographed and presented by Attakalari proponent Jayachandran Palazhy, the piece uses several media, including film installation and live music, tuned to immerse the audience in a sonic experience, to commemorate Pina's work and life. It is an exploration of male-female interactions, a theme that was an obsession with Pina Bausch whose treatment of it oscillated between tender and violent.

Pina Bausch, a German choreographers, passed away suddenly in June 2009. Pina was a modern dance choreographer and a leading influence in the development of the Tanztheater style of dance. In 1955, Philippine