Moving Earth
Moving Earth is a dance project that brings together martial arts from India with popular dance styles in the UK.
Inspired by the elements of Earth, Air, Fire and Water, Moving Earth is creating new dance performances by combining martial arts based dance forms such as Chhau and Kalaripayattu with cutting edge contemporary styles.
Two internationally-renowned artists from India, dancer Santosh Kumar Nair and musician Praveen D Rao, visited the UK in July 2011 to start work on leading the team of local choreographers and musicians who will develop the new performances with a unique musical score. There’s a film of one of the workshops they led above.
Over the next year, 20 groups of 12 dancers will be formed across the West Midlands to perform at events during the summer of 2012. Anyone is welcome – you don’t have to be an experienced dancer.
To find out more please visit www.movingearth.dancingforthegames.co.uk or www.sampad.org.uk/movingearth.
