Dance Moms – Irene Manning
The Women Behind TLFCB
Choreography : Creating a dance that you can call yours
It is Thursday and I am teaching my normal class as part of foundation’s Outreach&Education programme at Snehadaan. I split the students into groups, and ask them to make a small phrase of choreography to the lyrics of a Hindi song that one of my friends gave me. As the second group starts performing, something about their movement catches my …
Pelvic alignment in yoga, ballet and life.
In order to gain the most out of any practice that requires precision of the muscles, joints, bones and ligaments of the body, the physical alignment of the body is vital. This is highlighted both in Iyengar yoga and ballet – classes which also provide good lessons on how to stand, walk and sit outside the studio, in order to …
Walking the tight rope – a dancer’s note by Shifa Ali
When we were kids, our parents always said, ‘Be who you want to be’. And some of us, like me, believed them without a sliver of doubt. I always imagined that the world is my oyster, that I am capable of anything and everything and so did my parents. The only difference was that their understanding of success and my …