Walk Once More
A Dance Theatre Production - 20th and 21st May, Epicentre, Gurgaon
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-- Walk Once More..., A Dance Theatre Production, by Danza Performing Arts & Sakshi, where Dances and Theatre Performed by over 50 professionals and dance students (kids and adults) come together to tell a story of resilience and human spirit, will be performed at on the 20th and 21st May 2010 at the Epicentre, Gurgaon at 7:30 pm
Dance Director & Story : Swati Mohan
Theatre Director : Smita Bharti
Script Writers : PriyaOm Jha & Smita Bharti
Smita Bharti, a Rotary World Peace Fellow, a Special Fellow WISCOMP, Senior Fellow Literature, KK Birla Foundation, is the Executive Director, Sakshi, a regd NGO working for violence against women and non violent action. She is a co founder of Hungry Heart Festival, a regd theatre society focussed on theatre for social change.
She has Written, Directed and Performed over 27 theatre projects, mainstreaming gender, equality and diversity and promoting non violent action. A few of her performances include Satchidananda [work in progress], Rubaru: Raj Kapur in Russia, Tattoo, As the Sun Sets, Rooh ka Ghar and The Most Important Question, Blind Date, Nun and the Prostitute, 45"35"55", Jailbirds.
Her Film experience includes scripting, directing and producing over 20 films ranging from one minute advocacy films to documentary and features. The focus was on mainstreaming gender/ marginalized and promoting diversity. Some of the Projects include One minute films on Sexual Harassment, Leadership, Judicial Education, Sexuality, A documentary on responsible sexuality "Mirror Mirror on the Wall Who am I After All?" , SEE ME SEE YOU, A Documentary on Disability and Inclusiveness, "Hide and Seek", Documentary on the inner worlds of conflict in urban children. She is currently working on commissioned scripts for 2 feature films.
Her experience in television and radio includes Sesame Street-Unicef project- Meena Radio - 160-episode Radio-serial, a forthcoming adventure series - 'Bujho toe Jano' for channels, Pogo and Nickelodeon, Miditech-Unicef mega initiative 'Facts for Life' translated into a serialized TV-soap, 'Kyunki Jeena Issi Ka Naam Hai...' [Season- II] and Pili Andhi [script and screenplay].
Swati Mohan, a professional dancer is trained in jazz, contemporary, classical ballet, yoga dance and bharatnatyam .
She is founder and creative director of Danza Performing Arts, a dance school which she started in 2008. The mission of her academy is to bring contemporary dance to a broader audience and enable the dancers to use dance as a tool for self exploration and empowerment.
She has performed in renowned festivals like Kalagodha Mumbai, Fontys Dance Festival Tilburg, Nishagandhi festival Tiruvanathapuram, Sacred art festival delhi, IIFI Goa.
As a choreographer she worked on a number of musicals, theatre productions, and professional shows. Besides Swati has been resident choreographer for Gati Summer Dance Residency in 2009 in contemporary dance.
Her experience in bollywood includes Dhoom 1 and Socha Na Tha.
She has worked with The Danceworx Performing Arts Academy (AD Ashley Lobo) for 6yrs as one of the main company dancers, teacher, choreographer, business head and member of advisory board.
Today Swati brings her long experience in dance, theatre, vocal classical music and advertising together to spread the message of dance and the immense power its has to enrich ones entire being.
