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2021
As a mark of a significant change this year has brought, I am changing the format of this website - from third person to first person. :)
This year, I went on and took up the biggest, longest, the most consuming and the most rewarding project of my life - I had a child.
This changes everything as I have known it so far, including my work as an artist.
I have always felt that having a child is basically living with your heart outside of your body. This means vulnerability, but also an incredible degree of openness that life affords from you. I hope that this kind of vulnerability and openness will be an essential aspect of my artistic work.
This year, I went on and took up the biggest, longest, the most consuming and the most rewarding project of my life - I had a child.
This changes everything as I have known it so far, including my work as an artist.
I have always felt that having a child is basically living with your heart outside of your body. This means vulnerability, but also an incredible degree of openness that life affords from you. I hope that this kind of vulnerability and openness will be an essential aspect of my artistic work.
These.Three.Words
The only other project I have taken up for 2021 is These.Three.Words. If you click on the link, you find out more about the work.
These.Three.Words is a very special project that emerged out of a research symposium "Out of the Box" in the autumn of 2020 during COVID. This symposium was organised by Jazz & the City festival, which was forced to cancel their regular festival format. However, the curator Tina Heine insisted that research and improvisation was the only way forward, which led to Out of the Box.
Different artists hung out during this symposium, improvising and exploring various ideas with one another. Musician Chris Dahlgren proposed his idea for These.Three.Words, which was then developed together with Dorit Ehlers, Jordina Millà, Olivia Mitterhuemer and yours truly.
I offered to produce this work for 2021 through INFLUX, and SZENE Salzburg invited us to do the premiere at Sommerszene 2021, and the rest is, as they say, history.
These.Three.Words is a very special project that emerged out of a research symposium "Out of the Box" in the autumn of 2020 during COVID. This symposium was organised by Jazz & the City festival, which was forced to cancel their regular festival format. However, the curator Tina Heine insisted that research and improvisation was the only way forward, which led to Out of the Box.
Different artists hung out during this symposium, improvising and exploring various ideas with one another. Musician Chris Dahlgren proposed his idea for These.Three.Words, which was then developed together with Dorit Ehlers, Jordina Millà, Olivia Mitterhuemer and yours truly.
I offered to produce this work for 2021 through INFLUX, and SZENE Salzburg invited us to do the premiere at Sommerszene 2021, and the rest is, as they say, history.
2020
"Sea/Mehr: eine clownesk - groteske Parabel" in collaboration with Clownfabrik
Photo: Bernhard Müller / INFLUX
Nayana directed her first clown-theater project titled "Sea/Mehr: eine clownesk-groteske Parabel", to be presented at Toihaus Theater in the frame of SIE 2020 Edition on the 2nd of December at 19 hrs. This work is produced by INFLUX - Netzwerk für Tanz, Theater und Performance, in collaboration with Salzburg-based clown-theater group Clownfabrik. It has been funded by Stadt Salzburg and Land Salzburg.
Note: This project will be premiered online through FS1 Community TV due to COVID related restrictions on live performances in theatres.
Note: This project will be premiered online through FS1 Community TV due to COVID related restrictions on live performances in theatres.
Archive of the body by Natalia Castaneira
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Nayana will be a part of several performances of the project "Archive of the body", choreographed by Natalia Castaneira, performed alongside Anna Barbara Bonatto, Natalia Castaneira and Milla Keskitalo. The piece will be presented at Zwischenräume Festival, Heckentheater, Take the A-Train Festival and Szene Studio in various contexts.
Photo: Niklas David Holzmayr
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Photo: Jasmin Walter
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Photo: Bernhard Müller / INFLUX
CAGE at SIE 2020 Edition
As the opening performance of Salzburg Improvisation Evenings 2020 Edition, Katie Duck will perform her world-touring piece since 2014, "CAGE", in collaboration with Nayana Keshava Bhat on the evening of March 4th at Toihaus Theater at 19 hrs.
Description:
CAGE is a solo by Katie Duck with an invitation for collaboration. INFLUX artist Nayana Keshava Bhat accepts this invitation, bringing her own Indian/Austrian cultural influence into the work.
CAGE refers to the composer John Cage whose scores, among other things, introduced musicians to choice.
CAGE also refers to how the institutionalisation of absolutely everything, the loss of love, the need to face the anatomic perfection of what the Vagina actually is and the use of death as tactic for fear has suppressed our emotions and feelings forcing us all to live in a CAGE.
This work is created in co-production with INFLUX - Netzwerk für Tanz, Theater und Performance and Toihaus Theater. It has been funded by Salzburg Stadt and Salzburg Land.
Description:
CAGE is a solo by Katie Duck with an invitation for collaboration. INFLUX artist Nayana Keshava Bhat accepts this invitation, bringing her own Indian/Austrian cultural influence into the work.
CAGE refers to the composer John Cage whose scores, among other things, introduced musicians to choice.
CAGE also refers to how the institutionalisation of absolutely everything, the loss of love, the need to face the anatomic perfection of what the Vagina actually is and the use of death as tactic for fear has suppressed our emotions and feelings forcing us all to live in a CAGE.
This work is created in co-production with INFLUX - Netzwerk für Tanz, Theater und Performance and Toihaus Theater. It has been funded by Salzburg Stadt and Salzburg Land.
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Salzburg Improvisation Evenings 2020 Edition
Salzburg Improvisation practitioners will be presenting a piece following the performance of "CAGE" on the evening of 4 March at 20:15 hrs. In this improvised piece, the performers experimented with space and time, creating an instant composition.
The piece was created under the artistic direction of Nayana Bhat and performed by Anna Barbara Bonatto, Verena Pircher, Olivia Mitterheumer, Natalia Castaneira, Agnes Distelberger, Ursula Schwarz, Ortwin Probst, Peter Kaubisch and Azahara Sanz.
The piece was created under the artistic direction of Nayana Bhat and performed by Anna Barbara Bonatto, Verena Pircher, Olivia Mitterheumer, Natalia Castaneira, Agnes Distelberger, Ursula Schwarz, Ortwin Probst, Peter Kaubisch and Azahara Sanz.
Moving Clowns weekend workshop at GEA Akademie
Moving Clowns: Flow und Folie Workshop in GEA Akademie will take place on the weekend of 21 - 23 February.
PNEU 2020
Photo: Bernhard Müller
Nayana will be performing again in "The show must go on" of Jerome Bel, to be presented as the finale of the Performing New Europe Festival on the 25th of January at 20 hrs in Szene Theater.
Später bei Peter talkshow at PNEU
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As a part of the PNEU 2020, Nayana will be one of the three guests on "Später bei Peter" talkshow with Peter Stamer on the 22 January at 21 hrs in Szene Lokal. It is free entrance to one and all.
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Mentoring for Young Friends project
Nayana has been invited by Szene Salzburg to mentor the participants of their project "Young Friends", in order to support young arts enthusiasts to find their artistic paths. Accordingly, Nayana will be facilitating an impulse workshop on 11 January at Szene Studio
2019
Moving Clowns: Flow und Folie @ GEAThe last workshop for 2019 of "Moving Clowns: Flow und Folie" at GEA Akademie will be held from 29th November to 1st of December.
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Designed by Nicola Lieser
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SIE open-stage at Toihaus TheaterSalzburg Improvisation Evenings, popularly referred to as SIE, will present two open stage evenings at Toihaus Theater on the 6th of November and 11th of December at 19 hrs. The on-going project is developed under the artistic direction of Nayana Keshava.
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"Extraordinarily Intolerable" at tanz-house herbst 2019Project "Extraordinarily Intolerable" will be presented again at the tanz-house herbst festival on 30th and 31st of October in Toihaus Theater at 19 hrs.
This work is produced in collaboration between Tomaz Simatovic and INFLUX - Netzwerk für Tanz, Theater und Performance. It is directed by Tomaz Simatovic and performed by Nayana Keshava Bhat and Bandi Meszerics. |
Photo: INFLUX / Bernhard Müller
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SIE at Jazz & the City Popup stage
Photo: Elfi Eberhard
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Nayana will directing and performing an instant composition live performance on the popup stage in Jazz & the city festival on 19th of October at 12:00 hrs on Makartplatz, along with the practitioners of Salzburg Improvisation Evenings. The performers are Julia Leckner, Ursula Schwarz, Andrea Beringer, Anna Adansamer, Katharin Maier, Elisabeth Girame, Markos Destefanos, Maja Backovic.
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"Konstruktionen des Fremden" - Podiumsdiskussion
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Nayana will be moderating a panel discussion on the topic of "Konstruktionen des Fremden" together with Susanne Lipinksi, Sarah Bergh and Dr. Siegrid Schmidt on the evening of the 25th September at 21:00 hrs at ARGEkultur Saal.
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"The show must go on" with Jérôme Bel
Copyright: Mussacchio Laniello
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In celebration of the 50th anniversary of Szene Salzburg, French choreographer Jerome Bel shall re-stage his renowned work "The Show Must Go On" in Salzburg with a new cast. Nayana has been invited to be part of this project.
This work will be performed at Szene Theater on the 8th of October at 20:00 hrs. |
Performing at Sommerszene 2019
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Nayana will be part of Sommerszene 2019 by performing in the work "Die Späte der Stunde" directed by Ohnetitel - Neztwerk für Theater und Kunstprojekte.
The performances will take place on 17th, 22nd, 24th, and 29th of June at 19:00 hrs. |
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Extraordinarily Intolerable @ Toihaus Theater
© Bernhard Müller / INFLUX - Netzwerk für Tanz, Theater und Performance
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Nayana will be collaborating with and performing the work titled "Extraordinarily Intolerable", directed and devised by Slovenian choreographer Tomaz Simatovic under the umbrella project "The Performing Solidarity Project", on the 14th and 15th of June at Toihaus Theater at 19:30 hrs.
This work is produced by Tomaz Simatovic in collaboration with INFLUX - Netzwerk, co-produced by Toihaus Theater, funded by Salzburg Stadt Kultur, Bildung und Wissen, and Land Salzburg Kulturabteilung. More details about the project you will find here. |
Bharatanatyam at Lange Nacht der Kirchen
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Nayana has been invited again to perform Bharatanatyam together with Katharina Nadamani Fuchs at the Lange Nacht der Kirchen Festival 2019. The performance will take place twice, 20:30 hrs to 21:15 hrs and again 21:30 hrs to 22:15 hrs on the 24th of May at Dreifaltigkeitskriche. It is free entrance and all are welcome!
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"Draußen Sein, Sichtbar Sein" - workshop at AAI
Nayana will be leading a workshop with Julia Leckner titled "Draußen sein, Sichtbar sein", focusing on female body perception in social contexts. This workshop is an initiative by INFLUX - Netzwerk für Tanz, Theater und Performance in collaboration with Afro-Asiatisches Institut, to take place on the 15th of May, from 16:00 hrs to 20:00 hrs.
Salzburg Improvisation Evenings
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Nayana will be directing the improvisatory performance practice to take place twice a month in Toihaus Theater.
Salzburg Improvisation Evenings is an invitation to performers of all genres such as, musicians, dancers, actors, singers, clowns and so on, to be part of and create an on-going improvisation and live performance practice. For more details about participation, dates and related information, check here. This work is produced by INFLUX - Netzwerk, co-produced by Toihaus Theater, funded by Salzburg Stadt Kultur, Bildung und Wissen, and Land Salzburg Kulturabteilung. |
© Bernhard Müller / INFLUX - Netzwerk für Tanz, Theater und Performance
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Room of Inevitable End - Revival @ ART SPACE stift millstatt
Sommerszene 2018 © Bernhard Müller / INFLUX - Netzwerk für Tanz, Theater und Performance
This project, having premiered at Sommerszene Festival 2018, will see its revival performance at ART SPACE stift millstatt on the 8th of February, 2019, 20:00 hrs.
This project is produced by INFLUX - Netzwerk für Tanz, Theater und Performance, and co-produced by Szene Salzburg and büro für tanz | theater | produktionen, Millstatt. It is funded by Stadt Salzburg Kultur, Bildung und Wissen, Salzburg Land Kulturabteilung, Land Kärnten and supported by ARTSPACE stift millstatt and Toihaus Theater, Salzburg. The production is supported with scientific inputs from Eva-Maria Kubin/DSP Cultural Production Dynamics, Universität Salzburg.
This project is produced by INFLUX - Netzwerk für Tanz, Theater und Performance, and co-produced by Szene Salzburg and büro für tanz | theater | produktionen, Millstatt. It is funded by Stadt Salzburg Kultur, Bildung und Wissen, Salzburg Land Kulturabteilung, Land Kärnten and supported by ARTSPACE stift millstatt and Toihaus Theater, Salzburg. The production is supported with scientific inputs from Eva-Maria Kubin/DSP Cultural Production Dynamics, Universität Salzburg.
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Moving Clowns: Freiheit & Fiasko and Flow & Folie at GEA, Waldviertl
As usual, the new year starts with a clown workshop at GEA from the 11th - 13th of January with Moving Clowns: Freiheit & Fiasko module.
The second module, "Moving Clowns: Flow & Folie", will take place with a special focus on Valentine's Day, from 14th - 17th of February. Register now! |
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2018
Afro-Asiatisches Institut 30. Jubiläumsfeier
Nayana has been invited to perform at the 30th anniversary celebrations of Afro-Asiatisches Institut on the 25th of October, 2018 in Kollegienkirche at 19:00 hrs. It is free entry to one and all.
SUDDENLY THE FLOOR WAS NOT THERE: Performance project with Tomaz Simatovic
Photo courtesy: Wolfgang Lienbacher
Nayana will be performing this work, choreographed by Tomaz Simatovic, as a part of Tanz_House Festival 2018 on the 24th of October at 20:00 hrs in ARGE Foyer.
This is project is the second part in the trilogy on the Rana Plaza disaster, and is the beginning of a new body of work developed by Slovenian choreographer Tomaz Simatovic.
This is project is the second part in the trilogy on the Rana Plaza disaster, and is the beginning of a new body of work developed by Slovenian choreographer Tomaz Simatovic.
Photo courtesy and copyrights: Bernhard Müller
Room of Inevitable End premiere at Sommerszene Festival 2018
Nayana's first group choroegraphic production, "Room of Inevitable End", will be premiering at the Sommerszene festival, 2018, in ARGEkultur on 7th of June at 18:00 hrs. This will be followed with a second performance on the 8th of June at 20:00 hrs.
This project is produced by INFLUX - Netzwerk für Tanz, Theater und Performance, and co-produced by Szene Salzburg and büro für tanz | theater | produktionen, Millstatt. It is funded by Stadt Salzburg Kultur, Bildung und Wissen, Salzburg Land Kulturabteilung, Land Kärnten and supported by ARTSPACE stift millstatt and Toihaus Theater, Salzburg. The production is supported with scientific inputs from Eva-Maria Kubin/DSP Cultural Production Dynamics, Universität Salzburg.
This project is produced by INFLUX - Netzwerk für Tanz, Theater und Performance, and co-produced by Szene Salzburg and büro für tanz | theater | produktionen, Millstatt. It is funded by Stadt Salzburg Kultur, Bildung und Wissen, Salzburg Land Kulturabteilung, Land Kärnten and supported by ARTSPACE stift millstatt and Toihaus Theater, Salzburg. The production is supported with scientific inputs from Eva-Maria Kubin/DSP Cultural Production Dynamics, Universität Salzburg.
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Bharatanatyam classes at AAINayana has resumed teaching Bharatanatyam classes at the Afro-Asiatiches Institut starting March 12th. the classes will take place every Monday between 18:00 and 19:30 hrs, and is open to one and all.
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Photo courtesy: Maayan Reiter
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Residency for Room of Inevitable End at Toihaus TheaterA residency has been offered at the Toihaus Theater for Nayana's on-going choreographic project "Room of Inevitable End". During the period from the 1 - 14 of February, Nayana will be working on the second phase of creation together with dancers Anna Bárbara Bonatto, Maayan Reiter, María Casares González, Maria-Pilmaiquén Jenny, Roni Sagi, and costume-designer Christina Pointner.
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Moving Clowns at GEA Akademie, WaldviertlThe new year starts with a 3- day workshop in GEA Akademie, Schrems, from the 5 - 7 of January.
A 4-day workshop "Moving Clowns: Flow und Folie" will take place from 3 - 6 of May. A second 4-day workshop "Moving Clowns: Freiheit und Fiasko" will take place towards the end of summer, from the 27 - 30 of August. Registrations and more information are available on the GEA website. |
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Creative movement and Indian dance workshops at KinderyogafestivalNayana will be teaching creative movement and Indian dance workshops at the 1. Österreichische Kinderyoga Festival to be held in Neumarkt am Wallersee, Austria, on the 30th of September and 1st of October 2017. The workshops are meant for children between the age groups of 5 - 10 years old.
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Residency at ART SPACE, MillstattNayana has been invited for a two-week choreographic residency by think tank + management: büro für tanz I theater I produktionen, curated by Andrea K Schlehwein, to work on her new production "Room of Inevitable Ends", from 14th - 27th August, 2017. This project will feature five performers, namely, Anna Bárbara Bonatto, Maayan Reiter, María Casares González, Maria-Pilmaiquén Jenny, Roni Sagi, with Christina Pointner for stage and costume design.
This production is to premiere on the 7th of June, 2018 at Sommerszene Festival in ARGEkultur. As a part of the residency, Nayana together with Maayan Reiter and Anna Bárbara Bonatto, will be offering open classes for professional dancers called "On the Move" on the 16th, 17th and 18th of August from 10:00 - 12:00. |
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Bharatanatyam performance at Lange Nacht der Kirchen FestivalNayana will be presenting a Bharatanatyam evening with Katharina Fuchs and Asmita Banerjee on the occasion of Lange Nacht der Kirchen Festival 2017 at the Kajetaner Kirche on June 9th. The performance will be repeated twice.
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Photo courtesy: Tobias Hammerle
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Moving Clowns - Freiheit und Fiasko at GEA Akademie"Moving Clowns - Freiheit und Fiasko" will be held at the GEA Akademie, Schrems, Austria for the third consecutive year, from April 28 - 30th.
A more elaborate follow-up of this workshop, under the title "Moving Clowns - Flow und Folie" will be held between July 10 - 13, 2017. |
A Duet. Ein Solo. at Performance Tage"A Duet. Ein Solo.", co-produced by ARGEkultur, has been invited to perform at the Salzburger Performance Tage Festival, curated by Helene Weinzierl/Tanzimpulse Salzburg, on the 10th of April 2017.
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Photo courtesy: Bernhard Müller/ ARGEkultur
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Residency at D.ID Burgenland
Nayana was invited to be an artiste in residence at Dance Identity Burgenland, Centre for dance and choreography between 12 - 21 December 2016. During this residency, Nayana continued to develop her choreographic work "A Duet. Ein Solo.", while also offering a movement class as a guest teacher.
Residency at Szene Salzburg
Nayana is currently a resident artiste at Szene Salzburg studio between 01.09 - 18.09. and again from 03.10 - 13.10., wherein she will research on her next untitled collaborative dance project with Swedish choreographer Micke Strid, Austrian circus artiste Andrea Schalk, and German theatre actress Julia Leckner.
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Moving Clowns - Flow und Folie
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"Der Clown und das Geld" - Moving Clowns workshop at Afro-Asiatisches InstitutA 3-day weekend workshop and project will take place between 19.11.-21.11. as a part of a week-long project at AAI. Nayana and Peter will work with a group of participants on exploring their inner clowns, and developing a keen sense of listening to oneself as a practice to keep up in a world that continues to place more and more importance on money.
The workshop will culminate in a clown street performance on the 21st. |
Bharatanatyam performance at Festabend 30 Jahre Weltladen, LaufenNayana has been invited by Weltladen, Laufen to present an evening of Bharatanatyam recital as a part of the celebration of their 30th anniversary. The recital will be held at Salzach Halle, Laufen on 10th of October, 2016, 7pm.
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Moving Clowns for MIT U-Lab
"Moving Clowns" has been invited to offer a one-day weekend workshop for the Munich hub of MIT U.Lab program. After an introductory evening workshop for 18 participants on September 22, a longer workshop will be conducted on November 26, 2016, in Munich.
U.Lab is an eight-week online course co-founded by MIT and Harvard that draws on an understanding of human factors as the basis for innovation. By following it you will learn the basics of Theory U, a framework that encourages transformational change on individual and collective levels, and leads to innovative working style. For information about U-Lab, you can go to http://munich.impacthub.net/event/ulab/.
U.Lab is an eight-week online course co-founded by MIT and Harvard that draws on an understanding of human factors as the basis for innovation. By following it you will learn the basics of Theory U, a framework that encourages transformational change on individual and collective levels, and leads to innovative working style. For information about U-Lab, you can go to http://munich.impacthub.net/event/ulab/.
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