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*Note for students of Samadhi Dance Company: keep an eye out for an invitation including a special promocode to get your student discount!

Make sure to get your tickets for our upcoming performance! 11 September is coming faster than you think!

Bho

at RASATheater – Pauwstraat 13a – Utrecht

Saturday 11 September 2010

20.30 – 22.00

Tickets: 15,00€ per person

https://samadhidancecompany.paydro.net/

Check it out:

There will be a 2nd half this evening with guest performances of Sarita Keilman and Liam, Aleksey Furdak dancing a classical bharata natyam number, a duet  by Rasarani Keilman and Vraja Sundari Keilman and 3 songs that Rasa will sing live.  Altogether our electric second half will be 40 minutes!

Bho will be performed in the first half, slightly more compact: it will only be approximately 40 minutes

We’ll give you a chance to stretch your legs at the 20 minute intermission

So make sure you mark your calendars for 11 September, 20.30 at RASATheater in Utrecht!

Bho 2010

Bho, Sanskrit for ‘Hey, you’, speaks to human experiences and relationships within the world and its body. Bho is a spontaneous, intimate encounter in which both dancer and spectator become intentionally drawn into the human experience through the use of language, purposeful music and playful, expressive dancing. This dance production is
played out by five of our energetic and charismatic dancers: Vraja Sundari Keilman (the Netherlands), Ilaria Angelicchio (Italy), Annlydie Groenen (Belgium), Rasarani Keilman (the Netherlands) and Aleksey Furdak (Latvia).

They will be carried by the music of Bjork, Niraj Chag, The Beatles, Bibio, Unwed Sailor and Samadhi’s favorite composer, Nitin Sawhney. The performance will be complimented by several art film projections created by the acclaimed Levina Tameris (the Netherlands), Lars Steenhoff (the Netherlands) and  Samadhi dancer and choreographer Vraja Sundari Keilman.

The second half of the evening will present a program of diverse performances such as a classical Bharata Natyam dance by Aleksey Furdak, an urban twist of contemporary and acrobatics by Sarada Sarita Keilman and Liam O’Callaghan, contemporary ballet in ‘Suzy’s Room’  by Rasarani and Vraja Sundari Keilman and several soulful songs performed live by Rasarani Keilman.

Don’t miss this unique event and reserve your tickets now!

Start Time: 20:30
Date: 2010-09-11
End Time: 21:30

Reservations through samadhidancecompany@gmail.com

'Bho' - Spring 2010

Click here for all of the images in the galleries – from there you can choose which of the works you would like to see.

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Bho Spring 2010

Bho Summer 2010

Making of ‘Bho’ 2010, rehearsals of Samadhi Dance Company @ Studio Baarn, The Netherlands.
Music track: ‘Raag’, Nitin Sawhney.
Footage: Lars Steenhoff
Edit: Vraja Sundari Keilman
Dancers: Ilaria Angelicchio, Annlydie Groenen, Vraja Sundari Keilman and Rasarani Keilman.
Footage is copyright © Samadhi Dance Company 2010.
More info: www.samadhidancecompany.nl

Here some links to this special evening:

http://mobiel.nu.nl/foto/netbinnen/60210-Samadhi- ance-Company-op-het-Openluchttheater-Vondelpark.html

http://www.nufoto.nl/fotos/159521/samadhi-dance-company-op-het-openluchttheater-vondelpark.html

We will also post some highlights of the performance very soon!

Special thanks to New Dance Studios and Vondelpark Openluchttheater!

Rasarani Keilman, photo by Justine Henzen 2010

‘A special mention goes to the dancers from the Samadhi Dance Company who took time out of their busy schedule to perform their new piece, “Bho.” Their performances were stunning. We hope to see them again soon!’  By Kancana -Vali.

For the full article please visit their site at www.radhadesh.com

A Few Days on Another Planet

Inspired by our lovely time in Radhadesh here’s what our dancer Aleksey Furdak has to say about this experience:

“…I think I have found what is needed for happiness. A quiet secluded life in the country, with the possibility of being useful to people to       whom it  is easy to do good, and who are not accustomed to having it done to them, and work which one hopes may be of some use. Then rest, nature, art, love for one’s neighbor. Such is my idea of happiness….”
-Leo Tolstoy-

Radhadesh… Probably the most beautiful and magical place that I’ve seen. Just because it brings you to another dimension where the art of being here and now and understanding that your true nature is bliss seems so easy. Everything there reminds you of it: a flower that just grows in a grassland or a bird just flying around. That is so easy- just breathing and simply being. Easy but somehow as we rush through life in a modern world we seem to forget this simple truth. So we constantly need something to remind us that life is not about it. I guess few days spent in Radhadesh was such a reminder for Samadhi team.

There is one song from old Russian cartoon which says that “there is nothing better in this world than travelling together with friends. All roads are dear to us. We bring joy to people with our art and our happiness is to live such a life “. I always wanted to come to a point when this simple children song would become my personal experience. And here I am. Dancing. Dancing and travelling together with friends. Dancing for the joy of others. Dancing for the pleasure of Divine. Dancing and being happy.

But what makes performances in Radhadesh so special? Well, first of all I guess it is the audience. Natya Shastra- ancient Indian treatise on dance- says that in order to have suuccesful performance not only dancer but also audience should be qualified. Performance is dialogue. So in order to understand each other those involved in the dialogue should speak about the matter which is understandable for both. And there all of us spoke language of the heart.

Speaking for myself, another reason of special feeling while performing in Radhadesh is the presence of Divinity there. Because you do it as an offering without expecting anything. When dance comes from your heart and not from your ego. A story af a famous medieval Indian musician Tansen comes to my mind in this regard. Tansen was a  court musician and he was considered the best musician of his time. But once Emperor heard Tansen’s teacher playing and his music touched Emperor’s soul way deeper than Tansen’s music. Then Emperor asked Tansen, “How is it that you cannot play as soulfully as your teacher does?”    Tansen replied, “I play for name and fame. I play for you. He plays for God. Here is the difference. If I played for God—for God in you, for God in everyone—only then would my music be supernatural, heavenly, supremely soulful and perfect.”

by Aleksey Furdak July 31 2010.

For more information please visit his website http://humphreybennett.nl/cursussen.

Register through Humphrey Bennett:

+31 (0) 35-5418577

SDC Newsletter 2010 v.1

Before you go back to school, warm-up your creativity and get inspired with the dancers of Samadhi Dance Company!

Rasarani Keilman by Karen Scheffers

Friday August 27 & Saturday August 28, 2010 Samadhi Dance Company will have a two-day workshop for advanced dance students at the Samadhi Studio near Passenger Terminal Amsterdam. The workshop will be taught by choreographer, dancer and artistic director Vraja Sundari Keilman, assisted by her dancers Ilaria Angelicchio, Annlydie Groenen and Aleksej Furdak. The emphasis will be on learning the style and technique behind the company’s performances as well as researching and developing the individual and unique language of each student. The workshop will be held from 12:30 – 17:30 and participation is based upon selection.

Sign up today and don’t miss this opportunity!

Email samadhidancecompany@gmail.com before the 21st of Augsut and send us your dance experience/CV + photo. Once you have been selected, we will confirm your participation before the 25th of August.

WHAT: Two-days Workshop for Advanced Dance Students:

WHERE: at The Samadhi Studio; Jollemanhof 24, Amsterdam

TIME: Both days are from 12:30 – 17:30.

PRICES: One day: € 25 p.p. – Two days: € 45 p.p.

REGISTRATION: Based upon selection; please send a short bio/cv + photo to samadhidancecompany@gmail.com.

DEADLINE REGISTRATION: August 21, 2010