three dancers with bamboo poles and nets

 

Pravaas

Pravaas trailer. Video: Justin Jones
  • three dancers with bamboo poles and nets

A unique show using dance work around the theme of human movement triggered by climate change.

Pravaas is a promenade performance inspired by the climate migration of people from the Sundarbans across India and Bangladesh.

Themes of loss and hope, community and people, landscapes and shelter, refugees and livelihoods explored through the beauty and poignancy of South Asian dance forms and classical Carnatic vocals.  Choreography by Vidya Patel, Artistic Direction by Suba Subramaniam, featuring dance artists Aishani Ghosh, Mithun Gill, and Shree Savani.

Sundarbans is the world’s largest contiguous mangrove forest supporting approximately 4.37 million people. Due to climate change and rising sea levels, islands and homes are disappearing and the local’s way of life and making a living is under serious threat.

Pravaas is presented by Akademi, has been supported by Without Walls and commissioned by Norfolk & Norwich Festival and Brighton Festival.

For press enquiries, please contact Antareepa Thakur, Marketing and Operations Director on antareepa@akademi.co.uk.

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three dancers with bamboo poles and nets
Akademi’s Pravaas. Photo: Justin Jones
three dancers with bamboo poles and nets
Pravaas, Photo: Justin Jones
group of dancers performing outdoors
Pravaas at Norwich. Photo: Justin Jones
three artists striking a dance pose against bamboo and net structures
Pravaas at Camden Regent’s Roots Festival, photo: Brian Hartley
three artists striking a dance pose against bamboo and net structures
Pravaas at Camden Regent’s Roots Festival, photo: Brian Hartley
Pravaas at Inside Out Dorset, photo: Ezra Gray
A single file line of audiences and dancers carrying bamboo structures with green net across a green field.
Pravaas procession at InsideOut Dorset, photo Ezra Gray

Credits

Creative Team

RoleCredit
Artistic DirectorSubathra Subramaniam
ChoreographerVidya Patel
Singer & Singing compositionSwati Seshadri
Cello and Dilruba artistSarah Moody
Music/sound ArtistsMatt Olden and Kathy Hinde
DesignerMartin Lines
Creative ConsultantClaire Raftery
Audio DescriptionMaryam Shakiba
CostumeRahemur Rehman
ProducerLia Prentaki
Production ManagerChris Burr
Sound TechnicianEzra Gray

Performance Credits

Role
Mithun Gill
Aishani Ghosh
Shree Savani

PR and Media Credits

RoleCredit
PR consultantBinita Walia, The Space inBetween
ImagesJustin Jones and Brian Hartley
TrailerJustin Jones
Art workBrian Hartley

Creation and 2023 tour Supported by

Supported by Without Walls and commissioned by Norfolk & Norwich Festival and Brighton Festival.

Supported by 101 Creation Space and through public funding by Arts Council England. With thanks to Inside Out Dorset. The R&D for Pravaas was supported by Blueprint: Without Walls R&D Investment Fund and Ranan (India)

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