Part of the International Dance Festival 2019

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“The body is the only archive of the physical memories of dance,” Padmini Chettur.

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Where does the body begin, and where does it end? At its core,

this is the question once asked by Chandralekha - for whom Padmini danced for ten years - becomes the constant guiding light.

 

In her exhibition at [ESAS], various archives are displayed, not to replace the experience of watching Padmini’s live performances, but to serve in tracing the trajectory of a choreographic body over two decades.

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It is a trajectory that places the body at the center, putting an emphasis on its relations to time, whilst at the same time it carved out a distinct spatial configuration that highlights her fixation on the feminine body.

 

Padmini’s depth and breath of work resonates with the spirit of inquiry central to [ESAS].

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