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Collective Practice Festival
Engaging in Repertoire Residency
Collective Practice Festival 2020-2024
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photo: Naveen Yohannan
Collective Practice, also known as Collective Shivarathri, is a curatorial initiative developed by Nithya Garg, Brandy Leary, Harikishan S. Nair, and Atri Nundy, in collaboration with Anandam Dancetheatre. This durational dance and music festival held in downtown toronto celebrates artists of primarily south asian classical, contemporary, and folk dance and music forms. Without formal introductions, artists perform in rotation for over 12 hours, giving to each other, to audiences, and to their practice. For the past five years, hundreds of artists from all over Canada have found this festival, and have created a space that is incredibly generous and intimate.
photo: Eamon Macmahon
photo: Francesca Chudnoff
photo: Francesca Chudnoff
photo: Francesca Chudnoff
2024 photos: Eamon Macmahon
2023 photos: Francesca Chudnoff. Greg Wong
2022 photos: Francesca Chudnoff
2021 photos: Francesca Chudnoff
2020 photos: Francesca Chudnoff
2021
Sandhya Srivatsan, Sumedha Mongia, Arrthami Siva-Kuruvind, Sukriti Sharma, Sridaya Srivatsan (with accompaniment), Sapna Sehravat, Atri Nundy, Sampradaya Dance Academy, Lata Pada, Radhika Jeetu (with accompaniment), Prajaktha Dravid, Meera Kanageswaran Students, Purawai Vyas, NKK Dance Academy, Sukruti Tirupattur, Renuka Iyer, Kieran Hieralall (accompanied by Vocal - Saibruntha Arunthavashanmughanathan, Mridangam - Krisan Vithiyatharan, Veena - Aara Aravinthan), Ragamalika Mohanraj, Pallavi Maity, Regatta Kala Kendra
2021
Tanveer Alam and Harikishan S. Nair, Pallavi Maity and Ragamalika Mohanraj, Sapna Sehravat, Kieran Hieralall, Abigail Thomas, Nivedha Ramalingam, Nithya Garg2022
Vidya Nataraj, Ahkenam Arts, Regatta Kala Kendra, Shruthi and Karuna, Nisha Chatterjee of Mrudanga Center of Performing Arts (headed by Enakshi Sinha), ĀṬAM Arts Collective, Brandy Leary, Regatta Kalakendra, Vishnupriya and Karuna, Neeraja Ramani, Priyanka Tope, Jayashree Dineshkumar, Swetha Parthasarathy, Nupura School of Music and Dance, Abigail Maria Rose, Pallavi Maity, Shobi Ruban, Kala Collective, Dhara Majmundar, K.H. Kanna, Shakthi Sanjana Seerala, Jayeeta Banerjee, Ragamalika Mohanraj, Yalini Rajakulasingam, Sapna Sehravat and Ayushi Sharma, Anupama Dineshkumar, Pooja Kulkarni, Arrthami Siva-Kuruvinth, Prachi Sharma, Nidhi and Purawai, Anojini Kumaradasan (Artistic Director/Teacher of Aadalaham), Atri Nundy and Luxmy Rajah, Sampradaya Dance Creations, Bhavajan Kumar, Tharmeega Manimaran, Anojan Subagaran (accompanied by Ishwaria Chandru, Ashwinn Balachandran, Abira Jeyakumar, Molisan Premathasan), Janani Comar, Renuka Iyer, Ashvini Sundaram, Nithya Garg, Tanveer Alam and Sukriti Sharma
2023
Pooja Kalyanpur, Jennika Davidson, Bruthuvi Varatharasan, Deepika Nair, Sai Shraddha Rajalingam, Aranan Sathiyan, Regatta Kala Kendra Intermediate, Soumya Parapurath (Adishankara Academy of Performing Arts), Abinaya Ravindran, Nevedhaa Ayyappan (Teacher Neeraja Ramani), Shobi Ruban, Deepika Dinesh (Teacher Neeraja Ramani), Rithuparna Sabarish, Vishakha Ghosh (Mrudanga Centre for Performing Arts), Aparita Bhandari, Neeraja Ramani, Avani Shirbur, Sapna Sehravat and Ayushi Sharma, Nivedha Ramalingam, GROUP B, Radhika Baskar and Adhithi Baskar, Debarati Ganguly, Anita Pandey, Suhithakumar Maanikkavasagam, Jwaalini Muralidharan (Kalai Kovil Academy of Fine Arts), Anvi Rawal, Isha Anand, Saee Shah, Shreya Kaushik, Sharanya Verman, Jayeeta Banerjee, Sridaya Srivatsan, Anjana Sekar Jayasankar, Niyathi Annamneedi, Saswati Soumya Sahoo (Nritya Sash Studio), Sujatha Ganesh, Deepthi, Vrinda, Maria, Reshmi, Sumitha, Asha, Mercy, Suneetha, Smitha, Sindhu, Lekha, Anupama Dineshkumar, Preetha Kandanchatha, Jayashree Dineshkumar, Gouri Kundu, Sreenidhi Mangu (Adiparashakti Nrutya Nikethanam), Shri Abirami Jayaraman, Anushree Harjul (NrutyaSharee Classical Dance), Shanthini Kangesan, Natyakalaimani Anojini Kumaradasan, Rithika Jeristus and Maya Jeristus (Kalaikovil Academy of Fine Arts), Revathy Kumar, Ashvini Sathiyamoorthy (Kalaikovil Academy of Fine Arts), Shrena Perinpanathan (Kalaikovil Academy of Fine Arts), Ragamalika Mohanraj (Samradhya), Shivani Shivakumar, Pallavi Maity, Sayonee Ray (Mrudanga Centre For Performing Arts), GROUP D, Joanna de Souza, Priyadarshini S, Tippi Chai, Jane Morris, Ira Raina, Vibhu Sharma, Amrit Phull (MDO/Kathak Toronto), Saee Shah & Isha Anand, Priyanka Tope, Anika Kisana, Urmi Sheth, Aparna Karthikeyan, Srushti Rajagopal, Laasya Rajagopal, Vaishnavi Ramesh Kumar, Atri (nattuvangam), Theepa Harold, Kala Collective, Renjini Mannadiar, Purawai Vyas, Deeksha Arya (Alumni of Datar Institute of Fine Arts), Shakthi Sanjana Seerala, GROUP E, Atri Nundy, Sona M Ashok, Natasha Manji (M-DO Kathak Toronto (Joanna De Souza), Stuti Mukherjee, Regatta Kala Kendra Advanced, Sindhu Nair and Sukriti Sharma, Rohit Thyagi and Shivi, Sukruti Tirupattur, Megha Subramanian, Tanveer Alam
2024
Singh Sisters, Soumya Parapurath, Tanveer Alam Students, Kesini Kuhendran and Sarvi Krishnan, Aparita Bandari, Shobi Ruban, Anandraaj, Sapna Sehravat and Ayushi Sharma, Saugandhikam Dance Ensemble, Sukruti Tirupattur, Abhyas Sukritis Students, Nevedhaa Ayyappan, Mukta Natya Center, Niyathi Annamneedi, Parul Gupta and Sindhu Nair, SG Expressions, Roweena James, Divya & Stuti, Nishita Alex, Saswati Soumya Sahoo, Neeraja Ramani, Prajakta Dravid, Ritu Verma, Atmika, Sreenidhi Mangu, Avani Samyani, Divya Sravanthi Tallam, SAKURA Performers, Anahita Nayebi/Hoor Dance Team, Pooja Rao, Shrena Perinpanathan, Vishakha Ghosh, Sumedha Mongia, Ashvini and Anushiya Sathiyamoorthy, NKK Dance Academy, Vrunda Upadhyay, Mudra Traditional Arts Academy, Anushree Harjul, Sri Abiramy Dance Academy, Nivi Samudrala, Ragamalika Mohanraj, Sreeja Golui, M-DO Kathak Toronto, Vaishnavi Panwar, Suhithakumar Maanikkavasagam, Debarati Ganguly, Gouri Kundu, Jayashree Dineshkumar, Devanshi Mishra/Oorja Danceworks, Nisha Ray of Mrudanga Centre For Performing Arts (Artists Arrive 7:30 PM), Atri Nundy, Parvini, Sreelakshmi Akash, Sakshi Juyal, Abhigam, Rithuparna Sabarish, Prathyusha Dwibhashi, Regatta Kala Kendra, Sukriti Sharma, Shivani Shivakumar, Tanya Sehgal, Megha Subramanian, Shakthi Sanjana Seerala, Raghav Monga, Rithika & Maya, Kala Dance Collective, Rohee and Ranganathan, Venu Vyas, Puneet, Arrthami Siva-Kuruvinth, Anita Pandey, Laasya, Vaishnavi, Sanjana, Arya, Srushti, Priyanka Tope, Jayeeta Banerjee, Nithya Garg
Engaging in Repertoire
The Engaging in Repertoire Residency is a curatorial project developed by Nithya Garg and Tanveer Alam through the Dancemakers Guest Curator Program. This initiative brought together artists Sanjukta Banerjee, a Mohiniyattam dance artist, and Marie Lambin-Gagnon, a Western contemporary dance and visual artist, with her dancers Megumi Kokuba and Jessica Germano . Their collaboration focused on the concept of slowness in both form and choreography, exploring how their practices could intersect and inspire each other. The residency was further enriched by the insights of dramaturges Brandy Leary and Harikishan S. Nair, who provided ongoing support for the artists' research and creative process.
photo: Akshay Moncy
