Abu Nyeem performs in �Summer Residency 2015 Showcase� in Delhi
DL Desk
Abu Nyeem, a young dancer from Borguna, is now in Delhi to present and perform his own choreography at Delhis Gati Dance Forums Summer Residency 2015 Showcase, which started on August 7, and will continue today and tomorrow. For the last four years, Shadhona has been awarding Scholarships to young dancers to train in Contemporary Dance in Kolkata for a year. Abu Nyeem was the first awardee. Gati Summer Dance Residency 2015 presents new dance propositions by emerging choreographers. This is an informal sharing of six culminating propositions from the 7th edition of Gati Summer Dance Residency (GSDR). The 10-week residency, held between June 1and August 9, 2015, invited six choreographers to propose, conceptualize and realize their own choreographic works with feedback and assistance from established practitioners in the field of performance-making.
The residents of Gati Summer Dance Residency (GSDR) 2015 are Anjali Nair (Bangalore), Manju Sharma (Delhi), Meghna Bharadwaj (Delhi), Abu Nyeem (Dhaka), Archana Kumar (Bangalore) Shreya Kumar (Delhi). The mentors of GSDR 2015 include Sankar Venkateswaran (IND), Takao Kawaguchi (JPN), Padmini Chettur (IND), Marina Collard (UK), Preethi Athreya (IND), Deepak Kurki Shivaswamy (IND), Zuleikha Chaudhari (IND), Anurupa Roy (IND), Sound Mentors- Priya Sen (IND) Sajid Akbar (IND) and Peer Mentor Mallika Taneja (IND).
GSDR 2015 is supported by Japan Foundation, Royal Norwegian Embassy, Goethe-Institut/ Max Mueller Bhavan, Sangeet Natak Akademi, British Council, Inlaks Shivdasani Foundation, Indian Council for Cultural Relations, Environics Trust and GSDR 2015 patrons Brinda Dutt, Anita Ratnam/Arangham Trust, Bunty Chand, Sanjoy Roy, Mukesh Panika, Mohit Satyanand, Sanjna Kapoor, Vivan Sundaram Vivek Sahni.
Abu Nyeem, is a Bangladeshi dancer and choreographer, working in the evolving contemporary space in this country. He started training at the age of 7, in Bangladeshi folk dance gradually exposing himself to create contemporary movements. Through his years of learning he has also trained in Kathak and Bharatnatyam. He has performed extensively in Bangladesh and South Asia for the last 14 years. His choreographic debut was an experimental production called Ultraviolet, based on contemporary movements developed and imbibed from Kathak, Jazz and Tap. Ultraviolet was produced by Shadhona - A Center for Advancement of Southasian Culture in July 2013.
He participated in a month-long cultural exchange between Shadhona (Dhaka, Bangladesh) and Spectrum Dance Theatre (Seattle, USA) culminating into an intercultural dance presentation - Looking Forward to The Past directed by Donald Byrd, the artistic director of Spectrum.
He has also been placed amidst the top five dancers in one of the most popular dance reality TV shows in Bangladesh called Channel i Shera Nachiye Dance Competition in 2014.
Abu Nyeem aims to depart from the classical tradition of gestures, posturing and mythical tales, to arrive at precise, sharp, condensed and inward-bent movements.
He wishes to bring about the concept of resistance and conviction through his process of creative build up.
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