Attakkalari International Biennial 2011

Switzerland will have a presence at the Attakkalari International Biennial 2011 with the performance of NINGYO by Compagnie Nicole Seiler. [dated January 2011]

Switzerland will have a strong presence at the Attakkalari International Biennial 2011 with the performance of NINGYO by Compagnie Nicole Seiler. The Swiss choreographer Nicole Seiler will also be facilitating the Young Choreographers' Laboratory, while Swiss journalist, Esther Sutter Straub will conduct a seminar on Writing on Dance. Festival schedule 28 January to 6 February 2011 Young Choreographers Laboratory "Aspects to be Explored : Encounter with Arab and African Idioms,Exploration of European Strands and Technology, Introduction to Traditional Physical Wisdom and New Directions in Indian Dance" Facilitators: Jayachandran Palazhy, Nicole Seiler, Sello Pesa , Bertram Muller and Simon Dove, Bertha Bermudez, Francesco Scavetta and Rekha Tandon.

28 January to 6 February 211
Writing on Dance Seminar conducted by Swiss journalist, Esther Sutter Straub 

Sat 29 Jan 2011 Cie Nicole Seiler / A Collecion of Films Ranga Shankara at 6pm.
Sat 29 Jan 2011 NINGYO by Cie Nicole Seiler Bangalore / Ranga Shankara at 7:30 pm
Sun 30 Jan 2011 NINGYO by Cie Nicole Seiler Bangalore / Ranga Shankara at 11:00 am Sun 30 Jan 2011 Cartographies by Cie Philippe Saire / dance videos Ranga Shankara.

For more information visit www.attakkalaribiennial.org/
  
About Nicole Seiler
Nicole Seiler, the choreographer and video artist of Ningyo studied at the Dimitri School in Verscio Switzerland followed by the Vlaamse Dansacademie in Bruges, Belgium. She later completed her dance education at the School of Maurice Béjart in Lausanne, Switzerland. She was part of many dance and theatre companies including Cie Buissonnière (choreographer Philippe Lizon) in Lausanne, Teatro Malandro (directed by Omar Porras) in Geneva, Cie Philippe Saire and Alias Compagnie, Geneva (choreographer Guilherme Botelho).

Nicole Seiler set up her own company in 2002. Her artistic approach combines dance and video and she creates dance and multimedia stage performances, choreographic installations and dance videos. In her work dance and video are equally important. Conceived together the two media dialogue constantly and this symbiosis generates new body shapes and movements. Productions by Company Nicole Seiler include Living-room Dancers, Ningyo, K Two, Je m’appelle…, Pixel Babes, 4 clips pour aufnahmen, Dolls / Dolls live, Lui, One in a Million, Madame K and Quoi?