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Rekha
  

Rekha, meaning ray or line is a beautifully intimate crafting of dance and live music. Sonia Sabri explores the classical roots of Kathak in this solo programme, focusing on precise footwork, rapid turns, complex rhythms and poignant mime and gesture.

The first half comprises a quartet of items weaving poignant gesture and lyric and bursts of quick rhythm. These include an invocatory item, expressional or 'abhinaya' pieces, and rhythmic 'pure dance'. The second half begins with a musical introduction, and continues to display the technical intricacies of the dance through improvised dialogues between dancer and musicians building to a heart pounding crescendo. Although the compositions derive from the traditional idiom, Sonia's personal approach creates a modern classical presentation.

This stunning solo production features evocative live music including Tabla, Vocal, Harmonium and Sitar.

  
 
 
 
 
 
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Drishti
  
  Drishti - meaning vision or perception - revisited the beauty and poise of Kathak within a responsive digital environment, translating and amplifying the choreography into a stunning multi layered visual and aural landscape. The programme featured solos and duets in three parts: - Curve, Gaze, Whip, choreographed by Shobana Jeyasingh and Ayam and Naiyaka choreographed by Sonia Sabri.

The production was created in collaboration with composer and digital artist John Marc Gowans and performed by Sonia Sabri and Noni Jenkyn-Jones with live and recorded music from Musical Director/Composer, Sarvar Sabri..

  
 
 
 
 
 
RED
  
 

Combining exquisite dance, arresting visual design and evocative music, Red explores the cultural, spiritual and emotional significance of the visual spectrum's most potent and resonant colour. It provides insights into the diverse experiences, interpretations and associations of the colour red...marriage; blood; urban neon; heat; religious ritual; passion... Red is a place of release, an opportunity for reflection. It is a celebration of life.

Red places classical Kathak's virtuosity and grace within an unmistakably modern day setting. Performed by three dancers, including Sonia herself, Red unites the mesmerising spins, rapid footwork and the detailed hand gestures of the dance with the driving rhythms and subtle sensual melodies of live musical accompaniment, which with echoes of trance beats and jazz riffs has itself a distinctive contemporary edge.

Red came about through collaboration between Sonia Sabri; composer Sarvar Sabri; artistic consultant Jatinder Verma, designer Jacqueline Gunn and lighting designer Charles Balfour.

  
 
 
 


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