Helly Minarti Yogyakarta December 12, 2017 Review: Varnam One of the six works presented at the inaugural edition of Asia Focus, at Museum of Modern Contemporary Art (MMCA) Seoul was Varnam by Chennai-based choreographer Padmini Chettur. This choreographic piece of six dancers marks the first time for Padmini to revisiting Bharatanatyam, an Indian dance form [...]
Helmut Ploebst Source : http://derstandard.at/2000020072355/Zwei-Geschichten-tanzen-an-Zeitwaenden 31. Juli 2015 Review : Wall Dancing Padmini Chettur und das Tanztheater Wien beim Impulstanz-Festival Wien – Vor der nackten Ziegelrückwand der Bühne im Akademietheater unternimmt das österreichische Tanztheater Wien jetzt bei Impulstanz im Akademietheater eine Bewegung in Richtung Back to the Future. Und die indische Choreografin Padmini Chettur macht ihr [...]
Helmut Ploebst Source : http://derstandard.at/1373513331227/Occupy-als-Tanz-auf-dem-west-oestlichen-Divan 22. Juli 2013 Review : Beautiful Thing 2 Im neuen Wiener Weltmuseum besetzen Kunstschaffende aus vier Erdteilen Räume, die die Öffentlichkeit noch nie gesehen hat. Der ethnologische Tempel in der Wiener Hofburg öffnet Impulstanz im Rahmen der Ausstellung "Getanzte Schöpfung " seine Pforten. Sechs Künstler sind zu interkulturellen Begegnungen eingeladen, und [...]
Jai Ranjit September 12, 2011 Review : Beautiful Thing 2 “The vessel’s thingness does not lie at all in the material of which it consists, but in the void that it holds.” – Heideggar The space is expansive, open and yet enclosed; getting here sets the stage as the Clark House Initiative warehouse sits in [...]
Parvathi Nayar The Hindu July 12, 2011 Review : Beautiful Thing 2 Solo about stillness Beautiful Thing 2 (BT2), the only Indian performance and a Festival commission, was by Chennai-based contemporary dancer/choreographer Padmini Chettur. BT2 is Chettur's 11th creation, and marks her return to the solo. Why Chettur? “Padmini's exploration of the body is very [...]
Helmut Ploebst Source : http://derstandard.at/1246541273801/Salzburger-Sommerszene-Schmerzliche-Entschleunigung July 2, 2009 Review : Beautiful Thing 1 German: "Beautiful Thing 1" der indischen Choreografin Padmini Chettur Salzburg - Tanz behandelt immer wieder das Erleben von Zeit; Choreografie wird als "Organisation von Dingen in der Zeit" (William Forsythe) definiert. Die indische Choreografin Padmini Chettur setzte sich in ihrem beim Salzburger Sommerszene-Festival [...]
Poorva Rajaram Source : http://archive.tehelka.com/story_main47.asp?filename=hub271110YOUINTHE.asp November 27, 2010 Review : PUSHED Padmini Chettur is not a dancer for lazy audiences, says Poorva Rajaram. Padmini Chettur, 40, has gone past simply discarding her classical training. Her work now raises eyebrows even on the seemingly permissive contemporary dance circuit. At a recent performance of her production Pushed held [...]
Helmut Ploebst http://derstandard.at/2950047/Unerhoerte-Papierpuppe 4. Juli 2008 Review : Paperdoll Zwei Werke von Padmini Chettur bei der Salzburger Sommerszene (Two works of Padmini Chettur at Salzburg's Sommerscene) German: Salzburg - Wer hierzulande an indischen Tanz denkt, stellt sich üblicherweise nette Folklore zwischen Schlangenbeschwörung und der Bharatanatyam-Koryphäe Alarmél Valli vor. Die erste "moderne" indische Choreografin, Chandralekha, schaffte [...]
Kate Mattingly SommerSzene: China/India Various Venues, Salzburg, Austria June 21–July 14, 2007 Review : Paperdoll Typically home to the well-known dance makers coming from Belgium (Meg Stuart, Wim Vandekeybus, Alain Platel), SommerSzene opted for something different this year. Artists were selected from cities in India and China and came from different disciplines—dance, theater, music, film, [...]
Paul Ben-Itzak Copyright 2006, 2016 Paul Ben-Itzak Source : https://danceinsiderblog.wordpress.com/tag/padmini-chettur/ September 6, 2016 (Originally published October 27, 2006) Review : Paperdoll Flash Flashback, 9-6: Battling the Dark Spaces In a World of Conflict, Gerard Violette and Padmini Chettur See another Path Well darkness has a hunger that’s insatiable And lightness has a call that’s hard to hear I [...]