COMPAGNIECOMPAGNIE SHANTALASHANTALA SHIVALINGAPPASHIVALINGAPPA FERRANFERRAN SAVALLSAVALL

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[H]ikari Compagnie Shantala Shivalingappa 50 rue fouré, F-44000 Nantes [email protected] - +33(0) 972 349 728 www.shantalashivalingappa.com

CIMA -Fundació Centre Internacional de Música Antiga 2,Camí de la Font-08193 Bellaterra / Catalunya– [email protected] - +34(0) 93 594 47 69 www.fundaciocima.org CIE SHANTALA SHIVALINGAPPA - [H]ikari / 50 rue Fouré, F-44000 Nantes, :: [email protected] / Gaëlle Seguin / +33 (0)612 500 640 / [email protected] / Amélie Doussot / +33 (0)972 349 728 / [email protected] CIE SHANTALA SHIVALINGAPPA - [H]ikari / 50 rue Fouré, F-44000 Nantes, :: [email protected] / Gaëlle Seguin / +33 (0)612 500 640 / [email protected] / Amélie Doussot / +33 (0)972 349 728 / [email protected]

] Jordi Gaspar Duration : 1:20 Ferran Savall Ferran Savall where they David Mayoral Nicolas Boudier Nicolas Boudier Driss El Maloumi [GENESIS] [GENESIS] ert by Ferran, to Nedyalko Nedyalkov Oud : [email protected] Drums : Shantala Shivalingappa Shivalingappa (Nantes), Double-bass : for New Dialogues (Roma, it) for New Dialogues r the first time in 2005. CREATIVE TEAM CREATIVE Booking : Musical creation : (Barcelone) and its director [ Guitar and vocals : Mercat de les Flors (, es), Kaval (flute) : Festival Temporada Alta (Girona, es), antala. This piece, integrated in a presence on stage for a special private [H]ikari - Compagnie Shantala Shivalingappa Shivalingappa Shantala Compagnie - [H]ikari corded live in conc more gather around a common project, new album titled IMPRO. This "concert for Festival Divinamente Roma Festival CIMA de Música Antiga -Fundació Centre Internacional [H]ikari - Compagnie Shantala - [H]ikari Mercat de les Flors Mercat de les Choreography and performing : FIND India-Europe Foundation Lighting design / technical management : Lighting design / technical management ivalingappa collaborated fo ured around the world. Executive Production : Coproduction : , with Mario Mas playing Spanish guitar. In collaboration with Bhavana In 2010, the two artists met again for the program for the French fashion house Hermès. Then in 2008, Shantala requested Ferran's show called "Namasya", to dancing. accompany the Solo that she created for Sh a dancer" is created around a subtle blend of Ferran's music and Shantala's unique In 2007, Pina Bausch chose a song re on the occasion of the release of Ferran's premiered Now, initiated by the prestigious Ferran Savall and Shantala Sh Francesc Casadeus, these two artists once

CIE SHANTALA SHIVALINGAPPA - [H]ikari / 50 rue Fouré, F-44000 Nantes, :: [email protected] / Gaëlle Seguin / +33 (0)612 500 640 / [email protected] / Amélie Doussot / +33 (0)972 349 728 / [email protected] dialog with the dialog with the Mayoral in the drums One voice, Savall’s, which sings the moment moment the sings One voice, Savall’s, which and is accompanied by guitars and such percussion, as well as other instruments qanunin the as the oud, the kaval and the Nedyalkov in most complete format. Nedyalko in the lute, the naval flute, Driss el Maloumi Clara Peya in Jordi Gaspar in the contrabass, the qanun the piano, Hakan Güngör in psalterion and David are some of the musicians of this project. The dancer Shantala Shivalingappa has created with Ferran Savall on 2014 the project Impro Sharana: a new conception of the improvisation in contemporary dance. An interplay of possibilities which sets aside the parameters of reason, inhibition and self- and censorship to make way for impulse intuition, setting and emotion. ll sketches a life story ll sketches a life story Ferran Savall offers a unique creative project; Ferran Savall offers a unique creative appear and a selection of snapshots that in the disappear in the musical performance, musical improvisation. An unrepeatable audience. The experience shared with the of intimacy of sincerity and the spontaneity and music creation. Mediterranean exoticism from all around the world. experience concert and musical IMPRO is a project. Ferran Sava through music. The basis of each ostinati and harmonic improvisation is simple patterns revived from a past time to accompany and embrace the melodic improvisation of the present moment. Melodies with languages that never Ferran Savall makes materialise in a word. nourished by use of different phonetics techniques and styles from world cultures. CIE SHANTALA SHIVALINGAPPA - [H]ikari / 50 rue Fouré, F-44000 Nantes, :: [email protected] / Gaëlle Seguin / +33 (0)612 500 640 / [email protected] / Amélie Doussot / +33 (0)972 349 728 / [email protected] CIE SHANTALA SHIVALINGAPPA - [H]ikari / 50 rue Fouré, F-44000 Nantes, :: [email protected] / Gaëlle Seguin / +33 (0)612 500 640 / [email protected] / Amélie Doussot / +33 (0)972 349 728 / [email protected]

family. Their recording family. Their recording Barcelona and the SiNo Barcelona and the Guitar and vocals [FERRAN SAVALL] SAVALL] [FERRAN among others, but always shunning any but always shunning any among others, of style, searching for specialisation to incorporate into his technical morsels Voice technique classes with improvisations. reinforced his vocal base. Dolors Aldea have where he learned and The first places streets of performed were the squares and the Gràcia district in Armando the Venezuelan writer bar run by In 2004 he Luigi Castaneda, now closed. of playing embarked on the adventure professionally with his Du temps & de l’instant was of the disc world. Since followed by concerts all over the worked with the Indian dancer 2005 he has on and choreographer Shantala Shivalingappa such a number of projects and with musicians Madabusi as Chitravina N. Ravikiran, Thodur Edouard Krishna, Subash Chandra, Prabhou recorded he and Wassim Soubra. In 2008 mar’ with the assistance of ‘Mireu el nostre Mario Masparticipation of Jordi and the Gaspar, Javier Mas and Dimitris Psonis, among Gaspar, Javier Mas and Dimitris Psonis, others. After the warm reception given to the disc in he has performed frequently there in a trio with Mario Mas and Jordi Gaspar. He has also worked with musicians such as Driss El Maloumi, Nedyalko Nedyalkov, Razmik Amyan, Gaguik Mouradian and Hakan Gungor, with whom he played recently in Turkey with the Pandora group for He has also been involved in TRT Muzik. projects such as ‘Gèmini l’espectacle de poesia’ and ‘Una música de cavalls negres’, as duo with relation in a recent close well as a Jordi Gaspar. his last project, has presented In 2014 he entitled IMPRO. family. He studied th Rolf Lislevand Superior de Música Basel in 1979. Since ll, Ferran Savall has Ferran Savall is a self-taught singer in search Ferran Savall is a self-taught singer world of the natural voice. He has explored music: from Pakistan, India and Armenia guitar and later specialised in early in later specialised guitar and instruments at the Escola Díaz-Latorre; at Xavier with de Catalunya Trossingen () wi (theorbo); and on various occasions with in Sant Feliu de Andrew Lawrence-King Guíxols (). Ferran Savall was born in early childhood, as the son of Montserrat Figueras and Jordi Sava been in everyday contact with the musical world of study, rehearsal and concert in his home with members of his CIE SHANTALA SHIVALINGAPPA - [H]ikari / 50 rue Fouré, F-44000 Nantes, :: [email protected] / Gaëlle Seguin / +33 (0)612 500 640 / [email protected] / Amélie Doussot / +33 (0)972 349 728 / [email protected] CIE SHANTALA SHIVALINGAPPA - [H]ikari / 50 rue Fouré, F-44000 Nantes, :: [email protected] / Gaëlle Seguin / +33 (0)612 500 640 / [email protected] / Amélie Doussot / +33 (0)972 349 728 / [email protected]

ploration of dance, directed by Giorgio directed by Giorgio Acclaimed as a rare dancer by artists and Acclaimed as a India and Europe, Shantala connoisseurs in flowing technique with combines a perfect fine sensitivity. Since the grace and a very of also had the privilege age of 13, she of the greatest artists of working with some Béjart (“1789…et nous”), our times: Maurice Miranda in Peter Brook (for whom she played in “Hamlet”), “The Tempest” and Ophelia (“O Dido”, Bartabas (“Chimère”), Pina Bausch Blues), Amagatsu “Néfès”, and “Bamboo her artistic (“Ibuki”). Such experiences make unique one. journey a truly between Today, Shantala shares her time work in touring, expanding her choreographic with the Kuchipudi style, and collaborating various artists in the ex music and theatre. Some of these collaborations are: dancer- “Play” (2010), a duet with Cherkaoui, choreographer Sidi Larbi opera “Nineteen Mantras” (2012), a modern inspired by hindu myths, and for which Shantala Barberi Corsetti created the choreography; “Peer Gynt” (2012) directed by Irina Brook for the was in which Shantala Salzburg Festival, acting, dancing, and singing. Shantala was awarded the In 2013, prestigious “Bessie” dance award in for Shiva Ganga. the latest In 2014, she performed in “AM I”, “Shaun Parker & piece by Sydney-based Company” at the Sydney Opera House, with a and musicians. cast of 13 Australian dancers She also created “Blooming” with Charles ‘Lil a street-dance jookin’, Buck’ Riley, a wizard in style from Memphis, Tennessee. [SHANTALA SHIVALINGAPPA] [SHANTALA

brought up in Paris, to bring Kuchipudi to to bring Kuchipudi the western audience, she has performed in important festivals and theatres, earning all. from praise and admiration Shantala is the child of east and west. filled with dance and She grew up in a world music, initiated at a tender age by her mother, dancer Savitry Nair. Deeply moved and inspired by Master Vempati Chinna Satyam’s pure and graceful style, Shantala dedicated herself to Kuchipudi, and received an intense and rigorous training from her master. Driven by a deep desire Born in Madras, India, Born in Madras, India, CIE SHANTALA SHIVALINGAPPA - [H]ikari / 50 rue Fouré, F-44000 Nantes, :: [email protected] / Gaëlle Seguin / +33 (0)612 500 640 / [email protected] / Amélie Doussot / +33 (0)972 349 728 / [email protected] Double-bass Double-bass lfu Omar Livanelli, La Omar Livanelli, La lfu ry special concerts. And [JORDI GASPAR] GASPAR] [JORDI Traditional de Tunis, Zu Traditional de Tunis, Koksi, Abdelijalil de Damasco, Cham Ensemble begins In the 2004 and more. Hossam Ramzy song to share draft the his romance with “Romance de Miguel Valentía” with Martirio and Poveda. relevant the presentation of In the 2007 are i dies” by Maria Del Mar spectacle “Treballs Poveda at Metropolitan (NY), Bonet and Miguel Stones with Rolling off-tour participation in the by saxophonist musicians, with adaptations Tim Ries… collaboration remarkable The 2007 begins a Jacob where, apart from with musician Andreu is cooked andother productions for others, produced the record BLOW (Almoukri Records- 2010) AKIXÍ. his first solo album, The 2009 produced composedIs a collection of music and represents performed on acoustic bass guitar, the work of the last two years. except All pieces are original compositions per Bubu Arabesque (Debussy), and Cançó has been presented (Jordi Bonell). This project with format in duo in Barcelona, in Círcol Maldà, Jordi Bonell in three ve project incorporating to a new trio gives rise percussionist Roger Blavia. 2011. The team Van Campen & Gaspar up the project And 2011 “Una Música De Cavalls Negres”, poetry and music, from texts “La Tempesta”, by Albert Roig. After Albert Roig obtained the prize "Floral Games of Barcelona come together to mount the 2011", they extended version of "Una Música De Cavalls Negres", in which Jordi Gaspar composed songs Del Mar Bonet, Ferran Savall that sing Maria actresses deal and Laia Cagigal, completing the Sílvia Bel and Monica Van Campen the album GEMINI At the same time he produced (Quadrant Records 2012), in trio with percussionist Roger Blàvia, featuring singer Ferran Savall and trumpet player Raynald Colom. Also it is relevant the new record Inferènces by Sirvent the with Octopussy Cats Sergi (Freshsound 2012). the school jazz, has school jazz, has the music icon, which has age with personalities personalities age with Musician, Bassist and composer, Jordi Gaspar, Musician, Bassist and composer, born 1960 and trained in as the music eclectic in styles consolidated its of singer / songwriter, Mediterranean folklore, , la copla and jazz. He has shared the st such as John Abercrombie, Bob Moses, Mulgrew Miller, Gary Burton, Dave Liebman, Victor Dave Iñaki Salvador, Feldman, Jordi Bonell, Sambeat, Jorge Perico Hart, Schnitter, Billy Rossy, Jeff Ballart or Vince Mendoza, Tete etc. Montoliu, David Xirgu… he has collaborated with a long As a sideman, list of artists on TV and / or tours as Joan Manuel Serrat, Rumba 3, Lucho Gatica, Renato Carossone, etc... Maria Del with collaborating began 94 In the Mar Bonet, Mediterranean the likes of Feliu match with facilitated the Gasull, Javier Más, Dimitri Psonis and, occasionally, multicultural projects Ensemble CIE SHANTALA SHIVALINGAPPA - [H]ikari / 50 rue Fouré, F-44000 Nantes, :: [email protected] / Gaëlle Seguin / +33 (0)612 500 640 / [email protected] / Amélie Doussot / +33 (0)972 349 728 / [email protected]

KavalFlute ist where he plays to ist where he plays to Folk Orchestra of the Folk Orchestra of the 986, 1988, and 1990 to the Plovdiv Musical Academy. At the to the Plovdiv Musical Academy. an excellent Academy Nedyalko was seen as the soloist performer and was invited to be of the Representative in Academy. In addition, he participated many other and diverse music formations. Nedyalko holds the 1 National Awards from the First Prize Performers held in for Young Competition Pleven. a soloist was 1994-1996 period he During the and Shopski of the Pazardzhik ensemble joined the ensemble. In 1996 Nedyalko Bulgarian famous Folk Orchestra of the National Radio as a Solo this day. with He has also performed together such asnumerous bands and musicians, “Nedyalko Nedyalkov Quartet”, “Kaba horo”, “Balarom ’’ChalgaBand”, ”Akritiko trio”, trio”,’’Petar Ralchev Quartet”, Vladimir Karparov, Stian Carstensen, Ross Daly, Nenad Vasilic ,Nicolas Hauzeur, Georgi Symphony Andreev, the Big Band and the orchestra at the „Bulgarian National Radio“ and others. Since 2009 Nedyalko has been invited to take projects around the world part in numerous with Jordi Savall and the ensemble Hespèrion XXI. [NEDYALKO NEDYALKOV] NEDYALKOV] [NEDYALKO kaval and applied for for kaval and applied s graduated with high s the famous Folk Music School in the city of the famous Folk Music School in the city of Shiroka Laka. During the years of training at that school he and developed his kaval skills and technique showed himself as a performer one can wa count on. In 1989 he the Music School and admitted honors from Nedyalko Nedyalkov was born in 1970 in the Nedyalko Nedyalkov was born in 1970 in the village of Konush, Haskovo district in a musical tradition. He a long family with switched to playing the CIE SHANTALA SHIVALINGAPPA - [H]ikari / 50 rue Fouré, F-44000 Nantes, :: [email protected] / Gaëlle Seguin / +33 (0)612 500 640 / [email protected] / Amélie Doussot / +33 (0)972 349 728 / [email protected] Drums Drums and Alice Tuly Hall in and Alice a, Cuba or the Middle and El Fuego (Les (with Shokry Mohamed), sic and fusion has acted e World Dance Company [DAVID MAYORAL] MAYORAL] [DAVID L'Amoroso, Les Sacqueboutiers, with whom he Sacqueboutiers, with whom he L'Amoroso, Les throughout Europe and many has performed Hall countries (Carneggie of Sacred Music in Fez, New York, Festival , in Beirut, Cairo Opera Cervantes Institute of Jerusalem, Syria, Tunisia, Oud Festival Kuwait, Cuba, Brazil, etc..) In the field of ethnic mu Tarifa, Luis among other groups with Radio the Quartet, Albaraka, Coble Delgado, Javier Alchemyegyiptian guitar player Ali Khatabb, is Ruiz. He ballet of Joaquin and the flamenco an educational of Transit, founder member the presents a journey through project which musical traditions of Indi instruments. East through their percussion He has played in many oriental dance He has played in many the Hispano-Arab companies, highlighting Mohamed, the Company Dance of Shokry by Nesma directed company Al-Andalus Danza (Julia Salmeron) and th (Cristiane Azem and Lenna Beauty). (Cristiane Azem and Lenna Beauty). is a special mention there Within his recordings / Nubenegra), Ibn- to:Tanger (Luis Delgado Arabi, Bestiario, Cantigas de Santa María de Atocha, El Latido de Al-Andalus (Seal Pneuma), Passion for Percussion The Music of the Old Egypt (NA Recordings), Al- son (Mudejar), Altre Folie, Estampies & Danses Royales, Francisco Javier - La Route de l'Orient, Borgia (Jordi Savall Le Royaume Oublié, Dinastía / Alia Vox), Los Impossibles (L'Arpeggiata / Naïve), Teatro d'Amore, Los Pájaros Perdidos (L `Arpeggiata / Virgin) Sacqueboutiers). Reial de Catalunya, Catalunya, Reial de Begins his musical training with Hebe OnestiBegins his musical training with Icasto (piano). (Ear training) and Master Horacio world of classical percussion His career in the soon becomesbegins with Juanjo Guillem, but percussion, taking historical interested in the lessons from Master Pedro Estevan. percussion with Shokry arabic Also studies Mohamed and Salah Sabagh and completes his training with courses and master classes with Glen Velez (frame drumming and req), Keyvan and Pejman Haddadi. Chemirani (Zarb) Develops most of his work in groups devoted to Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque music: Hespèrion XXI, La Capella L'Arpeggiata, Mudéjar (Begoña Olavide), Kapsberger Ensemble (Rolf Lislevand), Eduardo Paniagua, Axivil, Orphenica Lyra, Camerata Iberia, Speculum Musicae, Dufay Colletive, Cuarteto Medieval de Urueña, Ensemble CIE SHANTALA SHIVALINGAPPA - [H]ikari / 50 rue Fouré, F-44000 Nantes, :: [email protected] / Gaëlle Seguin / +33 (0)612 500 640 / [email protected] / Amélie Doussot / +33 (0)972 349 728 / [email protected] Lys & Oud (musical Oiseau de La Source des ed four stars by Jazz l music, as well as with with l music, as well as Caravane de Lune by Manuel de Fallã (directed by (directed by Fallã by Manuel de in collaboration with the French (musical direction by Jordi Saval), by Jordi Saval), (musical direction (directed by Radu Mihaileanu). He has He has (directed by Radu Mihaileanu). by Françoise Atlan in 1998 (awarded [DRISS EL MALOUMI] EL MALOUMI] [DRISS Tawada (directed by Antoine Bourseiller) and to (directed by Antoine Bourseiller) by Laurent Voulzy (2011). Love Lune Femmes played alongside great poets such as Abdelatif played alongside great poets such Lâabi (Morocco) and Adonis (Syria). wrote and produced the jazz In 2000, Driss album the highest accolade ‘Choc’ by the French music magazine Le Monde de la Musique) and Isabel “I”L’Amour Antoine Bourseiller), Sorcier and direction by Gerard Kurdjian) of the film the soundtrack artist Alban Darche (award magazine). He has also contributed to many other acclaimed recordings including the album Noches purity and Universally praised for the quality, delicacy of his playing and music, the press nickname him the “Oud Magician”. Jordi Saval & the Ensemble Hespèrion XXI and XXI and Hespèrion Ensemble Jordi Saval & the with whom he has Montserrat Figueiras, Pierre with several albums, collaborated on Hamon (France), Keyvan(Iran), Chemirani Bachir (Iraq), Françoise Atlan (France), Omar in both (Italy), Alla (Algeria) Carlo Rizzo traditional and classica Tchamitchian Paolo Fresu (Italy), Claude (Italy) and Xavi Maureta (Armenia), the Paf Trio . (Spain) in jazz to theatre Driss has written and contributed including music for numerous productions different colours and r, Morocco, Driss El Agadir in 1993, and a Agadir in 1993, and a Driss completed a a completed Driss in Rabat in 1992, 1993 Maloumi is an artist characterized by hisMaloumi is an artist characterized virtuosity and talent. Literature from degree in Arabic Following a University in Ibnou Zohr Born in 1970 in Agadi approach to memoire on the philosophical music in relation to its form and substance in discourse, artistic comprehensive training in both Arabic and in him earned This Western classical music. succession First Prize for the Oud, First Prize and the Prix d’Honneur in the for Excellence, National Oud Exam from the National Conservatory of Music and 1994. and 1994. His music travels between genres, nourished by encounters with as the Spaniards artists such international CIE SHANTALA SHIVALINGAPPA - [H]ikari / 50 rue Fouré, F-44000 Nantes, :: [email protected] / Gaëlle Seguin / +33 (0)612 500 640 / [email protected] / Amélie Doussot / +33 (0)972 349 728 / [email protected]

PRESS PRESS Impro Sharana Impro Impro Sharana Impro 7 déc. 2014 - festival Temporada Alta, Girona,Espagne Alta, - festival Temporada 7 déc. 2014 CIE SHANTALA SHIVALINGAPPA - [H]ikari / 50 rue Fouré, F-44000 Nantes, :: [email protected] / Gaëlle Seguin / +33 (0)612 500 640 / [email protected] / Amélie Doussot / +33 (0)972 349 728 / [email protected] CIE SHANTALA SHIVALINGAPPA - [H]ikari / 50 rue Fouré, F-44000 Nantes, :: [email protected] / Gaëlle Seguin / +33 (0)612 500 640 / [email protected] / Amélie Doussot / +33 (0)972 349 728 / [email protected] CIE SHANTALA SHIVALINGAPPA - [H]ikari / 50 rue Fouré, F-44000 Nantes, :: [email protected] / Gaëlle Seguin / +33 (0)612 500 640 / [email protected] / Amélie Doussot / +33 (0)972 349 728 / [email protected] su expresivo movimiento de brazos e hipnótica mirada, mientras los músicos interpretan hermosas músicas tradicionales del norte de la India. Cuando la bailarina se expresa a través de la danza contemporánea su gesto es fluido y elegante. y espiritualidad magia, La destila Impro armonía que Sharana hechiza al público porque le convierte participe en de la complicidad que se crea entre los artistas. La voz de Ferran Savall, voluntariamente no articulada en palabras, que nace de elabarcan desde sonoridades que jazz, el soul, la bossa nova y la música tradicional de países como la India o Armenia, crea un pasaje musical en que la majestuosidad del baile de Shivalingappa se desliza con libertad. Música y danza en simbiosis perfecta convierten aImpro Sharana en una experiencia inolvidable. ndo diferentes destila Impro Sharana hechiza al público

realizado diferentes realizado diferentes colaboraciones. Ahora llegan al Mercat de les Flors, tras pasar por Temporada Alta, con esta joya artística que es Impro Sharana. Como dice el propio Savall al comienzo del espectáculo,este escenario, en el caso la sala MAC del Mercat, es para ellos un salón en que Savall y Shivalingappa se reúnen con otros amigos, los excelentes Gaspar músicos, Jordi (contrabajo), David Mayoral Nedyalko Nedyalkov (percusión), (kaval/flauta) y Driss El Maloumi (laoud) para tomar el té mientras van interpreta composiciones musicales y Shivalingappa baila coreografías de corte contemporáneo y otras de danza kuchipudi, de la que su madre, Savitry Nair, es una firma la Nair especialista. coreografía Smarana que forma parte de este espectáculo y en que Shivalingappa despliega todo su poder de seducción a través de

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Bello, singular e íntimo es Impro Sharana el magnífico espectáculo que, de la mano del músico Ferran Savall y la bailarina Shantala Shivalingappa, invitaal espectador a un intenso viaje musical y dancístico, que y cautiva los sentidosembriaga del espectador y le arrastra a un mundo de sensaciones en que el aroma de occidente oriente se y trenzan en una expresivo y apasionante diálogo entre ambos artista. Impro Sharana aún se puede ver hoy domingo en el Mercat de las Flors. No se lo pierdan. Shantala Ferran Savall y Shivalingappa son amigos desde muy jóvenes, su primera colaboración fue en elaño 2005. En 2007 Pina Bausch escogió una canción de Ferran Savall para un solo que había creado para Shivalingappa, esta enigmática y hermosa bailarinanacida en Madras y criada en París. Desde entonces ambos artistas han CARMEN DEL VAL Cautivador La magia, espiritualidad y armonía que CIE SHANTALA SHIVALINGAPPA - [H]ikari / 50 rue Fouré, F-44000 Nantes, :: [email protected] / Gaëlle Seguin / +33 (0)612 500 640 / [email protected] / Amélie Doussot / +33 (0)972 349 728 / [email protected]

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is all about finding is all about finding and so it is this and language Impro Sharana kuchipudi kuchipudi freedom within this strict freedom framework. of movement that gives me my that of movement freedom. not are freedom and So discipline you? for opposites There’s a misperception that if you have a strong discipline that you it’s it – but I think from can’t escape musician, any the contrary. If you ask who anyone dancer or indeed while for masters any technique, many years that is necessarily your certain only interest, a you come to time when that very codified form that you’ve poured yourself into, that you’ve ingested and digested, suddenly begins to evolve, to free think, is itself. That transformation,I what keeps these traditions alive. something interrelationship Is this and ‘Eastern’ so-called in reflected ‘Western’ philosophy? It’s a more complicated relationship than it seems. In India everything is to be last minute, and so you have very flexible and live in the moment. But in fact you need to be really prepared … prepared for anything! done. things do get And, amazingly, things France, some In England and are simply not considered possible get they don’t course, of and so, everything is possible,In India done. that if you believe in it you will find a way. music, narrative and symbolic hand symbolic music, narrative and practise gestures. You must before many times choreographies same Yet, at the you perform them. time, contemporary style but we don’t just contemporary stage and see what out on the come is a loose structure, a happens. There music path, a set series of songs and new by musicians taken somewhere together. working who are used to Each has their own style and discipline just as I have my base in is the play in in play Impro . The title refers was my passion kuchipudi kuchipudi

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kuchipudi on which you work with Impro Sharana Sharana Sharana to ‘improvisation’, which is Ferran’s to ‘improvisation’, which song, and to music unique approach and opposite approach. Like most Like most opposite approach. it is dance classical styles of Indian very precisely set, codified and in terms of rhythm, choreographed Ferran Savall? Ferran Yes, Ferran is of mine, a good friend Francesc although it was MercatCasadesús of de les Flors who asked us to come together to create meaning ‘to surrender’. It is ameaning ‘to surrender’. word Shiva, associated with the Hindu god the lord of dance in mythology, but the primordialwho also symbolises movement vibration of sound and that triggers creation and that forms beliefs our the universe. We thought envisaged this piece related, and we let it as a surrender to the music, to to not the courage to have flow and try to control movement. does What role and I was completely dedicated to it. completely and I was to mother, I began But through my other artists of meet many wonderful disciplines: I worked with Maurice 13 years old, and was Béjart when I I was 22 When then with Peter Brook. and with Pina Bausch I began working my and that was when her company, dance training in contemporary pieces really began. We made three met Sidi I together and through Pina and so it continued… Larbi Cherkaoui, is the What’s most important to me in my component human collaborations, that’s what gives them meaning. Andhappen did this with the piece? the it, of On the face contemporary dance? dance? contemporary a was When I teenager, master

Impro kuchipudi dance yet has dance yet kuchipudi is a new piece created in in piece created is a new changes. embody and communicate these most accessible art form able to Contemporary dance is perhaps the is sinking into the sand. presumptions of the way things work ‘eastward’ our Western-centric Sharana in brought up Born in India and France, Shantala Shivalingappa (pictured above) trained in the strict discipline of classical 10 December, 2014 As the world economic balance shifts Interview: Shantala Shivalingappa on the Freedom of Discipline on the Freedom Shivalingappa Interview: Shantala who had taught her, and for a period taught who had or 8 years I went to India 7 of about at a time to train for up to six months at his academy. Whymove did you into conjunction with the Catalan guitarist the Catalan with conjunction four and singer Ferran Savall, and other musicians of diverse disciplines: local double bassist Jordi percussionistDavid Gaspar, Spanish Mayoral, Bulgarian kaval and player Nedyalko Nedyalkov Moroccan oud playerDriss El Maloumi. the piece at Mercat de On performing les Flors this weekend, Shantala spoke of the relationship between discipline and freedom intrinsic to the piece, terms often simplistically used to divide ‘East’ from ‘West’. background. your Describe Shantala Shivalingappa: I was born in I was Shantala Shivalingappa: was but India Madras in the south of Paris in France. My brought up in mother is a dancer, a choreographer classical Indian of and a teacher began learning so I music and dance, at a very young age. from her dance began to I 15 or 16 was about When I train with the same since explored freer contemporary and contact forms through collaboration with key dancers and choreographers, musicians, including Maurice Béjart and Pina Bausch. CIE SHANTALA SHIVALINGAPPA - [H]ikari / 50 rue Fouré, F-44000 Nantes, :: [email protected] / Gaëlle Seguin / +33 (0)612 500 640 / [email protected] / Amélie Doussot / +33 (0)972 349 728 / [email protected]

música antiga. Potser haver nascut música antiga. Potser d’haver crescut en fill de dos músics i tan dura i alhora aquesta ascensió han arribat a fer, tan gratificant que en Ferran vegi el món ha motivat que uns ulls molt de la música amb molt particulars, amb horitzons amplis. “Tots els camins o les formes de sentir la música són vàlids, la sempre he buscat desenvolupar meva personalitat. La rebelió és això, I els busques altres camins diferents. gràcies a la gent que he anat trobant amics, als als m’ha envoltat, professors. Per a mi, la música està una certa naturalitat, amb conectada Perquè a la és més animal, en el fons. coses i ens hem creat fi som animals, la però especials, pensem que som fruit de la natura i és música també hi ha molts conceptes creats al seu els concerts, amb voltant, com els tan identificat. Per a sento que no em mi, són herències de la música de la cort, de les distàncies que s’han és per a mi creat amb el públic, música l’entenc com la antinatural. Jo el que devia passar al neolític, com una experiència més una festa, com interactiva i que a és molt més rica viure- mi m’aporta més nivell humà. A prefereixo la d’aquesta manera. Jo més a prop, tocar amb la gent m’inspiro més, m’hi sento més Les grans distàncies i totes còmode. aquestes barreres no m’ajuden gens.” Ferran Sense barreres de cap mena, Savall i la seva amiga Shantala ja -que Pina Bausch Shivalingappa del havia fet ballar amb música Ferran l’any 2007-, oferiran una improvització una Sharana”, “Impro a tots els presents al déu Shiva i per de deixar-se que tinguin ganes portar pel diàleg espontani entre aquests artistes. Un espectacle de que serà sempre música, veu i dansa diferent, tant a Girona com a amb també comptarà Barcelona, i que la el contrabaixista Jordi Gaspar, percussió de David Mayoral, la flauta Nedyalkov i el kaval de Nedyalko Driss El Maloumi.llaüd (oud) de 5 déc 2014 després he anat evolucionant. He després he anat evolucionant. altres elements de anat incorporant intento imitar un De vegades joc. rus, el el francès, idioma, l’anglès, català, però l’àrab… fins i tot el perquè és la aquest és més difícil i és complicat penso llengua amb què evitar que surtin paraules.” des del anys Han passat uns seu primer disc “Mireu el nostre des de llavors, Ferran i, mar” (2008) Savall ha anat trobant la seva natura fruit donat aquest ha artística, que més recent: “Impro”. “Ha estat un era Abans procés d’acceptació. inseguretat pura i dura i m’imaginava l’opinió dels altres. La meva mare em va ajudar molt perquè era molt vital i a cantar i em llancés m’animava a què un a improvisar. Em donava brutal. La recolzament emocional seva mort i tota l’experiència em en el camí final d’acompanyar-la va ajudar molt a fer aquest pas. De disc que té d’aquest fet, l’única cançó lletra és over the ‘Somewhere vam era la cançó que rainbow’, que estar cantant junts els últims dies de la seva vida.” en un autoretrat fa pensar “Impro” ha pels títols amb què Ferran Savall batejat aquestes improvisacions blues, De gira, Cardona (Plaça del Sol, els canaris, Comiat Amb el Pedro i posat no hagués “Jo d’una mare, etc.) títols. Prefereixo deixar les portes obertes, no concretar això ni per a mi escolti, que pugui ni per a qui ho imaginar-se el que li doni la gana. del tant pel consell Però finalment, altra pel que em deia meu pare com En posar-ne.” gent, vaig decidir una improvisació Ferran comparteix en la amb el seu pare, Jordi Savall titul·la “Jaroslaw”, que es “impro” perquè va sorgir en un concert que van fer junts en un festival de música de Polònia. Ferran Savall ha mamat la música tota la seva vida, potser fins i tot abans de néixer a Basilea, on els seus pares residien a finals dels setantes, quan encara estaven al peu dels cims que escalarien amb la

. Barcelona - a Alta (7 de de (7 a Alta Temporada Alta Ferran Savall torna a aparèixer a a aparèixer torna Savall Ferran l’escena catalanadede Girona i Barcelonaballar fent a la Shantala proposa El Ferran Shivalingappa. no que es artística experiència una concebuda creació una en basa que es i reinterpreta prèviament en cadaespectacle, sinóque la fa entre espontàniament sorgir amb jugant i ballarina músics l’atzar d’una essència compartida tota amb es que manifestarà de del a l’escenari Teatre llibertat Salt a Temporad desembre)Mercat i al de de les Flors (del 12 al 14 de desembre). El sentit natural de la música de Ferran Savall de Ferran natural de la música El sentit Mònica Pagès. sortit L’últim disc del Ferran, que ha mesos, es titul·la al mercat fa pocs justament “Impro”, improvisacions. Ell mateix ens diu que “Impro neix als vint a cantar, quan vaig començar anys. Va ser la meva eina de joc i de treball amb la veu. Després d’un tot aquest ocupat procés que ha en temps i que s’ha acabat englobant veu i la guitarra, Amb la un disc.” Ferran Savall recorre molts paisatges musicals, els de la mare Mediterrània la però també els que ha traçat pels àrab o hindú cultura africana, fer- I per camins infinits de l’home. ho, res millor que el joc de la el que està a l’origenimprovisació, de totes les cultures.Per a Ferran, vaig començar, ho “quan vaig anys Tenia vint un joc. descobrir com i ja tocava la guitarra clàssica; vaig la veu i llavors a utilitzar començar les dues coses. Per a vaig conectar d’expressivitat, mi, era un joc certa estètica d’emocions, d’una pels condicionada està melòdica que gust i estils que m’agraden, pel meu escolto.” que la música com el No es tracta d’improvisacions per al Ferran, Ella jazz, tot i que, Fitzgerald ha estat sempre una de les sortia seves fonts.no em “Com que res amb lletra,havia de era lògic que boca fer algun so i jugar amb la meva i amb totes les sonoritats que pot crear. És cert que al principi potser intentava imitar coses que feien Ella Fitzgerald,cantants com però CIE SHANTALA SHIVALINGAPPA - [H]ikari / 50 rue Fouré, F-44000 Nantes, :: [email protected] / Gaëlle Seguin / +33 (0)612 500 640 / [email protected] / Amélie Doussot / +33 (0)972 349 728 / [email protected] 2007 2004 JUIN OCT ] - - ARIS ARIS ] - P - P s (USA), Jacob's Pillow ILLE ILLE KUCHIPUDI V V LA LA -

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CH V AMASYA KASHA LOOMING WAYAMBHU RÉATION RÉATION RÉATION REATION 19-avr-13 : Brendle Recital Hall, Winston-Salem, USA Winston-Salem, USA Recital Hall, 19-avr-13 : Brendle theater, SanUSA 16-avr-13 : Herbst Francisco, Center of Wexner 09-avr-13 : [N C [S C Festival, Charleston, SC, USA Spoleto 6-9-juin-13 : Festival Pays (Belgium), Danse 28-févr-12 : Liège 26-févr-12 : (Italy) Teatri Reggio Emilia San Francisco (USA), Francisco CA : San 01-nov-11 - Herbst Theatre Performances World Music Institute- York City, (USA), : New 30-oct-11 Skirball Center Center - UMASS Fine Arts MA (USA), : Amherst 28-oct-11 Bowker Auditorium Ollioules (France), Châteauvallon 13-mai-11 : des (France) Palais St. Raphaël, 15-mai-11 : Fréjus Congrès (France), L'Equinoxe Châteauroux 10-mai-11 : India Maximum Washington (USA), 12-mars-11 : Festival, Kennedy Center 06-08-mai-10 : Paris (Fr), Théâtre de la Ville-Abbesses Paris (Fr), Thde la Ville - Les 29-30-avr-10 : Abbesses 26-28 jun-13 Fest. Arts and Ideas, New Haven, CT, USA CT, USA Arts and Ideas, New Haven, 26-28 jun-13 Fest. 07-juil-13 : Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, Becket, USA Carlson Colisée, CCN Carolyn Roubaix, 5-Avr-13 : - le Parvis, 3-avr-13 : Tarbes scène nationale France Chateauvallon, 15-mar-13 : [A C [B C Dance Festival International : Vail 2nd-3rd july-13