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CENTRICA (NEW WORKS-IN PROGRESS) 2020

Centrica is an exhilarating new ensemble dance piece combining Bharatanatyam, acrobatics and contemporary dance with the Indian martial art kalaripayattu to explore the impact of centricity on our lives and ask, how do centric perspectives prevent us from connecting?

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ANKUSHA AND OTHER MYSTERIES – UK TOUR AUTUMN 2018

Kamala Devam Company’s first full evening of work is an eclectic programme of world-class dance, film and music. The evening celebrates Devam’s company works Ankusha and Babushka vs. Renaissance Man, the multi-award winning dance film collaboration The Art of Defining Me and a new classical south Indian dance solo Jati-Swara-Leela performed by Devam to live music, premiering in Spring 2018. Ankusha and Other Mysteries premiered at Rich Mix in East London on September 3, 2016.

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ANKUSHA 2016  

Ankusha is the debut piece of Kamala Devam Company; a daring, athletic trio bringing together Bharata Natyam, acrobatic contemporary dance and physical theatre. It premiered at the Southbank Centre in Sept 2015 to critical acclaim. A Choreogata commission from Akademi South Asian Dance UK and created with additional support from Arts Council England, The Place and the University of East London. Ankusha was reworked this year for inclusion in the KDC evening Ankusha and Other Mysteries which premiered at Rich Mix on Sept 3, 2016.

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BABUSHKA VS. RENAISSANCE MAN 2016

Created by Devam on female popper Kamila Lewandowska, this piece is an investigation into the meeting points between the movement cultures of popping and kalaripayattu, a South Indian martial art. Created in partnership with the University of East London (UEL) dance degree placement programme and reworked with the support of Arts Council England to be included on the bill of Ankusha and Other Mysteries at Rich Mix on Sept 3, 2016.

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THE ART OF DEFINING ME 2013

Co-directed by Kamala Devam and producer Seeta Patel in collaboration with Director of Photography Maria Åkesson, this multi-award winning dance film takes a humorous look at how artists are influenced by the expectations and definitions placed upon them. Screened in over 15 film festivals worldwide to critical acclaim, The Art of Defining Me is featured in Ankusha and Other Mysteries, KDC’s first full-length evening of work.

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