In Between. 3 dance pieces by Shobana Jeyasingh - ACE367.4

Caption: Raid. Jeyasingh VO says the starting point for this ballet was a street game, kabaddi, in which a "raider" tries to get into the territory of the opposing team and tries to tag the members of that team; girls playing informally, and in a competition. Jeyasingh on the "constant flux" between attack and defence. Dancers rehearsing. Jeyasingh VO. Performance of Raid. Jeyasingh VO on the fact that the "raider" can only continue for as long as she can hold her breath, proven by the fact that she continues to chant the word "kabaddi". Performance continues. Chitra Srihailan talking about the marriage of dance and sport. Jeyasingh VO on mixing different "territories", music and dance, sport and dance, personal and public. Performance continues. Savitha Shekhar on the challenge of executing unusual movements that she doesn’t find come easily. Rehearsal. Jeyasingh VO on the difficulty in communicating the idea that there is such a thing as Indian contemporary dance, and trying to get away from categorising movements or dancers as Eastern or Western, etc. Natasha Bakht on people’s need for categories and classifications, and how many have inaccurate preconceptions about her because of her hairstyle. Street scenes. Jeyasingh on identity and home; for her, the idea of "home" is enigmatic, in the future