TELL STORIES IN A WHOLE NEW WAY
DANCE - A reflection of my thoughts and Choreographic interventions
Concept: Nava means 9 and Rasa means emotions. This story depicts the prime human emotions. It portrays each human emotion to communicate the importance of maintaining an emotional stability in life.
Concept : Have you experienced an internal battle about whats is the "right" thing to do in a peculiar situation? The dice game from Mahabharatha, an ancient Indian epic, deals with moral dilemmas we have to face in our lives.
Concept: The choreography depicts expressing one's innermost feelings without inhibitions. To surrender ourselves to the moment and express through moments, whats too deep to find words by using multi dimension music. I chose this theme as I believe that being fearless and believing what the human mind can achieve can take us a long way in life.
Concept: Nava means 9 and Rasa means emotions. This story depicts the prime human emotions. It portrays each human emotion to communicate the importance of maintaining an emotional stability in life.
IMAGINE- FEEL - CONNECT - REPEAT
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Growing up, I was completely enthralled by dance as a fundamental medium to convey a story.
Being creative together, balancing complex story structures with simplicity, the knack to convey a story effectively without words and smart use of indirect control are the main principles I have adopted while directing theme - based dance choreographies.
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I have led teams and won several challenges focusing on emotional story lines where I gave great emphasis on how we want the guest and audience to feel at the end of the experience.
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I have extended my storytelling skills to VR and exploring so much more !
PERSONAL PROJECT : STOP MOTION ANIMATION
Dance + Technology
Technical Details :
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Concept: Collaboration project to combine dance and technology to create stop-motion animation video.
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Technology: Adobe Premier Pro
​Choreography: Apoorva
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Dance Style: Kathak (Indian Classical dance form).
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Pre-production:
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Researched about the process involved in creating a stop motion video.
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Shooting locations were decided keeping the lighting atmosphere in mind as photograph print outs were an important part of production.
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The final audio track and choreography was decided.
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Spent time on deciding the frames per second to be used so that there is a balance between the clarity of dance movements and the texture, nature of stop motion.
Production:
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The dance was shot on 1920x1080 HD format at 24 frames per second using Canon 60D.
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Screenplay was created for a smooth flow.
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The video was shot from 5am to 8am for best light.
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The dance was shot in full frame shots in 3 different outdoor locations.​
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Post which the movie edit was exported as Jpeg at 12 frames per sec (fps) for print.
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Post - Production:
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The exported photographs were printed. I Photographed frame by frame after placing it in desired fashion.
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The video was edited and compiled according to the music using Adobe Premier Pro.
360 SHORT FILM
Short movie on sleep paralysis
STORYTELLING CHOREOGRAPHIES
Stories with deep emotional connect
STOP- MOTION ANIMATION
Choreography + Technology
360 SHORT MOVIE
What's the story about?
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The story portrays a sleep paralysis incident from a first person's perspective.
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Design:​​
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One of biggest challenge was learning how to direct the guest's attention to where we want them to look in the 360 view.
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We used visual techniques such as a particular music and physical movements to draw the guest's attention.
Storyboards:
We carefully placed the camera in a smart way so that it remains still throughout and does not hinder the 360 view port.
Move your feet- Music Video
A fun story about magical burritos
MOVE YOUR FEET - MUSIC VIDEO
What's the story about?
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This is a completely funny story about magical burritos that solve problems.
Storyboards:
