Hakanaï
Friday, 9th February, 2018
Rabindra Sadan, Science City, Kolkata
Presented as a part of
BONJOUR INDIA 2017 – 18
As part of the ongoing Bonjour India – incubating dreams, ideas and projects which aim to move the partnership between India and France into the future, 5 key cities in India are seeing the launch of Hakanaï. This unique project has been choreographed and conceptualized by the Adrien M & Claire B Company. It brings together art & technology, highlighting transversal collaborations for new creation & new media in India. On Friday, 9th February, a 40-minute solo performance linking digital & performing arts will be presented at Rabindra Sadan, Science City, Kolkata from 7:00 pm onwards. The project is created by the French Institute in India, with the support of Attakkalari Centre for Movement Arts and the Alliance Française network in the respective cities, and is produced by Seher.
Compagnie AMCB
Danseuse AKIKO KAJIHARA
THEATRE DE ROANNE
MARS 2014
Compagnie AMCB
Danseuse AKIKO KAJIHARA
THEATRE DE ROANNE
MARS 2014
A French dancer, Virginie Barjonet, has been training an Indian dancer, Priyabrata Panigrahi, to dance in a virtual environment. Priyabrata is a trained contemporary dancer, choreographer and performing artist from Bangalore. He started his formal dance training in 2011 with a diploma in movement arts and mix media course at the Attakkalri Centre for Movement Arts and has also got intensive training in Kalary Payat, Bharattnatyam, Contemporary dance, Ballet, Pilates, Flying low and Light design. The choreographic career of Virginie Barjonet is made of intertwining dance, theatre and air practices that are seen in particular in the circus arts. After a training session to transmit the capacity to interact with a digitally created environment, the two dancers will criss-cross India to showcase this innovative performance to Indian spectators in 5 cities.
Dr. Bertrand de Hartingh, General Curator of Bonjour India said, “Hakanaï displays the power of collaboration between art and technology. India is strong in both fields, but these are coming together for the first time here and we are delighted to bring together digital and performing art through this unique project. This performance is the outcome of months of training and exchange between two extraordinary dancers. We look forward for the Indian audience to witness this innovative exchange between a French and an Indian artist brought by French choreographers Adrien M”
Check it online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dx3zTP3Uj14
Programme for Hakanaï
| City | Venue | Date | |
| Bengaluru | Alliance Française | Wednesday, 24th January | 7-8 pm |
| Chennai | Sir Mutha Venkatasubba Rao Concert Hall | Sunday, 28th January | 7.30-8.30 pm |
| Hyderabad | Hyderabad Convention Centre, Krishnakriti Festival | Wednesday, 31st January | 7.30-8.30 pm |
| New Delhi | Sri Ram Centre for Performing Arts | Sunday, 4th February | 6.30-7.30 pm |
| Kolkata | Rabindra Sadan, Science City | Friday, 9th February | 7-8 pm |
BNP-Paribas is a special sponsor of this event.
About Adrien M & Claire B
The company Adrien M & Claire B has been working in the field of digital arts since 2004. Its creations are performances and exhibitions, that associate reality and virtuality. Its specificity is the custom-made development of its computing tools. Among the artistic and technological stakes, the attention is focused on the human being and its body, by using contemporary tools in the service of a timeless poetry, developing and using a visual language based on game and pleasure as mediums of the imagination.
About Bonjour India:
The third edition of Bonjour India 2017-18 is a four-month-long mega voyage across India that will celebrate Indo-French partnership as well as shape the next decade of human exchange between the two countries. From November 2017 to February 2018, Bonjour India covers 100 projects in 33 cities across 20 states & union territories. Bonjour India provides a platform for enduring partnerships across the themes of Smart Citizen, High Mobility, Go Green.
Bonjour India is unprecedented given the ambitious scale of its partnership with India. People at the forefront of their fields will share their inspiring journeys as they change society through their innovation and creativity. At events collaboratively organised across cities and disciplines, amid performances, debates, seminars and exhibitions, all audiences will find something that captures their imagination.
With Bonjour India 2017-18, India and France will come together to create, innovate and partner towards a progressive and sustainable future.
Bonjour India aims far, Bonjour India supports fair, Bonjour India is fun!