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When we move - Episode 5 with Amna Mawaz Khan
Episode 5 - When we move is a series of conversations based on movement, the body, art, dance, the heart, mind and life.
Every Friday.
Episode 5 is with Amna Mawaz Khan, who began her training in at the age of 11 years under the dance legend Indu Mitha. With an emphasis on Bharatanatyam, she has also learnt and explored Kathak, Uday Shankar and Pakistani folk dances.
From 2016 to 2018, Amna was appointed head choreographer and dance instructor of the permanent dance ensemble, the National Performing Arts Group, at the Pakistan National Council of Arts. During this time, she choreographed 3 dance pieces, Barzakh, Situation 101 and Mehergarh with the group ranging from 13 to 22 dancers.
In 2016, Amna attended a short course in choreology and choreography from Trinity Laban Conservatoire in Greenwich, England. She has performed and given workshops across Pakistan as well as in Switzerland, China, America, India and the United Kingdom.
Amna is a part of the Awami Workers Party, Women Democratic Front, and has been active in and organized movements for housing rights, the women's movement, as well as indigenous people’s struggles, environmental issues, students, peasants, transgenders, and persecuted religious and ethnic groups.
A strong believer in art being a powerful tool of social change, Amna is also part of the progressive art collective Laal Hartaal, and often works with the Pakistan National Council of the Arts, Kuch Khaas and Theatrewallay in their creative productions.
She is currently mentoring with Bharatanatyam guru Subashini Ganesan, the current Creative Laureate of the city of Portland (Oregon, USA).
Links to her pages:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Anarchistani
FB:https://www.facebook.com/amnamawazkhan/?ref=br_tf&epa=SEARCH_BOX
INSTAGRAM: @amnadabbadoo
Photocredit: Snober Abbasi
To watch the vodcast (YouTube) and hear the podcast (various platforms), you will find the links to it on: https://suhaee.com/podcast/
Artwork by Abro Khuda Bux
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By Suhaee AbroEpisode 5 - When we move is a series of conversations based on movement, the body, art, dance, the heart, mind and life.
Every Friday.
Episode 5 is with Amna Mawaz Khan, who began her training in at the age of 11 years under the dance legend Indu Mitha. With an emphasis on Bharatanatyam, she has also learnt and explored Kathak, Uday Shankar and Pakistani folk dances.
From 2016 to 2018, Amna was appointed head choreographer and dance instructor of the permanent dance ensemble, the National Performing Arts Group, at the Pakistan National Council of Arts. During this time, she choreographed 3 dance pieces, Barzakh, Situation 101 and Mehergarh with the group ranging from 13 to 22 dancers.
In 2016, Amna attended a short course in choreology and choreography from Trinity Laban Conservatoire in Greenwich, England. She has performed and given workshops across Pakistan as well as in Switzerland, China, America, India and the United Kingdom.
Amna is a part of the Awami Workers Party, Women Democratic Front, and has been active in and organized movements for housing rights, the women's movement, as well as indigenous people’s struggles, environmental issues, students, peasants, transgenders, and persecuted religious and ethnic groups.
A strong believer in art being a powerful tool of social change, Amna is also part of the progressive art collective Laal Hartaal, and often works with the Pakistan National Council of the Arts, Kuch Khaas and Theatrewallay in their creative productions.
She is currently mentoring with Bharatanatyam guru Subashini Ganesan, the current Creative Laureate of the city of Portland (Oregon, USA).
Links to her pages:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Anarchistani
FB:https://www.facebook.com/amnamawazkhan/?ref=br_tf&epa=SEARCH_BOX
INSTAGRAM: @amnadabbadoo
Photocredit: Snober Abbasi
To watch the vodcast (YouTube) and hear the podcast (various platforms), you will find the links to it on: https://suhaee.com/podcast/
Artwork by Abro Khuda Bux
#podcast #movement #conversations #dance #life #art #bharatanatyam #amnamawazkhan #pakistan #politicalactivism #feminism #women'smovement #humanity #leftwing #socialist #democratic #liberalism #artandpolitics #contemporarydance #southasian