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‘Dance and music is my sanctuary, my purpose, and my sense of belonging. It is where I find solace and express my deepest emotions. Through my art, I educate and advocate, using movement to tell stories that words alone cannot capture. It connects me to a community of like-minded souls, creating a shared space where we can inspire and uplift one another. It is through dance and music that I find my voice and make a meaningful impact on the world around me.’
Sri Lavanya Subramaniam - Trained in three distinct dance styles - Bharatanatyam, Odissi, and Kathak - as well as Carnatic music, Sri Lavanya Subramaniam is celebrated for her captivating performances and unwavering commitment to classical Indian arts. Having received her training at the prestigious Temple of Fine Arts International, she skillfully blends traditional techniques with contemporary themes, producing multicultural works that resonate with audiences worldwide. Her illustrious career includes performances worldwide, captivating audiences at prestigious venues, and for esteemed figures. As an educator, she imparts her expertise at Global Music Academy, Tanzfabrik, and her blossoming institution, Srilavanyadance, inspiring the next generation of dancers to embrace India's rich cultural heritage with creativity and passion. Furthermore, Sri Lavanya serves as one of the co-curators of Berlin Baithak - a series of intimate performances.
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'Discovering Classical Indian Dance Theatre shook up the eurocentric perspective on art & the world I had and made me discover a world of connectedness and joy, of strength, tenderness and abandon. Training Natyam means to me unlearning perfectionism and moving towards healing of the bodymind. It means saying „yes“ to life through the body and perceiving myself as connected in space & time rather than alone and lost.’
Eva Isolde Balzer is a theatre and bharatanatyam artist. During the past 20 years she has co-created and performed more than 40 intriguing transcultural theatre pieces, classical bharatanatyam performances and contemporary 2.0 dance-theatre pieces exploring the language of bharatanatyam. Her work focusses on healing, intimacy and decoloniality and is appreciated for its multilayerdness and depth. Long term collaborators are „meet MIMOSA“ (www.meet-mimosa.net) - a bold performance collective she initiated in 2012 to loosen up petrified identity perceptions -, acclaimed Egyptian theatre maker Nora Amin (www.earthport-project.blogspot.com) and kunstplanbau - a visionary project of Humboldt University that celebrates the aesthetic of inter-religiosity. Her deep and heart-warming work on healing and decoloniality in dance is nourished by studies completed in theatre (ACTEA/France), bharatanatyam (R. Ramesh, Punya School et al.), cultural anthropology/indology (BA) and dramatherapy (DGfT). She is teaching at her own space Baerwaldstudio in Kreuzberg.
‘Nātya is my purpose and vocation. There is no
other artform which can ever be closer to my heart. Nātya is music, yoga, dance,
theatre, poetry, mythology and spirituality; a perfect unity, that fulfils me
and is my home.’
Shebana Devi Mangold is an acclaimed Bharatanatyam and Kuchipudi artist, promoting and serving the classical Indian performing arts through her Nātya Berlin – Dance School and Dance Company. For over three decades Shebana Devi is performing on stage, looking back on numerous solo and group performances in India and Germany, mesmerizing the audience with her graceful movements, great control of rhythm, refined technic and heart touching expressions. With an experience in teaching of more than 20 years Shebana Devi trains students of all levels, ages and nationalities in classical Bharatanatyam, Kuchipudi and Carnatic music at her school. The dance company presents group productions of Nātya Berlin’s performing unit. Known for her pure classical work executed with excellence, Shebana Devi became an ambassador for the classical Indian dance, revealing its relevance as a universal artistic language in today’s world, bringing audiences together and bridging between cultures.