Abhinaya Dance Academy

Dancers from Abhinaya Dance Academy light up the Hidden Gardens ahead of their performances at Dance International Glasgow’s Spring Season this March and April. They perform in Pancha Dala (Five Petals) on Saturday 5 March (5.30pm - 7.30pm, £11.50/£8.50) and the Abhinaya Dance Academy perform in Arangetram on Sunday 6 March 2022 (2pm - 6pm, free but ticketed).

Traditional Indian dancers from Abhinaya Dance Academy perform harmonised movements from their traditional dance performance Pancha Dala (Five Petals). All dancers will be dressed in boldly coloured ‘Bharatanatyam’ costumes which are similar to a sari but with multiple pieces of cloth.

More performance information here:

Pancha Dala (Five Petals):

https://www.tramway.org/event/2bf66df9-5b8d-49e8-a53b-ae2e00b0693c

Arangetram:

https://www.tramway.org/event/0be89423-ace1-44ae-8830-ae3000bbd2d9

The dancers are:

Esther Sunija (Founder and Artistic Director of Abhinaya Dance)

Thivka Suthakaran

Shobiya Subash

Sahana Vijayakumar

Tanvi Priyanka Marwaha

Sanaa Suraj Suvarna

As well as Sajilal K Narayanan (Indian dance guru)



Abhinaya Dance Academy (ADA) is a Glasgow based charity organisation which promotes South Asian Arts & Culture. ADA has more than 150 dance & music students who are led and trained by Smt Esther Sunija Binu. ADA dancers have performed at events including Paisley Mela, Celtic Connections, the Paisley 2021 cultural bid film production, TransPennine Express TV advert and the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games. ADA is a registered charity organisation which promotes South Asian Arts & Culture and has over 150 dance & music students. More information can be found at: www.abhinayaglasgow.org

This photocall celebrates DIG Spring Season, a new 2022 addition following the return of the main biennial festival in October 2022. Featuring a clutch of performances, the new season comes to the city's Tramway and other venues across the city as well as online from 1 March until 3 April.

Offering a snapshot of some of the most exciting dance artists creating work in Scotland today alongside artists from across the UK and the wider world, performances will be presented live indoors, outdoors and online, accompanied by a programme of workshops.

ABOUT DANCE INTERNATIONAL GLASGOW SPRING SEASON

DIG Spring Season, a snapshot of the main biennial DIG festival, runs from 1 March - 3 April 2022
More information can be found at www.diglasgow.com
Full press release details are below…


Dance International Festival Glasgow springs back into focus for 2022

The biennial festival's new Spring season event showcases a clutch of bold UK & international performers and follows the return of the main festival in October 2021

DIG Spring Season, Tuesday 1 March - Sunday 3 April 2022, Tramway & other sites across Glasgow.