PREETI VASUDEVAN
Joyce 2019 Lab Cycle
In the Fall of 2019, DLNY partnered with The Joyce Theater Foundation to provide a one-of-a-kind choreographic lab for four diverse female choreographers to explore the classical, neoclassical, and contemporary ballet idioms. Learn more…
INSIDE THE LAB
Filmed and Edited by Shayla Benoit, Shady Theatrics / Photos by Whitney Browne Photography
WORKS AND PROCESS AT THE GUGGENHEIM
The DLNY/Joyce Lab culminated in a presentation at Works & Process on November 11, 2019.
Photos by Robert Altman
Watch Preeti’s Works & Process Presentation
DLNY DANCERS
AFTER THE LAB…
Preeti presented this piece, originally incubated in the FCCB lab, in November 2022 at the Flea Theater in NYC with two DLNY alumni dancers, Ramona Kelley and Audrey Borst.
"Speaking in Pointe" two worlds of dance together - ballet and bharatanatyam. Incorporating rhythmic foot techniques from Indian classical dance, this work engages with percussive sounds of Indian dance produced through ballerinas' pointe shoes, which are normally expected to remain muted. This work is also an exploration of the inner voices of ballerinas, where they make visible the stories and narrative of their complex relationship with ballet through their pointe shoes. Speaking in Pointe is part of a larger production, L’Orient - a dance-opera based on the 19th century French opera Lakmé.
Created in collaboration with the performers
Performers: Ramona Kelley (DLNY Alum), Audrey Borst (DLNY Alum), Kara Walsh
Music: Kamala Sankaram