S P A C E Pro Community Sharing Day

S P A C E  Pro Community Sharing Day

Saturday, February 15th, 2-5pm

1100 Kettner Blvd, San Diego, CA, 92101

Community Sharing Day is a chance for our Resident Artists to share their research through embodied community practice, and present their works in progress! Come move with us and learn what they are up to!

S P A C E Pro Residency is designed specifically to support established San Diego-based dance-makers in their pursuit to deepen their practice, and explore new ideas and projects. S P A C E Pro offers an organized and mindful cohort-driven experience for creative inquiry, artistic development, as well as a platform to share work. This program aims to highlight movement artists who work in interdisciplinary practice with dance as the focus, and uplift projects that are research-based, justice-minded, and explore themes of social change and storytelling.

For the first part of the event, we will embody the practices that the residents have been exploring. For the second part, there will be a work in progress showing, and an opportunity to offer feedback to the artists.

This event is ADA accessible. DISCO RIOT is committed to accessibility and holds with great care the needs of our entire community, especially those who are disabled. We encourage you to contact Alyssa Rose, Operations Coordinator and Accessibility Specialist (email: operations@disoriot.org) regarding any specific accommodation needs.

About the projects:

Radhika Karandikar 

The song of Life - an exploration of Haiku and Tanka verses through Bharatanatyam:
This experimental work traces the story of a woman in her twilight years looking back at her life, marked by love and loss, trying hard to break the chain of generational trauma that the women in her family faced. Using Haiku and Tanka as the literary base, Radhika has endeavoured to manifest these beautiful verses through the audio-visual form of the Indian classical dance Bharatanatyam. Working dynamically with multiple art forms like, the western violin, the Indian tabla, spoken word(poetry) and projection(multimedia), 'The Song of Life' takes the audience on a journey through space and time, through the rich storytelling aspect of Bharatanatyam. This would be an immersive experience for the viewers owing to the use of multiple spaces in the showcase.

Collaborating artists:
Poetry - Kala Ramesh (@kalaramesh8)
Movement exploration and choreography - Radhika Karandikar (@radhikakarandikar27)
Sound design and percussion - Rohit Panchakshari (@anandi_tabla)
Music composition and violin - Jesus Cervantes (@jesuscervantesmusic)

Isabel Desmet

During this residency, Isabel Desmet will explore how dance can help us reconnect with our bodies in a culture focused on productivity and efficiency. She aims to create movement driven by pleasure and curiosity. Isabel will contrast the physical routines of static workers with those of dancers and artists. She seeks to show how non-artists can reconnect with their bodies through art, while also examining the effects of technology addiction on our physicality. Isabel believes that prioritizing time spent with the body, community, and earth is essential. She will be working with dance, video, stage design, and costuming in Disco Riot’s space.

Learn more about our S P A C E Pro Resident Artists here. We can’t wait to share this inspiring space with you and uplift our artists in residence!