Sunday, November 4, 2012

Ranan SchoolConnect Week Day 3: Rhythm Workhshop with Ranan

The third day of the Ranan SchoolConnect Week with students of La Martiniere for Boys and Akshar saw a Rhythm Workshop by Debashree Bhattacharya and Vikram Iyengar of Ranan. Playing with numbers, beats and beats within beats, tried to develop a sense of how dance forms like Kathak use rhythm, and also how playing with rhythm can be the base for a range of performance.

Continue reading for video excerpts and students' comments:


Some comments from students after the workshop:


Breaking a sweat while tapping to complex rhythms ‘Happy feet’ indeed! 
– Divyamaan Sahoo, La Martiniere for Boys


I had a lot of fun (gets it?) Learning the counts of different rhythms – A really cool experience! 
– Nikhil Patnaik, La Martiniere for Boys


I have not enjoyed learning Kathak as a child, but now I know even learning classical Indian forms can be fun. I enjoyed this session.
– Suhrita Ghosh, Akshar


Rhythm is the base of all dance. We really got a first class experience of that. 
– Nikhil Ghosh, La Martiniere for Boys


The rhythm class was amazing every time, I could feel my heart beating in time with the exercise. Really great, especially our at-the-end flash mob! 
– Oishik Ray, La Martiniere for Boys    


We will    We will    ROCK YOU! Stamp stamp clap / Stamp Stamp clap 
– Riyan Vatcha, La Martiniere for Boys



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