A Chennai-based contemporary dancer, Preethi Athreya trained in Bharatanatyam under the Dhananjayans. She holds a postgraduate degree in Dance Studies (Laban Centre, London, 2001). Her solo creations are Kamakshi (2003), Inhabit (2006), Porcelain (2007), Pillar to Post (2007) and Sweet Sorrow (2010). Preethi has been working with choreographer, Padmini Chettur in Chennai since 1999. Her poetry, in response to the paintings of Marion Lesage, has been published in their collaborative book, L’Inde à fleurd’âmes by Editions La Martinière, Paris (2004). Her review of Belgian choreographer, Michel Laub’s work, Total Masala Slammer, was published in the Dance Research Journal, New York, in 2004.
Performance: Light Doesn’t have Arms to Carry Us – performed by Preethi Athreya.
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