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Did you know that right next to the Nizamuddin Railway Station there is a cycle rickshaw yard? The yard is like a sleepy willow,in the midst of one of noisiest areas of the city,where a number of rickshaw pullers take a break during a busy day.
Not many Delhiites might have stopped to notice this corner in the middle of the city,but when Mumbai-based filmmaker Dhanya Pilo and Bharatnatyam dancer Parimal Phadke were asked to make a dance film in Delhi,this was the first site they visited. Titled Dudro,the film will be screened as part of the The Yellow Line Project. Organised by Gati Dance forum,this features six five-minute films that were shot in locations across Delhi. Named after the Delhi metro line,the three-week residency project had six teams of two comprising a media artist and a dancer who were trained by British dancer Liz Aggiss and Delhi-based media artist Sonia Khurana.
With dance,camera and Delhi as the buzzwords,the filmmakers set out to explore Delhi. Being a multifaceted dancer,specialising in Bharatnatayam,Parimal had to visualise the rickshaw yard as a stage, says Pilo. The other sites the duo visited include the bustling Nehru place shopping centre,pavements in Green Park,Nizamuddin Railway station yard,a hospital construction site in Mehrauli and a collapsed building on MG Road.
Frederic Lombard and Surjit Nongmeikapam also found an unlikely pair in each other. Frederic is from France and I am from Manipur. Through this project we have learnt so much from each other about our different cultures, says Nongmeikapam. The duos film,Underline,is in abstract format,with no narrative,and focuses on how the ethos of a location can be described through dance.
The Yellow Line Project will be screened at Devi Art Foundation,Gurgaon,on December 17,and International Artists Association,S-17,Khirkee Extension,New Delhi,on December 18.
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