QUICK!

Nina Rajarani

Dance, Music/Sound

Three dancers are in the same movement of an indian dance. They are bear foot wearing dark suit trousers, white cotton shirts and ties. All of them are straight on to camera but with their heads facing to their right. Both knees are bent outwards, their left arms are lifted and bent at the elbow with their hands facing up near their chests. Their right arms are outwards but down and straight with their right hands facing out in a right angle to their arm.

Nina Rajarani, winner of the 2006 Place Prize, Europe’s largest choreographic competition, created a new outdoor version of “Quick!”

Nina Rajarani acclaimed evocation of the hurly-burly of the corporate business world with fast-paced Bharatanatyam choreography and dynamic integration of dancers and musicians.

The piece portrays the impatience that comes with the day-to-day mania of city life, reflected in the neck-breaking speed of the piece, and the aggression of the interaction between the performers.

About Nina Rajarani

Nina Rajarani MBE carried out her Bharatanatyam training under Prakash Yadagudde at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan’s London branch, during which time she also had additional training with Chitra Visweswaran of Chennai, India, during her visits to London.

Nina was awarded Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan’s Diploma in Bharatanatyam in 1986, and in 1987 she staged her Arangetram under her guru Prakash Yadagudde. Since 1988 Nina has received training regularly in Chennai under Shanta and VP Dhananjayan. In 1989, the Arts Council of England in conjunction with ADiTi (at that time the national organisation for South Asian Dance in the UK) awarded Nina a scholarship to undergo an intensive training period with the Dhananjayans in Chennai.

Nina has also received Karnatic music vocal training under Sivasakti Sivanesan at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan’s London branch, and under Karpagam Balasubramanian in Chennai.

Funding, commissioning and partner credits:

Supported  by Without Walls (2007)