Roots to Rise

In her new dance theatre work, Roots to Rise, Nandita Shankardass brings together three women, each absorbed in the chaos of their own world. Blending folk and contemporary movement with Indian classical dance, this new work follows their journey back to the land, the soil, and the stories written in the stars.

Set to polyrhythmic musical scores and guided by embodied memory, they confront personal and collective histories, learning from one another and from those who came before. In this shared journey, they reconnect with the earth, ancestral wisdom, and to the futures emerging on the horizon, celebrating freedom, resistance and community.

Nandita is a performing artist, choreographer, interdisciplinary facilitator and speaker. She is the founder of Welcome Movement® created to generate wellbeing, stimulate creativity and empower freedom of expression through movement and dance. She nurtures her creative practice with communities, professional artists and young people, in a range of settings and in public spaces from museums and galleries to the outdoors.

Nandita is curious about human connection and ecology and she is inspired by the act of exchange and co-creation, where we share our stories and harness the power of our lived experience in accessible, engaging and transformative ways.