Stories by Hand
This unusual collaboration between Paul Kaiser and Preeti Vasudevan of Thresh Dance entails no digital technology at all — it is, rather, a one-woman show that interweaves voice and gesture to evoke a personal reality from Indian myth, family, and the displacements of distance (east and west, past and present, mythic and everyday).
The collaboration draws upon Vasudevan’s deep background in classical Indian dance (Bharatanatyam), especially in the intricate interplay of eyes and mouth with hand gestures (hasta mudra) — 52 positions of the hand that enable the exquisite articulation of sequence and story.
The minimal stage space, articulated by the precise lighting design of Robert Wierzel, expands and contracts as Vasudevan’s body becomes the vehicle for her ancient temple dance tradition, for her girlhood explorations and discoveries, for her contemporary dance performances, and for the birth of her child.
The work is intended as a counterpoint to OpenEndedGroup’s long collaboration with Merce Cunningham combining his solo dance with hands with his spoken recollections. Our goal is to create a complementary version of Stories by Hand for virtual reality.
Commissioned by NY Live Arts, which premiered it in 2017; a 2018 tour in India brought it to Chennai, Bangalore, Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, and Hyderabad.
From the archive — the earlier web page for this work
This unusual collaboration between Paul Kaiser and Preeti Vasudevan of Thresh Dance entails no digital technology at all — it is, rather, a one-woman show that interweaves voice and gesture to evoke a personal reality from Indian myth, family, and the displacements of distance (east and west, past and present, mythic and everyday).
The collaboration draws upon Vasudevan’s deep background in classical Indian dance (Bharatanatyam), especially in the intricate interplay of eyes and mouth with hand gestures (hasta mudra) — 52 positions of the hand that enable the exquisite articulation of sequence and story.
The minimal stage space, articulated by the precise lighting design of Robert Wierzel, expands and contracts as Vasudevan’s body becomes the vehicle for her ancient temple dance tradition, for her girlhood explorations and discoveries, for her contemporary dance performances, and for the birth of her child.
The work is intended as a counterpoint to OpenEndedGroup’s long collaboration with Merce Cunningham combining his solo dance with hands with his spoken recollections. Our goal is to create a complementary version of Stories by Hand for virtual reality.
Commissioned by NY Live Arts, which premiered it in 2017; a 2018 tour in India brought it to Chennai, Bangalore, Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, and Hyderabad.
From the archive — the earlier web page for this work
This unusual collaboration between Paul Kaiser and Preeti Vasudevan of Thresh Dance entails no digital technology at all — it is, rather, a one-woman show that interweaves voice and gesture to evoke a personal reality from Indian myth, family, and the displacements of distance (east and west, past and present, mythic and everyday).
The collaboration draws upon Vasudevan’s deep background in classical Indian dance (Bharatanatyam), especially in the intricate interplay of eyes and mouth with hand gestures (hasta mudra) — 52 positions of the hand that enable the exquisite articulation of sequence and story.
The minimal stage space, articulated by the precise lighting design of Robert Wierzel, expands and contracts as Vasudevan’s body becomes the vehicle for her ancient temple dance tradition, for her girlhood explorations and discoveries, for her contemporary dance performances, and for the birth of her child.
The work is intended as a counterpoint to OpenEndedGroup’s long collaboration with Merce Cunningham combining his solo dance with hands with his spoken recollections. Our goal is to create a complementary version of Stories by Hand for virtual reality.
Commissioned by NY Live Arts, which premiered it in 2017; a 2018 tour in India brought it to Chennai, Bangalore, Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, and Hyderabad.
From the archive — the earlier web page for this work
This unusual collaboration between Paul Kaiser and Preeti Vasudevan of Thresh Dance entails no digital technology at all — it is, rather, a one-woman show that interweaves voice and gesture to evoke a personal reality from Indian myth, family, and the displacements of distance (east and west, past and present, mythic and everyday).
The collaboration draws upon Vasudevan’s deep background in classical Indian dance (Bharatanatyam), especially in the intricate interplay of eyes and mouth with hand gestures (hasta mudra) — 52 positions of the hand that enable the exquisite articulation of sequence and story.
The minimal stage space, articulated by the precise lighting design of Robert Wierzel, expands and contracts as Vasudevan’s body becomes the vehicle for her ancient temple dance tradition, for her girlhood explorations and discoveries, for her contemporary dance performances, and for the birth of her child.
The work is intended as a counterpoint to OpenEndedGroup’s long collaboration with Merce Cunningham combining his solo dance with hands with his spoken recollections. Our goal is to create a complementary version of Stories by Hand for virtual reality.
Commissioned by NY Live Arts, which premiered it in 2017; a 2018 tour in India brought it to Chennai, Bangalore, Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, and Hyderabad.
From the archive — the earlier web page for this work
This unusual collaboration between Paul Kaiser and Preeti Vasudevan of Thresh Dance entails no digital technology at all — it is, rather, a one-woman show that interweaves voice and gesture to evoke a personal reality from Indian myth, family, and the displacements of distance (east and west, past and present, mythic and everyday).
The collaboration draws upon Vasudevan’s deep background in classical Indian dance (Bharatanatyam), especially in the intricate interplay of eyes and mouth with hand gestures (hasta mudra) — 52 positions of the hand that enable the exquisite articulation of sequence and story.
The minimal stage space, articulated by the precise lighting design of Robert Wierzel, expands and contracts as Vasudevan’s body becomes the vehicle for her ancient temple dance tradition, for her girlhood explorations and discoveries, for her contemporary dance performances, and for the birth of her child.
The work is intended as a counterpoint to OpenEndedGroup’s long collaboration with Merce Cunningham combining his solo dance with hands with his spoken recollections. Our goal is to create a complementary version of Stories by Hand for virtual reality.
Commissioned by NY Live Arts, which premiered it in 2017; a 2018 tour in India brought it to Chennai, Bangalore, Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, and Hyderabad.
From the archive — the earlier web page for this work
This unusual collaboration between Paul Kaiser and Preeti Vasudevan of Thresh Dance entails no digital technology at all — it is, rather, a one-woman show that interweaves voice and gesture to evoke a personal reality from Indian myth, family, and the displacements of distance (east and west, past and present, mythic and everyday).
The collaboration draws upon Vasudevan’s deep background in classical Indian dance (Bharatanatyam), especially in the intricate interplay of eyes and mouth with hand gestures (hasta mudra) — 52 positions of the hand that enable the exquisite articulation of sequence and story.
The minimal stage space, articulated by the precise lighting design of Robert Wierzel, expands and contracts as Vasudevan’s body becomes the vehicle for her ancient temple dance tradition, for her girlhood explorations and discoveries, for her contemporary dance performances, and for the birth of her child.
The work is intended as a counterpoint to OpenEndedGroup’s long collaboration with Merce Cunningham combining his solo dance with hands with his spoken recollections. Our goal is to create a complementary version of Stories by Hand for virtual reality.
Commissioned by NY Live Arts, which premiered it in 2017; a 2018 tour in India brought it to Chennai, Bangalore, Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, and Hyderabad.
From the archive — the earlier web page for this work
This unusual collaboration between Paul Kaiser and Preeti Vasudevan of Thresh Dance entails no digital technology at all — it is, rather, a one-woman show that interweaves voice and gesture to evoke a personal reality from Indian myth, family, and the displacements of distance (east and west, past and present, mythic and everyday).
The collaboration draws upon Vasudevan’s deep background in classical Indian dance (Bharatanatyam), especially in the intricate interplay of eyes and mouth with hand gestures (hasta mudra) — 52 positions of the hand that enable the exquisite articulation of sequence and story.
The minimal stage space, articulated by the precise lighting design of Robert Wierzel, expands and contracts as Vasudevan’s body becomes the vehicle for her ancient temple dance tradition, for her girlhood explorations and discoveries, for her contemporary dance performances, and for the birth of her child.
The work is intended as a counterpoint to OpenEndedGroup’s long collaboration with Merce Cunningham combining his solo dance with hands with his spoken recollections. Our goal is to create a complementary version of Stories by Hand for virtual reality.
Commissioned by NY Live Arts, which premiered it in 2017; a 2018 tour in India brought it to Chennai, Bangalore, Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, and Hyderabad.
From the archive — the earlier web page for this work
This unusual collaboration between Paul Kaiser and Preeti Vasudevan of Thresh Dance entails no digital technology at all — it is, rather, a one-woman show that interweaves voice and gesture to evoke a personal reality from Indian myth, family, and the displacements of distance (east and west, past and present, mythic and everyday).
The collaboration draws upon Vasudevan’s deep background in classical Indian dance (Bharatanatyam), especially in the intricate interplay of eyes and mouth with hand gestures (hasta mudra) — 52 positions of the hand that enable the exquisite articulation of sequence and story.
The minimal stage space, articulated by the precise lighting design of Robert Wierzel, expands and contracts as Vasudevan’s body becomes the vehicle for her ancient temple dance tradition, for her girlhood explorations and discoveries, for her contemporary dance performances, and for the birth of her child.
The work is intended as a counterpoint to OpenEndedGroup’s long collaboration with Merce Cunningham combining his solo dance with hands with his spoken recollections. Our goal is to create a complementary version of Stories by Hand for virtual reality.
Commissioned by NY Live Arts, which premiered it in 2017; a 2018 tour in India brought it to Chennai, Bangalore, Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, and Hyderabad.
From the archive — the earlier web page for this work
This unusual collaboration between Paul Kaiser and Preeti Vasudevan of Thresh Dance entails no digital technology at all — it is, rather, a one-woman show that interweaves voice and gesture to evoke a personal reality from Indian myth, family, and the displacements of distance (east and west, past and present, mythic and everyday).
The collaboration draws upon Vasudevan’s deep background in classical Indian dance (Bharatanatyam), especially in the intricate interplay of eyes and mouth with hand gestures (hasta mudra) — 52 positions of the hand that enable the exquisite articulation of sequence and story.
The minimal stage space, articulated by the precise lighting design of Robert Wierzel, expands and contracts as Vasudevan’s body becomes the vehicle for her ancient temple dance tradition, for her girlhood explorations and discoveries, for her contemporary dance performances, and for the birth of her child.
The work is intended as a counterpoint to OpenEndedGroup’s long collaboration with Merce Cunningham combining his solo dance with hands with his spoken recollections. Our goal is to create a complementary version of Stories by Hand for virtual reality.
Commissioned by NY Live Arts, which premiered it in 2017; a 2018 tour in India brought it to Chennai, Bangalore, Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, and Hyderabad.
From the archive — the earlier web page for this work
This unusual collaboration between Paul Kaiser and Preeti Vasudevan of Thresh Dance entails no digital technology at all — it is, rather, a one-woman show that interweaves voice and gesture to evoke a personal reality from Indian myth, family, and the displacements of distance (east and west, past and present, mythic and everyday).
The collaboration draws upon Vasudevan’s deep background in classical Indian dance (Bharatanatyam), especially in the intricate interplay of eyes and mouth with hand gestures (hasta mudra) — 52 positions of the hand that enable the exquisite articulation of sequence and story.
The minimal stage space, articulated by the precise lighting design of Robert Wierzel, expands and contracts as Vasudevan’s body becomes the vehicle for her ancient temple dance tradition, for her girlhood explorations and discoveries, for her contemporary dance performances, and for the birth of her child.
The work is intended as a counterpoint to OpenEndedGroup’s long collaboration with Merce Cunningham combining his solo dance with hands with his spoken recollections. Our goal is to create a complementary version of Stories by Hand for virtual reality.
Commissioned by NY Live Arts, which premiered it in 2017; a 2018 tour in India brought it to Chennai, Bangalore, Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, and Hyderabad.
From the archive — the earlier web page for this work
This unusual collaboration between Paul Kaiser and Preeti Vasudevan of Thresh Dance entails no digital technology at all — it is, rather, a one-woman show that interweaves voice and gesture to evoke a personal reality from Indian myth, family, and the displacements of distance (east and west, past and present, mythic and everyday).
The collaboration draws upon Vasudevan’s deep background in classical Indian dance (Bharatanatyam), especially in the intricate interplay of eyes and mouth with hand gestures (hasta mudra) — 52 positions of the hand that enable the exquisite articulation of sequence and story.
The minimal stage space, articulated by the precise lighting design of Robert Wierzel, expands and contracts as Vasudevan’s body becomes the vehicle for her ancient temple dance tradition, for her girlhood explorations and discoveries, for her contemporary dance performances, and for the birth of her child.
The work is intended as a counterpoint to OpenEndedGroup’s long collaboration with Merce Cunningham combining his solo dance with hands with his spoken recollections. Our goal is to create a complementary version of Stories by Hand for virtual reality.
Commissioned by NY Live Arts, which premiered it in 2017; a 2018 tour in India brought it to Chennai, Bangalore, Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, and Hyderabad.
From the archive — the earlier web page for this work
This unusual collaboration between Paul Kaiser and Preeti Vasudevan of Thresh Dance entails no digital technology at all — it is, rather, a one-woman show that interweaves voice and gesture to evoke a personal reality from Indian myth, family, and the displacements of distance (east and west, past and present, mythic and everyday).
The collaboration draws upon Vasudevan’s deep background in classical Indian dance (Bharatanatyam), especially in the intricate interplay of eyes and mouth with hand gestures (hasta mudra) — 52 positions of the hand that enable the exquisite articulation of sequence and story.
The minimal stage space, articulated by the precise lighting design of Robert Wierzel, expands and contracts as Vasudevan’s body becomes the vehicle for her ancient temple dance tradition, for her girlhood explorations and discoveries, for her contemporary dance performances, and for the birth of her child.
The work is intended as a counterpoint to OpenEndedGroup’s long collaboration with Merce Cunningham combining his solo dance with hands with his spoken recollections. Our goal is to create a complementary version of Stories by Hand for virtual reality.
Commissioned by NY Live Arts, which premiered it in 2017; a 2018 tour in India brought it to Chennai, Bangalore, Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, and Hyderabad.
From the archive — the earlier web page for this work
This unusual collaboration between Paul Kaiser and Preeti Vasudevan of Thresh Dance entails no digital technology at all — it is, rather, a one-woman show that interweaves voice and gesture to evoke a personal reality from Indian myth, family, and the displacements of distance (east and west, past and present, mythic and everyday).
The collaboration draws upon Vasudevan’s deep background in classical Indian dance (Bharatanatyam), especially in the intricate interplay of eyes and mouth with hand gestures (hasta mudra) — 52 positions of the hand that enable the exquisite articulation of sequence and story.
The minimal stage space, articulated by the precise lighting design of Robert Wierzel, expands and contracts as Vasudevan’s body becomes the vehicle for her ancient temple dance tradition, for her girlhood explorations and discoveries, for her contemporary dance performances, and for the birth of her child.
The work is intended as a counterpoint to OpenEndedGroup’s long collaboration with Merce Cunningham combining his solo dance with hands with his spoken recollections. Our goal is to create a complementary version of Stories by Hand for virtual reality.
Commissioned by NY Live Arts, which premiered it in 2017; a 2018 tour in India brought it to Chennai, Bangalore, Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, and Hyderabad.
From the archive — the earlier web page for this work
This unusual collaboration between Paul Kaiser and Preeti Vasudevan of Thresh Dance entails no digital technology at all — it is, rather, a one-woman show that interweaves voice and gesture to evoke a personal reality from Indian myth, family, and the displacements of distance (east and west, past and present, mythic and everyday).
The collaboration draws upon Vasudevan’s deep background in classical Indian dance (Bharatanatyam), especially in the intricate interplay of eyes and mouth with hand gestures (hasta mudra) — 52 positions of the hand that enable the exquisite articulation of sequence and story.
The minimal stage space, articulated by the precise lighting design of Robert Wierzel, expands and contracts as Vasudevan’s body becomes the vehicle for her ancient temple dance tradition, for her girlhood explorations and discoveries, for her contemporary dance performances, and for the birth of her child.
The work is intended as a counterpoint to OpenEndedGroup’s long collaboration with Merce Cunningham combining his solo dance with hands with his spoken recollections. Our goal is to create a complementary version of Stories by Hand for virtual reality.
Commissioned by NY Live Arts, which premiered it in 2017; a 2018 tour in India brought it to Chennai, Bangalore, Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, and Hyderabad.
From the archive — the earlier web page for this work
This unusual collaboration between Paul Kaiser and Preeti Vasudevan of Thresh Dance entails no digital technology at all — it is, rather, a one-woman show that interweaves voice and gesture to evoke a personal reality from Indian myth, family, and the displacements of distance (east and west, past and present, mythic and everyday).
The collaboration draws upon Vasudevan’s deep background in classical Indian dance (Bharatanatyam), especially in the intricate interplay of eyes and mouth with hand gestures (hasta mudra) — 52 positions of the hand that enable the exquisite articulation of sequence and story.
The minimal stage space, articulated by the precise lighting design of Robert Wierzel, expands and contracts as Vasudevan’s body becomes the vehicle for her ancient temple dance tradition, for her girlhood explorations and discoveries, for her contemporary dance performances, and for the birth of her child.
The work is intended as a counterpoint to OpenEndedGroup’s long collaboration with Merce Cunningham combining his solo dance with hands with his spoken recollections. Our goal is to create a complementary version of Stories by Hand for virtual reality.
Commissioned by NY Live Arts, which premiered it in 2017; a 2018 tour in India brought it to Chennai, Bangalore, Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, and Hyderabad.
From the archive — the earlier web page for this work
This unusual collaboration between Paul Kaiser and Preeti Vasudevan of Thresh Dance entails no digital technology at all — it is, rather, a one-woman show that interweaves voice and gesture to evoke a personal reality from Indian myth, family, and the displacements of distance (east and west, past and present, mythic and everyday).
The collaboration draws upon Vasudevan’s deep background in classical Indian dance (Bharatanatyam), especially in the intricate interplay of eyes and mouth with hand gestures (hasta mudra) — 52 positions of the hand that enable the exquisite articulation of sequence and story.
The minimal stage space, articulated by the precise lighting design of Robert Wierzel, expands and contracts as Vasudevan’s body becomes the vehicle for her ancient temple dance tradition, for her girlhood explorations and discoveries, for her contemporary dance performances, and for the birth of her child.
The work is intended as a counterpoint to OpenEndedGroup’s long collaboration with Merce Cunningham combining his solo dance with hands with his spoken recollections. Our goal is to create a complementary version of Stories by Hand for virtual reality.
Commissioned by NY Live Arts, which premiered it in 2017; a 2018 tour in India brought it to Chennai, Bangalore, Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, and Hyderabad.
From the archive — the earlier web page for this work
This unusual collaboration between Paul Kaiser and Preeti Vasudevan of Thresh Dance entails no digital technology at all — it is, rather, a one-woman show that interweaves voice and gesture to evoke a personal reality from Indian myth, family, and the displacements of distance (east and west, past and present, mythic and everyday).
The collaboration draws upon Vasudevan’s deep background in classical Indian dance (Bharatanatyam), especially in the intricate interplay of eyes and mouth with hand gestures (hasta mudra) — 52 positions of the hand that enable the exquisite articulation of sequence and story.
The minimal stage space, articulated by the precise lighting design of Robert Wierzel, expands and contracts as Vasudevan’s body becomes the vehicle for her ancient temple dance tradition, for her girlhood explorations and discoveries, for her contemporary dance performances, and for the birth of her child.
The work is intended as a counterpoint to OpenEndedGroup’s long collaboration with Merce Cunningham combining his solo dance with hands with his spoken recollections. Our goal is to create a complementary version of Stories by Hand for virtual reality.
Commissioned by NY Live Arts, which premiered it in 2017; a 2018 tour in India brought it to Chennai, Bangalore, Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, and Hyderabad.
From the archive — the earlier web page for this work
This unusual collaboration between Paul Kaiser and Preeti Vasudevan of Thresh Dance entails no digital technology at all — it is, rather, a one-woman show that interweaves voice and gesture to evoke a personal reality from Indian myth, family, and the displacements of distance (east and west, past and present, mythic and everyday).
The collaboration draws upon Vasudevan’s deep background in classical Indian dance (Bharatanatyam), especially in the intricate interplay of eyes and mouth with hand gestures (hasta mudra) — 52 positions of the hand that enable the exquisite articulation of sequence and story.
The minimal stage space, articulated by the precise lighting design of Robert Wierzel, expands and contracts as Vasudevan’s body becomes the vehicle for her ancient temple dance tradition, for her girlhood explorations and discoveries, for her contemporary dance performances, and for the birth of her child.
The work is intended as a counterpoint to OpenEndedGroup’s long collaboration with Merce Cunningham combining his solo dance with hands with his spoken recollections. Our goal is to create a complementary version of Stories by Hand for virtual reality.
Commissioned by NY Live Arts, which premiered it in 2017; a 2018 tour in India brought it to Chennai, Bangalore, Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, and Hyderabad.
From the archive — the earlier web page for this work
This unusual collaboration between Paul Kaiser and Preeti Vasudevan of Thresh Dance entails no digital technology at all — it is, rather, a one-woman show that interweaves voice and gesture to evoke a personal reality from Indian myth, family, and the displacements of distance (east and west, past and present, mythic and everyday).
The collaboration draws upon Vasudevan’s deep background in classical Indian dance (Bharatanatyam), especially in the intricate interplay of eyes and mouth with hand gestures (hasta mudra) — 52 positions of the hand that enable the exquisite articulation of sequence and story.
The minimal stage space, articulated by the precise lighting design of Robert Wierzel, expands and contracts as Vasudevan’s body becomes the vehicle for her ancient temple dance tradition, for her girlhood explorations and discoveries, for her contemporary dance performances, and for the birth of her child.
The work is intended as a counterpoint to OpenEndedGroup’s long collaboration with Merce Cunningham combining his solo dance with hands with his spoken recollections. Our goal is to create a complementary version of Stories by Hand for virtual reality.
Commissioned by NY Live Arts, which premiered it in 2017; a 2018 tour in India brought it to Chennai, Bangalore, Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, and Hyderabad.
From the archive — the earlier web page for this work
This unusual collaboration between Paul Kaiser and Preeti Vasudevan of Thresh Dance entails no digital technology at all — it is, rather, a one-woman show that interweaves voice and gesture to evoke a personal reality from Indian myth, family, and the displacements of distance (east and west, past and present, mythic and everyday).
The collaboration draws upon Vasudevan’s deep background in classical Indian dance (Bharatanatyam), especially in the intricate interplay of eyes and mouth with hand gestures (hasta mudra) — 52 positions of the hand that enable the exquisite articulation of sequence and story.
The minimal stage space, articulated by the precise lighting design of Robert Wierzel, expands and contracts as Vasudevan’s body becomes the vehicle for her ancient temple dance tradition, for her girlhood explorations and discoveries, for her contemporary dance performances, and for the birth of her child.
The work is intended as a counterpoint to OpenEndedGroup’s long collaboration with Merce Cunningham combining his solo dance with hands with his spoken recollections. Our goal is to create a complementary version of Stories by Hand for virtual reality.
Commissioned by NY Live Arts, which premiered it in 2017; a 2018 tour in India brought it to Chennai, Bangalore, Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, and Hyderabad.
From the archive — the earlier web page for this work
This unusual collaboration between Paul Kaiser and Preeti Vasudevan of Thresh Dance entails no digital technology at all — it is, rather, a one-woman show that interweaves voice and gesture to evoke a personal reality from Indian myth, family, and the displacements of distance (east and west, past and present, mythic and everyday).
The collaboration draws upon Vasudevan’s deep background in classical Indian dance (Bharatanatyam), especially in the intricate interplay of eyes and mouth with hand gestures (hasta mudra) — 52 positions of the hand that enable the exquisite articulation of sequence and story.
The minimal stage space, articulated by the precise lighting design of Robert Wierzel, expands and contracts as Vasudevan’s body becomes the vehicle for her ancient temple dance tradition, for her girlhood explorations and discoveries, for her contemporary dance performances, and for the birth of her child.
The work is intended as a counterpoint to OpenEndedGroup’s long collaboration with Merce Cunningham combining his solo dance with hands with his spoken recollections. Our goal is to create a complementary version of Stories by Hand for virtual reality.
Commissioned by NY Live Arts, which premiered it in 2017; a 2018 tour in India brought it to Chennai, Bangalore, Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, and Hyderabad.
From the archive — the earlier web page for this work
This unusual collaboration between Paul Kaiser and Preeti Vasudevan of Thresh Dance entails no digital technology at all — it is, rather, a one-woman show that interweaves voice and gesture to evoke a personal reality from Indian myth, family, and the displacements of distance (east and west, past and present, mythic and everyday).
The collaboration draws upon Vasudevan’s deep background in classical Indian dance (Bharatanatyam), especially in the intricate interplay of eyes and mouth with hand gestures (hasta mudra) — 52 positions of the hand that enable the exquisite articulation of sequence and story.
The minimal stage space, articulated by the precise lighting design of Robert Wierzel, expands and contracts as Vasudevan’s body becomes the vehicle for her ancient temple dance tradition, for her girlhood explorations and discoveries, for her contemporary dance performances, and for the birth of her child.
The work is intended as a counterpoint to OpenEndedGroup’s long collaboration with Merce Cunningham combining his solo dance with hands with his spoken recollections. Our goal is to create a complementary version of Stories by Hand for virtual reality.
Commissioned by NY Live Arts, which premiered it in 2017; a 2018 tour in India brought it to Chennai, Bangalore, Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, and Hyderabad.
From the archive — the earlier web page for this work
This unusual collaboration between Paul Kaiser and Preeti Vasudevan of Thresh Dance entails no digital technology at all — it is, rather, a one-woman show that interweaves voice and gesture to evoke a personal reality from Indian myth, family, and the displacements of distance (east and west, past and present, mythic and everyday).
The collaboration draws upon Vasudevan’s deep background in classical Indian dance (Bharatanatyam), especially in the intricate interplay of eyes and mouth with hand gestures (hasta mudra) — 52 positions of the hand that enable the exquisite articulation of sequence and story.
The minimal stage space, articulated by the precise lighting design of Robert Wierzel, expands and contracts as Vasudevan’s body becomes the vehicle for her ancient temple dance tradition, for her girlhood explorations and discoveries, for her contemporary dance performances, and for the birth of her child.
The work is intended as a counterpoint to OpenEndedGroup’s long collaboration with Merce Cunningham combining his solo dance with hands with his spoken recollections. Our goal is to create a complementary version of Stories by Hand for virtual reality.
Commissioned by NY Live Arts, which premiered it in 2017; a 2018 tour in India brought it to Chennai, Bangalore, Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, and Hyderabad.
From the archive — the earlier web page for this work
This unusual collaboration between Paul Kaiser and Preeti Vasudevan of Thresh Dance entails no digital technology at all — it is, rather, a one-woman show that interweaves voice and gesture to evoke a personal reality from Indian myth, family, and the displacements of distance (east and west, past and present, mythic and everyday).
The collaboration draws upon Vasudevan’s deep background in classical Indian dance (Bharatanatyam), especially in the intricate interplay of eyes and mouth with hand gestures (hasta mudra) — 52 positions of the hand that enable the exquisite articulation of sequence and story.
The minimal stage space, articulated by the precise lighting design of Robert Wierzel, expands and contracts as Vasudevan’s body becomes the vehicle for her ancient temple dance tradition, for her girlhood explorations and discoveries, for her contemporary dance performances, and for the birth of her child.
The work is intended as a counterpoint to OpenEndedGroup’s long collaboration with Merce Cunningham combining his solo dance with hands with his spoken recollections. Our goal is to create a complementary version of Stories by Hand for virtual reality.
Commissioned by NY Live Arts, which premiered it in 2017; a 2018 tour in India brought it to Chennai, Bangalore, Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, and Hyderabad.
From the archive — the earlier web page for this work
This unusual collaboration between Paul Kaiser and Preeti Vasudevan of Thresh Dance entails no digital technology at all — it is, rather, a one-woman show that interweaves voice and gesture to evoke a personal reality from Indian myth, family, and the displacements of distance (east and west, past and present, mythic and everyday).
The collaboration draws upon Vasudevan’s deep background in classical Indian dance (Bharatanatyam), especially in the intricate interplay of eyes and mouth with hand gestures (hasta mudra) — 52 positions of the hand that enable the exquisite articulation of sequence and story.
The minimal stage space, articulated by the precise lighting design of Robert Wierzel, expands and contracts as Vasudevan’s body becomes the vehicle for her ancient temple dance tradition, for her girlhood explorations and discoveries, for her contemporary dance performances, and for the birth of her child.
The work is intended as a counterpoint to OpenEndedGroup’s long collaboration with Merce Cunningham combining his solo dance with hands with his spoken recollections. Our goal is to create a complementary version of Stories by Hand for virtual reality.
Commissioned by NY Live Arts, which premiered it in 2017; a 2018 tour in India brought it to Chennai, Bangalore, Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, and Hyderabad.
From the archive — the earlier web page for this work
This unusual collaboration between Paul Kaiser and Preeti Vasudevan of Thresh Dance entails no digital technology at all — it is, rather, a one-woman show that interweaves voice and gesture to evoke a personal reality from Indian myth, family, and the displacements of distance (east and west, past and present, mythic and everyday).
The collaboration draws upon Vasudevan’s deep background in classical Indian dance (Bharatanatyam), especially in the intricate interplay of eyes and mouth with hand gestures (hasta mudra) — 52 positions of the hand that enable the exquisite articulation of sequence and story.
The minimal stage space, articulated by the precise lighting design of Robert Wierzel, expands and contracts as Vasudevan’s body becomes the vehicle for her ancient temple dance tradition, for her girlhood explorations and discoveries, for her contemporary dance performances, and for the birth of her child.
The work is intended as a counterpoint to OpenEndedGroup’s long collaboration with Merce Cunningham combining his solo dance with hands with his spoken recollections. Our goal is to create a complementary version of Stories by Hand for virtual reality.
Commissioned by NY Live Arts, which premiered it in 2017; a 2018 tour in India brought it to Chennai, Bangalore, Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, and Hyderabad.
From the archive — the earlier web page for this work
This unusual collaboration between Paul Kaiser and Preeti Vasudevan of Thresh Dance entails no digital technology at all — it is, rather, a one-woman show that interweaves voice and gesture to evoke a personal reality from Indian myth, family, and the displacements of distance (east and west, past and present, mythic and everyday).
The collaboration draws upon Vasudevan’s deep background in classical Indian dance (Bharatanatyam), especially in the intricate interplay of eyes and mouth with hand gestures (hasta mudra) — 52 positions of the hand that enable the exquisite articulation of sequence and story.
The minimal stage space, articulated by the precise lighting design of Robert Wierzel, expands and contracts as Vasudevan’s body becomes the vehicle for her ancient temple dance tradition, for her girlhood explorations and discoveries, for her contemporary dance performances, and for the birth of her child.
The work is intended as a counterpoint to OpenEndedGroup’s long collaboration with Merce Cunningham combining his solo dance with hands with his spoken recollections. Our goal is to create a complementary version of Stories by Hand for virtual reality.
Commissioned by NY Live Arts, which premiered it in 2017; a 2018 tour in India brought it to Chennai, Bangalore, Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, and Hyderabad.
From the archive — the earlier web page for this work
This unusual collaboration between Paul Kaiser and Preeti Vasudevan of Thresh Dance entails no digital technology at all — it is, rather, a one-woman show that interweaves voice and gesture to evoke a personal reality from Indian myth, family, and the displacements of distance (east and west, past and present, mythic and everyday).
The collaboration draws upon Vasudevan’s deep background in classical Indian dance (Bharatanatyam), especially in the intricate interplay of eyes and mouth with hand gestures (hasta mudra) — 52 positions of the hand that enable the exquisite articulation of sequence and story.
The minimal stage space, articulated by the precise lighting design of Robert Wierzel, expands and contracts as Vasudevan’s body becomes the vehicle for her ancient temple dance tradition, for her girlhood explorations and discoveries, for her contemporary dance performances, and for the birth of her child.
The work is intended as a counterpoint to OpenEndedGroup’s long collaboration with Merce Cunningham combining his solo dance with hands with his spoken recollections. Our goal is to create a complementary version of Stories by Hand for virtual reality.
Commissioned by NY Live Arts, which premiered it in 2017; a 2018 tour in India brought it to Chennai, Bangalore, Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, and Hyderabad.
From the archive — the earlier web page for this work
This unusual collaboration between Paul Kaiser and Preeti Vasudevan of Thresh Dance entails no digital technology at all — it is, rather, a one-woman show that interweaves voice and gesture to evoke a personal reality from Indian myth, family, and the displacements of distance (east and west, past and present, mythic and everyday).
The collaboration draws upon Vasudevan’s deep background in classical Indian dance (Bharatanatyam), especially in the intricate interplay of eyes and mouth with hand gestures (hasta mudra) — 52 positions of the hand that enable the exquisite articulation of sequence and story.
The minimal stage space, articulated by the precise lighting design of Robert Wierzel, expands and contracts as Vasudevan’s body becomes the vehicle for her ancient temple dance tradition, for her girlhood explorations and discoveries, for her contemporary dance performances, and for the birth of her child.
The work is intended as a counterpoint to OpenEndedGroup’s long collaboration with Merce Cunningham combining his solo dance with hands with his spoken recollections. Our goal is to create a complementary version of Stories by Hand for virtual reality.
Commissioned by NY Live Arts, which premiered it in 2017; a 2018 tour in India brought it to Chennai, Bangalore, Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, and Hyderabad.
From the archive — the earlier web page for this work
This unusual collaboration between Paul Kaiser and Preeti Vasudevan of Thresh Dance entails no digital technology at all — it is, rather, a one-woman show that interweaves voice and gesture to evoke a personal reality from Indian myth, family, and the displacements of distance (east and west, past and present, mythic and everyday).
The collaboration draws upon Vasudevan’s deep background in classical Indian dance (Bharatanatyam), especially in the intricate interplay of eyes and mouth with hand gestures (hasta mudra) — 52 positions of the hand that enable the exquisite articulation of sequence and story.
The minimal stage space, articulated by the precise lighting design of Robert Wierzel, expands and contracts as Vasudevan’s body becomes the vehicle for her ancient temple dance tradition, for her girlhood explorations and discoveries, for her contemporary dance performances, and for the birth of her child.
The work is intended as a counterpoint to OpenEndedGroup’s long collaboration with Merce Cunningham combining his solo dance with hands with his spoken recollections. Our goal is to create a complementary version of Stories by Hand for virtual reality.
Commissioned by NY Live Arts, which premiered it in 2017; a 2018 tour in India brought it to Chennai, Bangalore, Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, and Hyderabad.
From the archive — the earlier web page for this work
This unusual collaboration between Paul Kaiser and Preeti Vasudevan of Thresh Dance entails no digital technology at all — it is, rather, a one-woman show that interweaves voice and gesture to evoke a personal reality from Indian myth, family, and the displacements of distance (east and west, past and present, mythic and everyday).
The collaboration draws upon Vasudevan’s deep background in classical Indian dance (Bharatanatyam), especially in the intricate interplay of eyes and mouth with hand gestures (hasta mudra) — 52 positions of the hand that enable the exquisite articulation of sequence and story.
The minimal stage space, articulated by the precise lighting design of Robert Wierzel, expands and contracts as Vasudevan’s body becomes the vehicle for her ancient temple dance tradition, for her girlhood explorations and discoveries, for her contemporary dance performances, and for the birth of her child.
The work is intended as a counterpoint to OpenEndedGroup’s long collaboration with Merce Cunningham combining his solo dance with hands with his spoken recollections. Our goal is to create a complementary version of Stories by Hand for virtual reality.
Commissioned by NY Live Arts, which premiered it in 2017; a 2018 tour in India brought it to Chennai, Bangalore, Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, and Hyderabad.
From the archive — the earlier web page for this work
This unusual collaboration between Paul Kaiser and Preeti Vasudevan of Thresh Dance entails no digital technology at all — it is, rather, a one-woman show that interweaves voice and gesture to evoke a personal reality from Indian myth, family, and the displacements of distance (east and west, past and present, mythic and everyday).
The collaboration draws upon Vasudevan’s deep background in classical Indian dance (Bharatanatyam), especially in the intricate interplay of eyes and mouth with hand gestures (hasta mudra) — 52 positions of the hand that enable the exquisite articulation of sequence and story.
The minimal stage space, articulated by the precise lighting design of Robert Wierzel, expands and contracts as Vasudevan’s body becomes the vehicle for her ancient temple dance tradition, for her girlhood explorations and discoveries, for her contemporary dance performances, and for the birth of her child.
The work is intended as a counterpoint to OpenEndedGroup’s long collaboration with Merce Cunningham combining his solo dance with hands with his spoken recollections. Our goal is to create a complementary version of Stories by Hand for virtual reality.
Commissioned by NY Live Arts, which premiered it in 2017; a 2018 tour in India brought it to Chennai, Bangalore, Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, and Hyderabad.
From the archive — the earlier web page for this work
This unusual collaboration between Paul Kaiser and Preeti Vasudevan of Thresh Dance entails no digital technology at all — it is, rather, a one-woman show that interweaves voice and gesture to evoke a personal reality from Indian myth, family, and the displacements of distance (east and west, past and present, mythic and everyday).
The collaboration draws upon Vasudevan’s deep background in classical Indian dance (Bharatanatyam), especially in the intricate interplay of eyes and mouth with hand gestures (hasta mudra) — 52 positions of the hand that enable the exquisite articulation of sequence and story.
The minimal stage space, articulated by the precise lighting design of Robert Wierzel, expands and contracts as Vasudevan’s body becomes the vehicle for her ancient temple dance tradition, for her girlhood explorations and discoveries, for her contemporary dance performances, and for the birth of her child.
The work is intended as a counterpoint to OpenEndedGroup’s long collaboration with Merce Cunningham combining his solo dance with hands with his spoken recollections. Our goal is to create a complementary version of Stories by Hand for virtual reality.
Commissioned by NY Live Arts, which premiered it in 2017; a 2018 tour in India brought it to Chennai, Bangalore, Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, and Hyderabad.
From the archive — the earlier web page for this work
This unusual collaboration between Paul Kaiser and Preeti Vasudevan of Thresh Dance entails no digital technology at all — it is, rather, a one-woman show that interweaves voice and gesture to evoke a personal reality from Indian myth, family, and the displacements of distance (east and west, past and present, mythic and everyday).
The collaboration draws upon Vasudevan’s deep background in classical Indian dance (Bharatanatyam), especially in the intricate interplay of eyes and mouth with hand gestures (hasta mudra) — 52 positions of the hand that enable the exquisite articulation of sequence and story.
The minimal stage space, articulated by the precise lighting design of Robert Wierzel, expands and contracts as Vasudevan’s body becomes the vehicle for her ancient temple dance tradition, for her girlhood explorations and discoveries, for her contemporary dance performances, and for the birth of her child.
The work is intended as a counterpoint to OpenEndedGroup’s long collaboration with Merce Cunningham combining his solo dance with hands with his spoken recollections. Our goal is to create a complementary version of Stories by Hand for virtual reality.
Commissioned by NY Live Arts, which premiered it in 2017; a 2018 tour in India brought it to Chennai, Bangalore, Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, and Hyderabad.
From the archive — the earlier web page for this work
This unusual collaboration between Paul Kaiser and Preeti Vasudevan of Thresh Dance entails no digital technology at all — it is, rather, a one-woman show that interweaves voice and gesture to evoke a personal reality from Indian myth, family, and the displacements of distance (east and west, past and present, mythic and everyday).
The collaboration draws upon Vasudevan’s deep background in classical Indian dance (Bharatanatyam), especially in the intricate interplay of eyes and mouth with hand gestures (hasta mudra) — 52 positions of the hand that enable the exquisite articulation of sequence and story.
The minimal stage space, articulated by the precise lighting design of Robert Wierzel, expands and contracts as Vasudevan’s body becomes the vehicle for her ancient temple dance tradition, for her girlhood explorations and discoveries, for her contemporary dance performances, and for the birth of her child.
The work is intended as a counterpoint to OpenEndedGroup’s long collaboration with Merce Cunningham combining his solo dance with hands with his spoken recollections. Our goal is to create a complementary version of Stories by Hand for virtual reality.
Commissioned by NY Live Arts, which premiered it in 2017; a 2018 tour in India brought it to Chennai, Bangalore, Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, and Hyderabad.
From the archive — the earlier web page for this work
This unusual collaboration between Paul Kaiser and Preeti Vasudevan of Thresh Dance entails no digital technology at all — it is, rather, a one-woman show that interweaves voice and gesture to evoke a personal reality from Indian myth, family, and the displacements of distance (east and west, past and present, mythic and everyday).
The collaboration draws upon Vasudevan’s deep background in classical Indian dance (Bharatanatyam), especially in the intricate interplay of eyes and mouth with hand gestures (hasta mudra) — 52 positions of the hand that enable the exquisite articulation of sequence and story.
The minimal stage space, articulated by the precise lighting design of Robert Wierzel, expands and contracts as Vasudevan’s body becomes the vehicle for her ancient temple dance tradition, for her girlhood explorations and discoveries, for her contemporary dance performances, and for the birth of her child.
The work is intended as a counterpoint to OpenEndedGroup’s long collaboration with Merce Cunningham combining his solo dance with hands with his spoken recollections. Our goal is to create a complementary version of Stories by Hand for virtual reality.
Commissioned by NY Live Arts, which premiered it in 2017; a 2018 tour in India brought it to Chennai, Bangalore, Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, and Hyderabad.
From the archive — the earlier web page for this work
This unusual collaboration between Paul Kaiser and Preeti Vasudevan of Thresh Dance entails no digital technology at all — it is, rather, a one-woman show that interweaves voice and gesture to evoke a personal reality from Indian myth, family, and the displacements of distance (east and west, past and present, mythic and everyday).
The collaboration draws upon Vasudevan’s deep background in classical Indian dance (Bharatanatyam), especially in the intricate interplay of eyes and mouth with hand gestures (hasta mudra) — 52 positions of the hand that enable the exquisite articulation of sequence and story.
The minimal stage space, articulated by the precise lighting design of Robert Wierzel, expands and contracts as Vasudevan’s body becomes the vehicle for her ancient temple dance tradition, for her girlhood explorations and discoveries, for her contemporary dance performances, and for the birth of her child.
The work is intended as a counterpoint to OpenEndedGroup’s long collaboration with Merce Cunningham combining his solo dance with hands with his spoken recollections. Our goal is to create a complementary version of Stories by Hand for virtual reality.
Commissioned by NY Live Arts, which premiered it in 2017; a 2018 tour in India brought it to Chennai, Bangalore, Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, and Hyderabad.
From the archive — the earlier web page for this work
This unusual collaboration between Paul Kaiser and Preeti Vasudevan of Thresh Dance entails no digital technology at all — it is, rather, a one-woman show that interweaves voice and gesture to evoke a personal reality from Indian myth, family, and the displacements of distance (east and west, past and present, mythic and everyday).
The collaboration draws upon Vasudevan’s deep background in classical Indian dance (Bharatanatyam), especially in the intricate interplay of eyes and mouth with hand gestures (hasta mudra) — 52 positions of the hand that enable the exquisite articulation of sequence and story.
The minimal stage space, articulated by the precise lighting design of Robert Wierzel, expands and contracts as Vasudevan’s body becomes the vehicle for her ancient temple dance tradition, for her girlhood explorations and discoveries, for her contemporary dance performances, and for the birth of her child.
The work is intended as a counterpoint to OpenEndedGroup’s long collaboration with Merce Cunningham combining his solo dance with hands with his spoken recollections. Our goal is to create a complementary version of Stories by Hand for virtual reality.
Commissioned by NY Live Arts, which premiered it in 2017; a 2018 tour in India brought it to Chennai, Bangalore, Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, and Hyderabad.
From the archive — the earlier web page for this work
This unusual collaboration between Paul Kaiser and Preeti Vasudevan of Thresh Dance entails no digital technology at all — it is, rather, a one-woman show that interweaves voice and gesture to evoke a personal reality from Indian myth, family, and the displacements of distance (east and west, past and present, mythic and everyday).
The collaboration draws upon Vasudevan’s deep background in classical Indian dance (Bharatanatyam), especially in the intricate interplay of eyes and mouth with hand gestures (hasta mudra) — 52 positions of the hand that enable the exquisite articulation of sequence and story.
The minimal stage space, articulated by the precise lighting design of Robert Wierzel, expands and contracts as Vasudevan’s body becomes the vehicle for her ancient temple dance tradition, for her girlhood explorations and discoveries, for her contemporary dance performances, and for the birth of her child.
The work is intended as a counterpoint to OpenEndedGroup’s long collaboration with Merce Cunningham combining his solo dance with hands with his spoken recollections. Our goal is to create a complementary version of Stories by Hand for virtual reality.
Commissioned by NY Live Arts, which premiered it in 2017; a 2018 tour in India brought it to Chennai, Bangalore, Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, and Hyderabad.
From the archive — the earlier web page for this work
This unusual collaboration between Paul Kaiser and Preeti Vasudevan of Thresh Dance entails no digital technology at all — it is, rather, a one-woman show that interweaves voice and gesture to evoke a personal reality from Indian myth, family, and the displacements of distance (east and west, past and present, mythic and everyday).
The collaboration draws upon Vasudevan’s deep background in classical Indian dance (Bharatanatyam), especially in the intricate interplay of eyes and mouth with hand gestures (hasta mudra) — 52 positions of the hand that enable the exquisite articulation of sequence and story.
The minimal stage space, articulated by the precise lighting design of Robert Wierzel, expands and contracts as Vasudevan’s body becomes the vehicle for her ancient temple dance tradition, for her girlhood explorations and discoveries, for her contemporary dance performances, and for the birth of her child.
The work is intended as a counterpoint to OpenEndedGroup’s long collaboration with Merce Cunningham combining his solo dance with hands with his spoken recollections. Our goal is to create a complementary version of Stories by Hand for virtual reality.
Commissioned by NY Live Arts, which premiered it in 2017; a 2018 tour in India brought it to Chennai, Bangalore, Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, and Hyderabad.
From the archive — the earlier web page for this work
This unusual collaboration between Paul Kaiser and Preeti Vasudevan of Thresh Dance entails no digital technology at all — it is, rather, a one-woman show that interweaves voice and gesture to evoke a personal reality from Indian myth, family, and the displacements of distance (east and west, past and present, mythic and everyday).
The collaboration draws upon Vasudevan’s deep background in classical Indian dance (Bharatanatyam), especially in the intricate interplay of eyes and mouth with hand gestures (hasta mudra) — 52 positions of the hand that enable the exquisite articulation of sequence and story.
The minimal stage space, articulated by the precise lighting design of Robert Wierzel, expands and contracts as Vasudevan’s body becomes the vehicle for her ancient temple dance tradition, for her girlhood explorations and discoveries, for her contemporary dance performances, and for the birth of her child.
The work is intended as a counterpoint to OpenEndedGroup’s long collaboration with Merce Cunningham combining his solo dance with hands with his spoken recollections. Our goal is to create a complementary version of Stories by Hand for virtual reality.
Commissioned by NY Live Arts, which premiered it in 2017; a 2018 tour in India brought it to Chennai, Bangalore, Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, and Hyderabad.
From the archive — the earlier web page for this work
This unusual collaboration between Paul Kaiser and Preeti Vasudevan of Thresh Dance entails no digital technology at all — it is, rather, a one-woman show that interweaves voice and gesture to evoke a personal reality from Indian myth, family, and the displacements of distance (east and west, past and present, mythic and everyday).
The collaboration draws upon Vasudevan’s deep background in classical Indian dance (Bharatanatyam), especially in the intricate interplay of eyes and mouth with hand gestures (hasta mudra) — 52 positions of the hand that enable the exquisite articulation of sequence and story.
The minimal stage space, articulated by the precise lighting design of Robert Wierzel, expands and contracts as Vasudevan’s body becomes the vehicle for her ancient temple dance tradition, for her girlhood explorations and discoveries, for her contemporary dance performances, and for the birth of her child.
The work is intended as a counterpoint to OpenEndedGroup’s long collaboration with Merce Cunningham combining his solo dance with hands with his spoken recollections. Our goal is to create a complementary version of Stories by Hand for virtual reality.
Commissioned by NY Live Arts, which premiered it in 2017; a 2018 tour in India brought it to Chennai, Bangalore, Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, and Hyderabad.
From the archive — the earlier web page for this work
This unusual collaboration between Paul Kaiser and Preeti Vasudevan of Thresh Dance entails no digital technology at all — it is, rather, a one-woman show that interweaves voice and gesture to evoke a personal reality from Indian myth, family, and the displacements of distance (east and west, past and present, mythic and everyday).
The collaboration draws upon Vasudevan’s deep background in classical Indian dance (Bharatanatyam), especially in the intricate interplay of eyes and mouth with hand gestures (hasta mudra) — 52 positions of the hand that enable the exquisite articulation of sequence and story.
The minimal stage space, articulated by the precise lighting design of Robert Wierzel, expands and contracts as Vasudevan’s body becomes the vehicle for her ancient temple dance tradition, for her girlhood explorations and discoveries, for her contemporary dance performances, and for the birth of her child.
The work is intended as a counterpoint to OpenEndedGroup’s long collaboration with Merce Cunningham combining his solo dance with hands with his spoken recollections. Our goal is to create a complementary version of Stories by Hand for virtual reality.
Commissioned by NY Live Arts, which premiered it in 2017; a 2018 tour in India brought it to Chennai, Bangalore, Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, and Hyderabad.
From the archive — the earlier web page for this work
This unusual collaboration between Paul Kaiser and Preeti Vasudevan of Thresh Dance entails no digital technology at all — it is, rather, a one-woman show that interweaves voice and gesture to evoke a personal reality from Indian myth, family, and the displacements of distance (east and west, past and present, mythic and everyday).
The collaboration draws upon Vasudevan’s deep background in classical Indian dance (Bharatanatyam), especially in the intricate interplay of eyes and mouth with hand gestures (hasta mudra) — 52 positions of the hand that enable the exquisite articulation of sequence and story.
The minimal stage space, articulated by the precise lighting design of Robert Wierzel, expands and contracts as Vasudevan’s body becomes the vehicle for her ancient temple dance tradition, for her girlhood explorations and discoveries, for her contemporary dance performances, and for the birth of her child.
The work is intended as a counterpoint to OpenEndedGroup’s long collaboration with Merce Cunningham combining his solo dance with hands with his spoken recollections. Our goal is to create a complementary version of Stories by Hand for virtual reality.
Commissioned by NY Live Arts, which premiered it in 2017; a 2018 tour in India brought it to Chennai, Bangalore, Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, and Hyderabad.
From the archive — the earlier web page for this work
This unusual collaboration between Paul Kaiser and Preeti Vasudevan of Thresh Dance entails no digital technology at all — it is, rather, a one-woman show that interweaves voice and gesture to evoke a personal reality from Indian myth, family, and the displacements of distance (east and west, past and present, mythic and everyday).
The collaboration draws upon Vasudevan’s deep background in classical Indian dance (Bharatanatyam), especially in the intricate interplay of eyes and mouth with hand gestures (hasta mudra) — 52 positions of the hand that enable the exquisite articulation of sequence and story.
The minimal stage space, articulated by the precise lighting design of Robert Wierzel, expands and contracts as Vasudevan’s body becomes the vehicle for her ancient temple dance tradition, for her girlhood explorations and discoveries, for her contemporary dance performances, and for the birth of her child.
The work is intended as a counterpoint to OpenEndedGroup’s long collaboration with Merce Cunningham combining his solo dance with hands with his spoken recollections. Our goal is to create a complementary version of Stories by Hand for virtual reality.
Commissioned by NY Live Arts, which premiered it in 2017; a 2018 tour in India brought it to Chennai, Bangalore, Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, and Hyderabad.
From the archive — the earlier web page for this work
This unusual collaboration between Paul Kaiser and Preeti Vasudevan of Thresh Dance entails no digital technology at all — it is, rather, a one-woman show that interweaves voice and gesture to evoke a personal reality from Indian myth, family, and the displacements of distance (east and west, past and present, mythic and everyday).
The collaboration draws upon Vasudevan’s deep background in classical Indian dance (Bharatanatyam), especially in the intricate interplay of eyes and mouth with hand gestures (hasta mudra) — 52 positions of the hand that enable the exquisite articulation of sequence and story.
The minimal stage space, articulated by the precise lighting design of Robert Wierzel, expands and contracts as Vasudevan’s body becomes the vehicle for her ancient temple dance tradition, for her girlhood explorations and discoveries, for her contemporary dance performances, and for the birth of her child.
The work is intended as a counterpoint to OpenEndedGroup’s long collaboration with Merce Cunningham combining his solo dance with hands with his spoken recollections. Our goal is to create a complementary version of Stories by Hand for virtual reality.
Commissioned by NY Live Arts, which premiered it in 2017; a 2018 tour in India brought it to Chennai, Bangalore, Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, and Hyderabad.
From the archive — the earlier web page for this work
This unusual collaboration between Paul Kaiser and Preeti Vasudevan of Thresh Dance entails no digital technology at all — it is, rather, a one-woman show that interweaves voice and gesture to evoke a personal reality from Indian myth, family, and the displacements of distance (east and west, past and present, mythic and everyday).
The collaboration draws upon Vasudevan’s deep background in classical Indian dance (Bharatanatyam), especially in the intricate interplay of eyes and mouth with hand gestures (hasta mudra) — 52 positions of the hand that enable the exquisite articulation of sequence and story.
The minimal stage space, articulated by the precise lighting design of Robert Wierzel, expands and contracts as Vasudevan’s body becomes the vehicle for her ancient temple dance tradition, for her girlhood explorations and discoveries, for her contemporary dance performances, and for the birth of her child.
The work is intended as a counterpoint to OpenEndedGroup’s long collaboration with Merce Cunningham combining his solo dance with hands with his spoken recollections. Our goal is to create a complementary version of Stories by Hand for virtual reality.
Commissioned by NY Live Arts, which premiered it in 2017; a 2018 tour in India brought it to Chennai, Bangalore, Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, and Hyderabad.
From the archive — the earlier web page for this work
This unusual collaboration between Paul Kaiser and Preeti Vasudevan of Thresh Dance entails no digital technology at all — it is, rather, a one-woman show that interweaves voice and gesture to evoke a personal reality from Indian myth, family, and the displacements of distance (east and west, past and present, mythic and everyday).
The collaboration draws upon Vasudevan’s deep background in classical Indian dance (Bharatanatyam), especially in the intricate interplay of eyes and mouth with hand gestures (hasta mudra) — 52 positions of the hand that enable the exquisite articulation of sequence and story.
The minimal stage space, articulated by the precise lighting design of Robert Wierzel, expands and contracts as Vasudevan’s body becomes the vehicle for her ancient temple dance tradition, for her girlhood explorations and discoveries, for her contemporary dance performances, and for the birth of her child.
The work is intended as a counterpoint to OpenEndedGroup’s long collaboration with Merce Cunningham combining his solo dance with hands with his spoken recollections. Our goal is to create a complementary version of Stories by Hand for virtual reality.
Commissioned by NY Live Arts, which premiered it in 2017; a 2018 tour in India brought it to Chennai, Bangalore, Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, and Hyderabad.
From the archive — the earlier web page for this work
This unusual collaboration between Paul Kaiser and Preeti Vasudevan of Thresh Dance entails no digital technology at all — it is, rather, a one-woman show that interweaves voice and gesture to evoke a personal reality from Indian myth, family, and the displacements of distance (east and west, past and present, mythic and everyday).
The collaboration draws upon Vasudevan’s deep background in classical Indian dance (Bharatanatyam), especially in the intricate interplay of eyes and mouth with hand gestures (hasta mudra) — 52 positions of the hand that enable the exquisite articulation of sequence and story.
The minimal stage space, articulated by the precise lighting design of Robert Wierzel, expands and contracts as Vasudevan’s body becomes the vehicle for her ancient temple dance tradition, for her girlhood explorations and discoveries, for her contemporary dance performances, and for the birth of her child.
The work is intended as a counterpoint to OpenEndedGroup’s long collaboration with Merce Cunningham combining his solo dance with hands with his spoken recollections. Our goal is to create a complementary version of Stories by Hand for virtual reality.
Commissioned by NY Live Arts, which premiered it in 2017; a 2018 tour in India brought it to Chennai, Bangalore, Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, and Hyderabad.
From the archive — the earlier web page for this work
This unusual collaboration between Paul Kaiser and Preeti Vasudevan of Thresh Dance entails no digital technology at all — it is, rather, a one-woman show that interweaves voice and gesture to evoke a personal reality from Indian myth, family, and the displacements of distance (east and west, past and present, mythic and everyday).
The collaboration draws upon Vasudevan’s deep background in classical Indian dance (Bharatanatyam), especially in the intricate interplay of eyes and mouth with hand gestures (hasta mudra) — 52 positions of the hand that enable the exquisite articulation of sequence and story.
The minimal stage space, articulated by the precise lighting design of Robert Wierzel, expands and contracts as Vasudevan’s body becomes the vehicle for her ancient temple dance tradition, for her girlhood explorations and discoveries, for her contemporary dance performances, and for the birth of her child.
The work is intended as a counterpoint to OpenEndedGroup’s long collaboration with Merce Cunningham combining his solo dance with hands with his spoken recollections. Our goal is to create a complementary version of Stories by Hand for virtual reality.
Commissioned by NY Live Arts, which premiered it in 2017; a 2018 tour in India brought it to Chennai, Bangalore, Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, and Hyderabad.
From the archive — the earlier web page for this work
This unusual collaboration between Paul Kaiser and Preeti Vasudevan of Thresh Dance entails no digital technology at all — it is, rather, a one-woman show that interweaves voice and gesture to evoke a personal reality from Indian myth, family, and the displacements of distance (east and west, past and present, mythic and everyday).
The collaboration draws upon Vasudevan’s deep background in classical Indian dance (Bharatanatyam), especially in the intricate interplay of eyes and mouth with hand gestures (hasta mudra) — 52 positions of the hand that enable the exquisite articulation of sequence and story.
The minimal stage space, articulated by the precise lighting design of Robert Wierzel, expands and contracts as Vasudevan’s body becomes the vehicle for her ancient temple dance tradition, for her girlhood explorations and discoveries, for her contemporary dance performances, and for the birth of her child.
The work is intended as a counterpoint to OpenEndedGroup’s long collaboration with Merce Cunningham combining his solo dance with hands with his spoken recollections. Our goal is to create a complementary version of Stories by Hand for virtual reality.
Commissioned by NY Live Arts, which premiered it in 2017; a 2018 tour in India brought it to Chennai, Bangalore, Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, and Hyderabad.
From the archive — the earlier web page for this work
This unusual collaboration between Paul Kaiser and Preeti Vasudevan of Thresh Dance entails no digital technology at all — it is, rather, a one-woman show that interweaves voice and gesture to evoke a personal reality from Indian myth, family, and the displacements of distance (east and west, past and present, mythic and everyday).
The collaboration draws upon Vasudevan’s deep background in classical Indian dance (Bharatanatyam), especially in the intricate interplay of eyes and mouth with hand gestures (hasta mudra) — 52 positions of the hand that enable the exquisite articulation of sequence and story.
The minimal stage space, articulated by the precise lighting design of Robert Wierzel, expands and contracts as Vasudevan’s body becomes the vehicle for her ancient temple dance tradition, for her girlhood explorations and discoveries, for her contemporary dance performances, and for the birth of her child.
The work is intended as a counterpoint to OpenEndedGroup’s long collaboration with Merce Cunningham combining his solo dance with hands with his spoken recollections. Our goal is to create a complementary version of Stories by Hand for virtual reality.
Commissioned by NY Live Arts, which premiered it in 2017; a 2018 tour in India brought it to Chennai, Bangalore, Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, and Hyderabad.
From the archive — the earlier web page for this work
This unusual collaboration between Paul Kaiser and Preeti Vasudevan of Thresh Dance entails no digital technology at all — it is, rather, a one-woman show that interweaves voice and gesture to evoke a personal reality from Indian myth, family, and the displacements of distance (east and west, past and present, mythic and everyday).
The collaboration draws upon Vasudevan’s deep background in classical Indian dance (Bharatanatyam), especially in the intricate interplay of eyes and mouth with hand gestures (hasta mudra) — 52 positions of the hand that enable the exquisite articulation of sequence and story.
The minimal stage space, articulated by the precise lighting design of Robert Wierzel, expands and contracts as Vasudevan’s body becomes the vehicle for her ancient temple dance tradition, for her girlhood explorations and discoveries, for her contemporary dance performances, and for the birth of her child.
The work is intended as a counterpoint to OpenEndedGroup’s long collaboration with Merce Cunningham combining his solo dance with hands with his spoken recollections. Our goal is to create a complementary version of Stories by Hand for virtual reality.
Commissioned by NY Live Arts, which premiered it in 2017; a 2018 tour in India brought it to Chennai, Bangalore, Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, and Hyderabad.
From the archive — the earlier web page for this work
This unusual collaboration between Paul Kaiser and Preeti Vasudevan of Thresh Dance entails no digital technology at all — it is, rather, a one-woman show that interweaves voice and gesture to evoke a personal reality from Indian myth, family, and the displacements of distance (east and west, past and present, mythic and everyday).
The collaboration draws upon Vasudevan’s deep background in classical Indian dance (Bharatanatyam), especially in the intricate interplay of eyes and mouth with hand gestures (hasta mudra) — 52 positions of the hand that enable the exquisite articulation of sequence and story.
The minimal stage space, articulated by the precise lighting design of Robert Wierzel, expands and contracts as Vasudevan’s body becomes the vehicle for her ancient temple dance tradition, for her girlhood explorations and discoveries, for her contemporary dance performances, and for the birth of her child.
The work is intended as a counterpoint to OpenEndedGroup’s long collaboration with Merce Cunningham combining his solo dance with hands with his spoken recollections. Our goal is to create a complementary version of Stories by Hand for virtual reality.
Commissioned by NY Live Arts, which premiered it in 2017; a 2018 tour in India brought it to Chennai, Bangalore, Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, and Hyderabad.
From the archive — the earlier web page for this work
This unusual collaboration between Paul Kaiser and Preeti Vasudevan of Thresh Dance entails no digital technology at all — it is, rather, a one-woman show that interweaves voice and gesture to evoke a personal reality from Indian myth, family, and the displacements of distance (east and west, past and present, mythic and everyday).
The collaboration draws upon Vasudevan’s deep background in classical Indian dance (Bharatanatyam), especially in the intricate interplay of eyes and mouth with hand gestures (hasta mudra) — 52 positions of the hand that enable the exquisite articulation of sequence and story.
The minimal stage space, articulated by the precise lighting design of Robert Wierzel, expands and contracts as Vasudevan’s body becomes the vehicle for her ancient temple dance tradition, for her girlhood explorations and discoveries, for her contemporary dance performances, and for the birth of her child.
The work is intended as a counterpoint to OpenEndedGroup’s long collaboration with Merce Cunningham combining his solo dance with hands with his spoken recollections. Our goal is to create a complementary version of Stories by Hand for virtual reality.
Commissioned by NY Live Arts, which premiered it in 2017; a 2018 tour in India brought it to Chennai, Bangalore, Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, and Hyderabad.
From the archive — the earlier web page for this work
This unusual collaboration between Paul Kaiser and Preeti Vasudevan of Thresh Dance entails no digital technology at all — it is, rather, a one-woman show that interweaves voice and gesture to evoke a personal reality from Indian myth, family, and the displacements of distance (east and west, past and present, mythic and everyday).
The collaboration draws upon Vasudevan’s deep background in classical Indian dance (Bharatanatyam), especially in the intricate interplay of eyes and mouth with hand gestures (hasta mudra) — 52 positions of the hand that enable the exquisite articulation of sequence and story.
The minimal stage space, articulated by the precise lighting design of Robert Wierzel, expands and contracts as Vasudevan’s body becomes the vehicle for her ancient temple dance tradition, for her girlhood explorations and discoveries, for her contemporary dance performances, and for the birth of her child.
The work is intended as a counterpoint to OpenEndedGroup’s long collaboration with Merce Cunningham combining his solo dance with hands with his spoken recollections. Our goal is to create a complementary version of Stories by Hand for virtual reality.
Commissioned by NY Live Arts, which premiered it in 2017; a 2018 tour in India brought it to Chennai, Bangalore, Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, and Hyderabad.
From the archive — the earlier web page for this work
Stories by Hand | 2017
This unusual collaboration between Paul Kai
ser and Preeti Vasudevan of Thresh Dance entails no digital technology at all — it is, rather, a one-woman show that interweaves voice and gesture to evoke a personal reality from Indian myth, family, and the displacements of distance (east and west, past and present, mythic and everyday).
The collaboration draws upon Vasudevan’s
deep background in classical Indian dance (Bharatanatyam), especially in the intricate interplay of eyes and mouth with hand gestures (hasta mudra) — 52 positions of the hand that enable the exquisite articulation of sequence and story.
The minimal stage space, articulated by the pre
cise lighting design of Robert Wierzel, expands and contracts as Vasudevan’s body becomes the vehicle for her ancient temple dance tradition, for her girlhood explorations and discoveries, for her contemporary dance performances, and for the birth of her child.
The work is intended as a counterpoint to OpenEndedGroup’s long collaboration with Merce Cunningham combining his solo dance with hands with his spoken recollections. Our goal is to create a complementary version of Stories by Hand for virtual reality.
Commissioned by NY Live Arts, which premiered it in 2017; a 2018 tour in India brought it to Chennai, Bangalore, Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, and Hyderabad.