Choreography: Nandita Shankardass
Music: Shammi Pithia
Lighting Design: Nandita Shankardass and Lucas Gonzalez
Performed by Nandita Shankardass, Antonio de Rosa, Shammi Pithia and Michael Goodey.
Premiered at Teatro Zarzuela in June 2012
‘Jaane Ajnabee’ is a collaborative work created between choreographer/dancer Nandita Shankardass and composer/musician Shammi Pithia.
Inspired by a combination of ideas and thoughts from Michael Harboun’s project entitled “Transcendenz” – Metaphysical Immersion, which focuses on the essential, existential and metaphysical of an invisible reality. Invisible but meaningful, strange but familiar.
Eliminating the differences the reality becomes obvious. We all possess the ability to transcend and live without walls or limits.
“One should not forget that we are all stardust ….” Kant
“…But there is a conscious work, as happens with Nandita Shankardass and her proposal Jaane ajnabee, the best of the evening, a sharp duet in which the artist also offers a clean and beautiful line dance. We may not find an argument, but we do find an elevated idea of transcendence and honesty. The discipline of the whole makes waves, and that is the responsibility of the direction”