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Ballet Festival of India

25 Aug 2023 to 27 Aug 2023

The Ballet Festival of India, which was launched in 2017, supports the growth, exposure and education of ballet in India. Its objectives include building and engaging a vibrant ballet community in the country and making quality ballet available and affordable here. Each edition of the festival is unique in its structure and has included classes, film screenings, and seminars on music, nutrition and cross-training methods in the past.

Past editions of the festival have hosted eminent choreographers like Sebastian Vinet, Cindy Jourdain and Tusha Dallas as part of the faculty. The second edition of the festival was held in a digital format in 2020 owing to the pandemic. The third instalment, in September 2022, was held in a hybrid format with the faculty teaching online and participants being given the option to dance in person at physical centres in six cities: Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai and Pune. It offered two sets of experiences: one for senior students (those above the age of 12), dancers, and teachers, and a special one for children between the ages of eight and 12.

Four internationally-renowned professional dancers, German-Senegalese dancer Adji Cissoko from Alonzo King LINES Ballet, American dancer Akua Noni Parker formerly of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Brazilian dancer Nayara Lopes from the Philadelphia Ballet and British dancer Sarah Surinder Kundi from the English National Ballet were the faculty for the last edition of the festival. They taught ballet techniques, repertoire and choreography, besides conducting a webinar with a question-and-answer segment. The festival culminated in a virtual live showcase during which participants performed the repertoire and choreography they had learned over the weekend.

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Age: Open to all

Hosting Type: Hybrid

Frequency: Once in two years

Genre: Dance

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About Ashifa Sarkar Vasi

Ashifa Sarkar Vasi

Mumbai-based ballet teacher Ashifa Sarkar Vasi began studying the dance form at the age of six. Ashifa trained for 14 years in the US, at institutions such as the School of American Ballet in New York City and the Rock School for Dance Education (Philadelphia Ballet) in Pennsylvania. She performed for 11 years, in productions of The Nutcracker; La Bayadere and Sleeping Beauty and played lead roles in Les Sylphides, Carousel, and multiple original works. An ABT (American Ballet Theatre) Certified Teacher, she has been teaching ballet since 1999 both in the US and India and has worked with students of various ages, levels, abilities and backgrounds in different settings. In India, she has taught for the Institute of Classical and Modern Dance, Terence Lewis, Sumeet Nagdev, The Danceworx and Shiamak Davar. The Ballet Festival of India is her endeavour to promote learning, networking, collaboration and performance opportunities in ballet with an emphasis on artistic and technical excellence. See the complete list of festival organisers here.

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