With rhythms into another world

With rhythms into another world

"TaTenTenTa. - NaGeGeNa - ..." While our hands are busy hitting the right parts of the tabla in the right moment, our lips are moving alongside the rhythm. Reciting is something we have trained up until perfection in the course of the last months. 10 weeks, one whole...

A puppet becomes alive

Even after leaving the theatre, I am still thinking about how long you have to train the technique of perfectly imitating a puppet. The dancers in Coppélia did a wonderful job doing right that, and I was happy to cover their performance in an article for Performing...

TRIPPLE THREE ARTISTS – URBAN BUSH WOMEN

TRIPPLE THREE ARTISTS – URBAN BUSH WOMEN

As a Performing Arts enthusiast, I feel incredibly privileged to have not only attended the Urban Bush Women's performance at the Newman Center for the Performing Arts but also to have the honor to write a review about it on Performing Denver and be invited to several...

Future Maker – Ashoka Changemaker Summit 2024

Future Maker – Ashoka Changemaker Summit 2024

After a midnight interview discussing community involvement and motivation, I’ve joined Ashoka as a “Future Maker.” Honored to be part of the Participation Collective and eager to contribute to change, I’ll help organize a sustainable Ashoka Changemaker Summit in September 2024 in Hamburg, mentor young participants, and promote environmental responsibility.

Lights of Change: Sustainable Bollywood

Lights of Change: Sustainable Bollywood

"Stop - the hair". The director is sitting in front of two screens just around the corner of the set so that he can observe everything without being in the way of the camera. I am currently witnessing behind the scenes how a new episode of a popular Indian TV series...

Shaking, Stepping, Jumping – 3 h of Bollywood dance

Shaking, Stepping, Jumping – 3 h of Bollywood dance

"You have to concentrate! Now we take our right arm and lift our right leg in order to..." Akshay is facing the mirror while talking to us - a group of University of Denver students on their interterm-class exploring the secrets of Bollywood. If you follow my blog you...

Rajasthan – a wild discovery journey

Rajasthan – a wild discovery journey

"No, no. It was only a small wedding. 10 guests for each family." The young man next to me is slim, he smiles while telling about the wedding ceremony of his younger brother for which he just returns home from Jodhpur. It is one of the shorter train rides for me, a...