This week, Festival director Anne Morris talks with dancer Aparna Keshaviah and musician Atiba Rorie about their creative collaboration as part of the NC Dance Festival performance this past weekend. In bringing Aparna and Atiba together for this project, we explored the contrasts between Aparna’s classical Indian dance and Atiba’s West African rhythms, and the process of finding common ground. Prior to the October 2 performance, Atiba and Aparna had a few conversations and exchanged a few ideas about rhythms and structure. Everything else came together during the afternoon of the performance, when they rehearsed in the studio together for the first time. This conversation captures the fresh feeling and energy generated by this collaboration, and highlights the connections formed between these two artists.

To connect with Aparna, visit her website.

Atiba’s band, Africa Unplugged is here.

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