Dance till the stars come down from the rafters
Dance, Dance, Dance till you drop.
It is said that dancing is like dreaming with your feet. Dancing gives you those moments when you let yourself loose and let the passion from your soul sway your body with the rhythm. Unmaad brings together the best dancers under one roof - the Choreo competition - Never follow, Take the Lead

Sathya B G

Prime Trainer, Principal Choreographer, Associate Director - Creative

"Pushing the body to its creative limits in the context of dance." This angika abhinaya, or expression through the dancer's body, is a significant influence in Sathya's choreography. Sathya trains Nritarutya's core team in contemporary styles. His unique, physically demanding compositions make us reach deep within for reserves of strength. And his well-developed sense of humour can sometimes make workout sessions collapse with explosions of mirth! Sathya's talents extend to graphic design[has designed this web-site] and music as well. He heads our creative department, and likes to edit music for his creations. Always a student of dance, Sathya relentlessly pursues new levels in creative movement. His well-known creations include Mars, Tha, 3 Sides of a Coin and Intersections.

Sathya: The journey so far...

1. Double Post graduate degree in Systems and Marketing Management
2. Diploma in Multimedia
3. Trained in Release and Modern Dance techniques under Jaan R. Freeman, from The Freeman Company, USA
4. Choreography Lab from Christopher Banneran, Chair of Middlesex University, UK
5. Ballet basics from Ms. Yana Lewis
6. Chaau from Ms. Tripura Kashyap
7. Yoga from Franz Adreini
8. Capoiera from Mr. Dilsagar
9. Mime from Mr. Khalid Tyabji
10. Trustee of the Nritarutya Trust

Projects of Note

1. Classes in creative dance, conducted for global companies like HP, Philips Software and more
2. Dance consultant for leading international schools
3. Choreographed a dance production consisting more than 200 kids for Vidya Niketan school
4. Invited to California, U.S.A. to choreograph and train dancers in Indian contemporary dance techniques and body conditioning for a Naach company.
5. Choreographed for an English Play "The Award" by the Theatre Company "Misfit"
6. Invited by the Indian Embassy in Dubai for a performance celebrating completion of 50years of Indian independence.

Vidya Shimladka

Vidya Shimladka, artisitic director of 'Nrithyaloka' has been teaching Bharatanatyam and Contemporary dance for over a decade.

Trained in Bharathanatyam by eminent gurus like Late Smt Narmada and Ullal Mohan Kumar, she had the opportunity to learn all the 108 Karanas from Smt Sundari Santhanam.

She is trained in Kalari Payattu by Ranjan Mullaratt and C V Rajagopalan of famed CVN Kalari. As a student of Attakalari Centre for performing Arts she performed contemporary dance in 2nd International Festival, Ruhr, Germany. Vidya has performed in major national and international dance festivals including Edinbrugh Festival 2005.

Hampi Festival, Navrasapura Mahotsav and National Youth Dance Festival, Mysore Dasara, Bhavanotsava, National Level Yuva Sangeeth Nritya Mahotsava, Karavali Utsava are some of the prestigious venues where she has solo performances. She is a graded artiste of Doordarshan.

Apart from conducting movement workshops at National School of Drama, Delhi, Vidya has also done choreography for 'Uttar Ramcharith' play of NSD repertory. She has worked with eminent theatre theatre directors Prasanna and Krishnamurthy Kavathar.

Vidya has presented papers on wide range of topics on dance (performance, practice and pedagogy) in national seminars and conferences. For her outstanding contribution to the dance field, she was honoured with Kalasree and Nrithya Visharade awards.

A post graduate in Materials Science, she is currently doing research on dance in medieval Karnataka at Jain University. She has worked as a reporter and political correspondent for Prajavani, The New Indian Express and The Bangalore Mirror.

1. Only 1 team per college is allowed and each team must consist of a minimum of 5 and a maximum of 20 participants from the same college
2. This event consists of only one round.
3. The choreography should be aligned towards depicting a theme. The teams can choose their own theme.
4. The performance time is 10 minutes end to end (includes time for reading out the write-ups prepared by the teams, if any). This is exclusive of two minutes of stage preparation and stage setup time.
5. Teams are required to bring in their own props if necessary - no props shall be provided by the organizers.
6. The choice of music/song is left to the discretion of the participants.
7. The teams shall be judged on the criteria of selection and depiction of theme, music, choreography, coordination, costumes, props, creativity & originality.
8. Elimination round will be held to select teams for the finals in case of excess registration. Teams will be intimated of the elimination round (if it is required) 3 days in advance.
9. Use of fire, water, matches or any other inflammable substance (which includes candles, fire crackers, lighters, earthen lamps etc.) is strictly prohibited

Nivedita Balaji - +91 97423 51493 - nivedita.balaji[at]iimb.ernet.in

Devika Menon - +91 95381 65814 - devika.menon10[at]iimb.ernet.in