International Dance Day

Abigail Thomas, Rachana Joshi, Malavika Santosh, Emily Law, Sukruti Tirupattur, Kiruthika Rathanaswami,
Jesse Dell, Neena Jayarajan, Arno Kamolika

In honour of International Dance Day we're sharing our 9 move namaskaram, a ritual we use at Nova Dance.

Inspired by the namaskaram used in Bharatnatyam, and constantly evolving through our interactions with a diversity of dancers and their dance vocabularies, we use 9 ideas to centre our bodies and minds before we begin to dance.

On this day, and every day

we ask Mother Earth for forgiveness, because everything we do has an impact on her...

These words are woven into the rituals of Nova Dance and now, in 2021 they continue to weigh upon us.  We are still living through a global pandemic and the impacts of our actions and inactions are starkly evident.

we give thanks..

Thank you to the people who are STILL on the front lines every day making sure communities have the food, supplies and medical care that we need to get through the ongoing ravages of COVID-19.

we embrace the purpose of dance...

Dance is for everyone. It is in your heartbeat. It is in your imagination. It is in nature. And yes, it is the dances we dream of dancing for you in the future.

Keep dance in your hearts, we are keeping you in ours.