HYDERABAD: “Move fast. Quick, quick, quick! Now slow down. Form a circle and make contact.
” We look at each other like a bunch of kindergarteners, absolutely perplexed at the instruction. Our first instinct is to connect the circle by holding hands but movement artiste Vividha Yadav isn’t on board, saying, “Think out of the box, everyone!” And that’s when the creativity flows out; we giggle to the person on our left and right, connecting index fingers, toes, elbows..
.well, this is just a smidge of Vividha’s Contact Improvisation and Movement Workshop, organised by Communities in 100 dance studio in Madhapur. And boy, it is a breath of fresh air right from the start.
As we 20 to 40-somethings, donning equally varied clothing styles, walk around the mirror-adorned studio, Vividha sits in a corner, folding her hands to a devotional song. Clearly, this is an art she respects immensely and wants to impact people with. A movement workshop, yes, so warmups, yes.
But not the boring ones you do at the gym. “Now, move your body like this to make circles in the air,” she says as she perfectly demonstrates. We all follow suit, looking like a bunch of squiggly lines and laughing at our poor stability, already feeling so comfortable with each other.
The next moment, we feel all pristine standing in a row and lifting one leg like ballerinas; it isn’t long before we feel ready to set the stage on fire like a bunch of Bollywood dancers in Karan Johar’s next movie. But we.