When traditional dance meets quantum physics
Santha Bhaskar |
TEDxSingapore
• March 2021
Indian Dance Pioneer Santha Bhaskar shares the possibilities of choreography. She has incorporated elements of cultural dance, literature, even mathematics, and physics into her work. Performances can be given a contemporary twist and take on a modern-day topic such as quantum physics. It is her strong belief that traditional dance teachings by Bharatha Muni are still of great importance and relevance in this day and age, as their fundamental nature help teach, inspire, and refocus the mindset of modern-day choreographers with its limitless potential. Today, Santha, who received the Singapore Cultural Medallion in 1990 for her contributions to dance, refuses to stop teaching and is still the artistic director of the company, Bhaskar's Arts Academy (BAA). TEDxSingapore's passion is to inspire people to learn, engage in close conversations and share ideas from Singapore with the world. www.tedxsingapore.sg