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Oct 21, 2020 · Bisakha Sarker is a dancer, choreographer and facilitator - she was interviewed in The Artist in Time, which celebrates the lives and work of artists born before 1950. You can also hear her speak at a launch of the book.
Listen to Bisakha tell her migration story in this short video and scroll down to trace her journey on the interactive map. 01 / 02. 1. Bisakha was born in what was then known as Calcutta (today Kolkata) in India, in the mid 20 th century, living in a small flat with lots of other family members. Photograph: Arijeet B, BY-NC-SA 2.0.
WORK by BISAKHA SARKER. As the Artistic Director of Chaturangan, performer, choreographer and educationalist, Bisakha sees dance as a mechanism to bring joy and vitalise peoples’ lives. Based in Liverpool, she explores different types of dance vocabulary for and with people living with disabilities. For Bisakha, South Asian dance has a unique ...
Website: www.chaturangan.co.uk. Facebook: @Chaturangan. Facebook: @alihardotcom. Twitter: @HarwoodAliArt. Instagram: @aliharinsta. Chaturangan presents Splash a Zoom film made by Bisakha Sarker and Ali Harwood. We are surrounded by colours. Colour gives energy, colour brings variety and often colour uplifts our spirit.
Biography. I am the Artistic Director of Chaturangan, a leading organisation promoting dance and ageing. I am a performer and a facilitator specialising in the use of south Asian dance and music for the care of older people in the community. In 2006 Chaturangan organised Marks of Time, an international conference on dance and ageing.
About this video. This interview with Bisakha Sarker, Artistic Director of Chaturangan, was recorded in March 2016. Bisakha was interviewed by Arti Prashar, Artistic Director of Spare Tyre, exploring her artistic practice. It was recorded to be part of a live event exploring the arts and dementia.
Bisakha Sarker is a leading practitioner of Indian creative dance. She has worked as a performer, choreographer, researcher, educationalist, critic, writer and video maker. Bisakha was born in India .She received her masters degree in Statistics from the University of Calcutta.
