Nandita Shankardass – Roots to Rise

Dance theatre work Roots to Rise, follows the journey of three women as they reconnect with the earth, ancestral wisdom, and to the futures emerging on the horizon, celebrating freedom, resistance and community.
Nandita Shankardass (she/her) is a Performing Artist, Choreographer, Educator, Movement facilitator and the Founder of Welcome Movement®. To date, she is one of two females of Indian heritage to have trained at The Royal Ballet School, and went on to become one of the first and few female professional Ballet dancers of Indian heritage in the world. She nurtures her creative practice with communities, professional artists and young people, in a range of settings from theatres to public spaces including museums, galleries and the outdoors.
Nandita is curious about human connection and ecology and is inspired by the act of exchange and co-creation, where we share our stories and harness the power of our lived experience in accessible, engaging and transformative ways.

Funding, commissioning and partner credits:
Roots to Rise is supported by Without Walls and commissioned by An Indian Summer Festival, Stockton International Riverside Festival and Brighton Festival.
With additional support from Old Diorama Arts Centre as part of New Narratives, The Rose Choreographic School and Studio Wayne McGregor’s FreeSpace Programme.
The R&D for Roots To Rise was supported by 101 Outdoor Arts, Seedbed Funding.

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