Rani Nair
Homepage: http://www.myspace.com/rani_nair
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http://weinsist.blogspot.com
Rani works as dancer and choreographer focusing around the ideas of post colonial conflicts and social bindings.
She got her dance education at the London Studio Centre 1993-1996 and has studied art and dance history at the Universities of Stockholm and Lund.
She has worked, performed and made reserch in countries such as Denmark. Norway, Sweden, Germany, Austria, Madagascar, India, Mongolia, France and Estiona.
She has participated in workshops by Mark Tompkins, Ori Flomin, Martin Kilvady, Ong Keng Sen, Wendy Houstoun, Jonathan Burrows, Andrew Harwood, Jan Ritsema, Mårten Spångberg. She has worked with various different companies and projects such as Julie Nioche/A.I.M.E. (F), Shobana Jeyasingh (UK), Roger Sinha (C), Attakalari (I), Annika B Lewis/Kassandra production (D).
In 2004 she was supported by House of Dance Stockholm in their residency for young female artists, 2006 she was the first Swedish choreographer performing at CND Paris and in 2007 she was presented by the IDEE-network duing Carte Blanche at Tanzquartier Wien. In 2008 she was resident artist at the Museum of World Culture, Gothenburg.
She is a member of the artist driven network Sweet and Tender and founding member of the co-operative Rörelsen - koreografer i Skåne. Her latest project is a collaboration with WE INSIST, together with dance artist Mia Habib (NO) and sound artist Jassem Hindi (FR).
2009
WE INSIST Paris, Théâtre de la Cité Internationale, April
eXtasy by Annika B Lewis/Kassandra production Archauz Århus Denmark
you can see teeth behind the smile duet with Jassem Hindi Fylkingen Stockholm February
WE INSIST Marrakesh ”On Marche…” Marrakesh Marocko Jan
2008
Matter by Julie Nioche Dusseldorff Germany November
you can see teeth behind the smile, duet with Jassem Hindi Chicken soup, Malmö November
WE INSIST Damascus Reloading Images, Damascus, October
Pepparkakeland Salto! Tour of Skåne Sep-Okt
”Fragments d’experience”, Antonio Pedro Lopes skite/Sweet and Tender Collaborations August
WE INSIST Porto Skite/Sweet & Tender collaborations, Porto 2008, Portugal, August
WE INSIST Göteborg, Göteborg dance- and theatre festival”, Sweden, August
Transit –stad i Rörelse, dancer in duet with Michael Norlind July
Failed attempts of a new order, duet with Jassem Hindi the Museum of World Cultures Gothenburg April
Pepparkakeland residency at the Museum of World Cultures Gothenburg Jan - May
Matter by Julie Nioche, Dijon, Paris Le Havre April, May
2007
Pepparkakeland Teater Aktör December
Pynt the Musuem of World Cultures Gothenburg Dec
Carthe Blanche IDEE-project Tanzquartier Vienna December
Pepparkakeland, residency artist-in-residence the Musuem of World Cultures Gothenburg Nov
Pepparkakeland, Kulörta Lyktor Gerlesborg November
Pepparkakeland, Dancescenen Denmark October
Matter? by Julie Nioche with Mia Haugland Habib Madagaskar September
Rani’s Matter by Julie Nioche Moderna dansteatern Stockholm June
Babylon Babbel Malmö Sommarscen June
Pepparkakeland, co-production Dansescen copanhagen Denmark, May
Salon, Galleri Signal Malmö March
2006
Ljus i mörker, collaboration with composer Tobias Broström and violinist Ian Peaston, for Jönköpings läns musem
Improvisations on decontructed Bharata Natyam, winner of Dansolution choreography competition at Dansescenen Copenhagen Sept
Babylon Babbel, collaboration with actor Michael Norlind and director Sören Larsson sept
New adventures, improvisations in collaboration with trombonist Jonas Bylund Gävle Theatre April, June
Dixit Dominus, CND Paris February
Pieces of me, CND Paris February
2005
Pieces of me, tour with Du Store Verden! House of Dance Oslo, Tromsö Norway October
well, tour with Dance Net Sweden autumn 2005
Dixit dominus tour of Austria and Germany February- March
Pieces of me Riga, Latvia January
2004
Pynt – a x-mas dvd with video art, in collaboration with artist Hanna Ljungh December
Dixit dominus, Hanoi opera Vietnam
Pieces of Me, solo and guests, The House of Dance, Stockholm tour with the Dance Net, Sweden March- April
I believe in a thing called love, performance at the Panacea festival, curated by Mårten Spångberg March
2003
Dixit Dominus, Going Solo-festival, House of Culture, Stockholm. A revival of Kurt Jooss’s final dance piece, a solo originally made for Lilavati -77.
Light - Performance at Enke huset Stockholm together with the band The Argument and David Wiberg (Varanteatern)
Cityscape - a collaboration with writer Alejandro Leiva Wenger - The Place Theatre London, The Modern Dance Theatre Stockholm, Pusterviksteatern Gothenburg, Dansstationen Malmö
2002
Cityscape, (fd Meriten), premiere The House of Dance Stockholm.
Transavatar by Jayachandran Palazhy/Imlata Dance co, tour of UK
2001
Curry Power, Bloomsbury Theatre London, International Dance Festival Bangalore India, 00-tal International Poetry Festival Royal Dramatic Theatre Stockholm
1996 - 2000
Slängt! Winning contribution at the Du-Festival, Stockholm. Also at CulTuren, Västerås
Palimpsest & Surface Tension by Shobana Jeyasingh Dance co Tour UK, South-Africa
Cutting Warrior, Szene, Salzburg Festival, Austria; Space Invaders, Warwick Arts Centre, Nöjesguiden Award ceremony Malmö; The Place Theatre, London; Morley College, London
Falling Up! The Place Theatre, London; Dansstationen, Malmö; Hej!, Skåne TV SVT
Dance bits Bombay-London, live performance with State of Bengal, ICA (Institute of Contemporary Art), London
Between Strangers, short film, Royal College of Art, London
Flock, ICA (Institute of Contemporary Art), London
