SKUM Manifesto

Dance-Movement
Performance

Sun, 14 Apr 2019 6.30 PM

200

The ‘Society Against Kamasutra and Uncouth Men’ (S.K.U.M.) tries to write a new feminist manifesto.

SKUM Manifesto is a satirical, contemporary-dance-cum-stand-up-comedy-act, performed by the museum object, ‘Woman In Saree’ and her copy of the Kamasutra as its starting point.

Devised and Performed by Urvi Vora / Music by Rivu / Poster image by Lucien Clergue / Special thanks to Neel Chaudhuri, Akshay Burman, and Shohini Dasgupta

 

SKUM Manifesto
Sun / Apr 14
6.30pm
Duration – 40 minutes
Language – English
Age – 13+ years (there is partial nudity)
Ticket price – Rs 200

About the Artist:
Urvi Vora is a contemporary dancer and researcher based in New Delhi with a particular interest in modern rituals, the performance of politics and performative affect. Following her training in Dance Anthropology, she has created works which have travelled in Europe and now India, notably SKUM Manifesto (2017) and This Is How You Move Them (2018). In her academic as well as performance work, she remains fascinated by what the body can do.