Accomplishments

Marta Beccatini Pou
Feb 10
2 min read

Updated: Feb 13

Garba-Fusion research - a research of Garba and contemporary

My journey

Hello, everyone. I would like today to talk about my accomplishments while developing my creative practice in this project.

This is a brief overview of my journey that I have shared with you in my blog, post by post.

Overall, I intended to research a new movement language, connect with people, focus on training and creation.

Since the start of my project I have:

Attended Garba classes with GarbaFlow in Harrow
Attended two days Garba Intensive with Indian company Thangaat Garba in London
Attended a week intensive of contemporary dance with OU Dance Festival
Delivered a Garba workshop in Bedford Hindu Temple assisting Sagar Patel and networking with the community
Attended a pre-Navratri festival to play Garba in Brohman Community Hall {Bedford}
Shared ideas and performed a 5 minute solo at Re:Ignite Dance festival
Performed another 5 minutes solo at Project OK Festival
Travelled to India, Gujarat, to attend Garba lessons, Navratri festival and Garba showcases.
Created a 17 minutes solo with accompanying workshop aiming to present to venues and other projects
Acquired feedback of my solo work from Amalia Garcia
Attended private Garba lessons with Sagar Patel in Bedford
Created a new website that showcases this research and a blog sharing my journey
Connected with Parle Patel from GarbaFlow - an interview of Garba and future projects
Taught a Garba-Fusion workshop at Donatella's School of Contemporary Dance in Bedford to young students age 11 to 14. Link: https://www.instagram.com/p/DFixFzbt9lZGhqb_2UBEHxV2P-ZVZ72HINHgqQ0/?igsh=MmRuYjY0MHhwamUy
Taught Garba-Fusion workshop at OU Dance in Milton Keynes to adults of all levels
Performed my full solo for first time with Q&A post talk at The University of Bedfordshire
Recorded professionally my solo and created a trailer.
Represented in Mótus Dance website to deliver Garba-Fusion workshops to primary and secondary schools in Milton Keynes and surrounding areas. Website: Schools Workshops | MÓTUS Dance

Future...

In the near future I have planned and agreed to:

Teach a Garba-Fusion workshop for Two Thirds Sky youth company called Dance 2 -- date to be confirmed
Teach a Garba-Fusion workshop for DriftProdance
Contact Jose Agudo Company to have the possibility to learn more about his choreographic fusion methods and his experience in fusion of styles
Contact Pagravdanceco to learn more about their new Garba outdoor dance work called Garbh
Keep developing the solo and this research of Garba-fusion
Create an interactive and immersive performance that showcases a 'Garba night during Navratri with a contemporary twist'
Collaborate with more artists in the Garba and contemporary community to share ideas and movement