Presenter Interview プレゼンターインタビュー
インドのダンス・コミュニティが発信する
国際フェスティバル「イグナイト!」
India
From the Indian dance community,
the international festival “IGNITE!”
Mandeep Raikhy
Since 2010, the international contemporary dance festival “IGNITE!” has been held in the Indian capital of New Delhi. True to its name, this festival organized by the Gati Dance Forum is dedicated to sparking the development of an environment to support a new dance community in India and nurturing it with a long-term perspective. The festival is organized by the Gati Dance Forum, a group of young dancers who gathered with the objective of forming a dance community and creating a context for dance rooted in India, which also has access to the country’s traditional dance. In this interview we speak with the organization’s cofounder and Managing Director, Mandeep Raikhy, about their aim to nurture dance in an Indian context that also provides access to the country’s traditional dance forms.
Interviewer: Takao Norikoshi [dance critic]