We meet Shailesh and Sooraj, rehearsing with Shobana and evolving this pioneering and powerful story through their unique styles.
Short film by Gary Tanner.
Material Men redux: the Making Of
Taking you behind the scenes of Material Men redux. You meet the extraordinary dancers Shailesh Bahoran and Sooraj Subramaniam, and the third cast member – the sari. Shobana talks about the intriguing and poignant story of indentured labour which is central to and explored in this piece.
Short film by Gary Tanner.
Early ideas for movement and design presented at Toynbee Hall
Early ideas for Contagion movement and design, presented at Toynbee Hall in 2016
The Guardian: the dancers’ blog
Dancers Sooraj Subramaniam and Shailesh Bahoran talk us through the rehearsal process for Material Men, creating a new show using little more than a sari, Skype and the imagination.
You can read the dance blog on The Guardian’s website here.
Photo by Jane Hobson
The Guardian: my love-hate relationship with La Bayadère
In this article, Shobana spoke to dance critic Sanjoy Roy about her first experience of watching the classical ballet, La Bayadère, and how this influenced her creation Bayadère – The Ninth Life.
You can read the article on The Guardian’s website here.
Photo by Chris Nash
The Times: Petipa’s La Bayadère and racism
In this article, Shobana spoke to dance critic Debra Craine about the classical ballet, La Bayadère and her work Bayadère – The Ninth Life.
You can read the article on The Time’s website here.
Photo by Chris Nash
Understanding the ideas behind Bayadère – The Ninth Life
Shobana Jeyasingh tells us more about the thinking behind Bayadère – The Ninth Life.
Photo by Bill Cooper ©ROH, 2015
Faultine: GCSE Dance Resource Pack
The Faultine Resource Pack pack provides support for the study and teaching of Faultline at GCSE level.
Additional resources include workshops with the Company, INSET days for those teaching Faultline, a Faultline DVD with two beautifully filmed versions of the piece and an Interactive Student Guide to Faultline CD Rom.
Details on all of these resources are available at the end of the pack.
For enquiries, please contact SJD office at admin@shobanajeyasingh.co.uk.
Commemorative programme to launch Strange Blooms and 25 years of SJD
A commemorative programme produced for SJD’s 25th anniversary tour in 2013, including new production Strange Blooms and a revival of Configurations