About Interface | Ed X
Vision and purpose of INTERFACE | Ed X
From the Festival Director: Sudarshan Chakravorty
INTERFACE| Ed X is a platform dedicated to transforming conventional practices and extending accessibility. In an industrial and societal context, where categorization leads to restrictive frameworks that shape artistic expression, INTERFACE| Ed X attempts to address this by encouraging multidisciplinary, hybrid, and collaborative artistic forms. By challenging prevailing norms in performance, INTERFACE| Ed X seeks to interrogate structures that marginalize certain voices and narratives within dance. Moving beyond tokenism an honest effort is made to embrace diversity, difference, and intersectionality within the arts. This approach represents a movement towards democratizing dance, giving every artist a voice and a space to be seen, regardless of background, identity, or ability. Through its inclusive practices, collaborative ethos, and interdisciplinary focus, INTERFACE| Ed X positions itself as a space where all bodies and stories can coexist, interact, and contribute to the art of performances.
INTERFACE | Ed X: Intergenerational conversations to evolve contemporary dance
INTERFACE | Ed X unites contemporary dancers from different generations to preserve, rethink, and transform contemporary dance practices. This gathering creates a platform for intergenerational conversations to share and hold discourses related to art practice. By having these conversations, INTERFACE | Ed X celebrates dance as both an evolving article and a preserved tradition which offers insight into contemporary dance.
Voice of the Youth in INTERFACE Creating a 'Third Space' for dance
INTERFACE| Ed X provides what cultural theorist Homi Bhabha calls a “third space”— a conceptual and physical arena where diverse forms of dance and movement can exist without rigid hierarchies or traditional conventions. In this space, artists and audiences are invited to think beyond existing binaries and hierarchies in dance.
This “third space” concept allows INTERFACE|ED X to function as an imagined reality for artists who may feel constrained by mainstream platforms and evolving technologies. The festival’s commitment to inclusivity also acts as a space for dancers to challenge norms, confront personal and social narratives, and redefine what it means to dance in today’s world. It attempts to invite performances and discourses into an experience where the lines between artist and audience, stage and space, dance and life dissolve.
Reference: Walz, H., 2021. Dance as Third Space. Dance as Third Space: Interreligious, Intercultural, and Interdisciplinary Debates on Dance and Religion (s), 32, p.27.
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