When sheen meets sparkle

went to the same school, although years apart. “We’ve known each other for a couple of years and always spoke about doing something together. I’ve always admired Anu for her fierce personality, and the way she wore her saris beautifully!”

“When I met her at the Vogue Forces of Fashion, she stood out wearing a simple white organza sari we ignited on how we wanted to take MakeinIndia global,” shares Palak.

Anu, who has worked on a collaboration of this nature for the first time, says she has always treated clothes as a canvas and jewellery as playthings. “The richness of the colours, the lusciousness of fabrics like satin silk and organza — which I personally love, also for how beautifully they drape — really set the stage for the jewellery that includes bangles, rings, necklaces, and anklets. I’ve played with a lot of necklaces, rings and bangles this time, and we’ve tried to use contrasting colours in the jewellery too,” she says, adding that she is usually quite partial to white.

“My father loves to point out that when I’m old and frail I’ll realise I should’ve worn more colour, and we’ll always have a little laugh about it — but I do love colours! And you’ll see why. I was blown away by the range of shades Palak showed me; each one inspired a whole new path for possibilities. We really had fun picking them, making sure there’s one for a different mood, and of course, to pair with the range of jewellery for a variety of occasions,” she concludes.

Saris priced upwards of ₹14,975, and jewellery ₹2,000 onwards are available across all Ekaya stores at Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad and online at ekaya.in

Max Mueller Bhavan presents its sixth edition of PECDA (Prakriti Excellence in Contemporary Dance Awards) in Bengaluru on March 30. PECDA is a biennial panIndian openentry competition of works in progress for contemporary choreographers and dancers, blueprinted in 2012 by dance enabler Karthika Nair (poet, producer and cofounder of Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui’s company Eastman).

Glyn Roberts (Team Manager Creative Communities at Townsville City, Australia), Faith Tan (Director of Programming, The Esplanade, Singapore), Saïdo Lehlouh (Codirector, Centre Chorégraphique National de Rennes et de Bretagne, France) and Shiva Pathak (CoFounder & Artistic Director, Sandbox Collective, Bengaluru) and Melanie Zimmermann (Artistic Director of Hanover’s international dance festival REAL DANCE) are the jury members.

German dance dramaturge, Melanie, is also collaborating with Max Mueller Bhavan for a workshop in Bengaluru on Radical Openness – A Workshop on Practices and Strategies of Inclusivity for Art Productions.

Melanie has worked in the medium of film and television before studying cultural studies and dance in Frankfurt an der Oder and in Paris. She has also worked for the Forsythe

Company and has studied dramaturgy with HansThies Lehmann in Frankfurt am Main and Brussels.

In 2010, she was a danceWEB scholarship holder, and later, went on to work with Wanda Golonka, Peeping Tom, and Laurent Chétouane as a freelance dancer and actor. In the past few years she has been actively involved in supporting artistes with disabilities and representatives of “black dance culture”.

The workshop on March 27 at 6.30pm, will be at Bangalore International Centre. There is no registration fee, but as the space is open to a limited number, you need to book your place on https:// docs.google.com/forms/ d/1O7b◣x8LkUS_exrZw7ibJy7mxNk7MF6Tc38VOeWkC5s/edit or connect with Max Mueller Bhavan

German dance dramaturge Melanie, is also collaborating with Max Mueller Bhavan for a workshop in Bengaluru on strategies of inclusivity