Cross Festival 2025- Focus India: workshop Kalaripayattu

Workshop Kalaripayattu 

Arianna Romano (IT)

dance and Kalaripayattu

recommended to attend 2 days

The artist and performer Arianna Romano proposes two days of training in the martial art of Kalaripayattu, a traditional Indian discipline in which the dancer received specific training in India, later developing between India and Italy an eclectic path that combines contemporary dance with traditional arts. The workshop focuses on the founding animal figures of the Kalari, i.e. positions and movements that evoke the energy and symbolism of animal bodies with the aim of discovering one’s own instinctive strength.  

Arianna Romano explores body practices rooted in Indian tradition through ongoing research that unfolds between Italy and India, articulated in a personal and contemporary language. In India, she undertook specific training, graduating in the martial art of Kalaripayattu at the renowned Kalarigram school, and completing the Advanced Training in Interpretation and Choreography (FAICC) at Compagnia Instável. Her research delves into the psychological sphere in relation to the concept of transcendence and spirituality—ranging from animal instincts and relational dynamics to the higher realms of metaphysical existence. Her martial and yogic training shapes both her artistic language and the themes she investigates, through a strong emphasis on technique. She is the choreographer and director of the performances Vislumbres do Além / Glimpses of Beyond, Purgatorio, Wild | Animal Memories, and From Above and From Within. She has worked as a performer with Gustavo Ciríaco, Roberta Carreri and Carolina Pizarro (Odin Teatret), Chiara Guidi (Societas Raffaello Sanzio), and Leonardo Delogu (Casa Dom); and as an assistant to Roberta Carreri and Carolina Pizarro at Odin Teatret.

cost €30 per day

TICKET INFORMATION

20% discount on training activities for those who subscribe to the Kunpen Lama Gangchen / Albagnano Healing Meditation Centre membership card in Bee.

Training activities subscription for Focus India: €100 for Hatha Yoga, Kalaripayattu, and Odissi.

PRENOTAZIONE WORKSHOP / WORKSHOP BOOKINGS

Antonella Cavalcante: +39 351 8081786, antonella.cavalcante@yahoo.it