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Karman - A Living Archive

CREDITS

Karman exhibition team

Producer Dawinder Bansal

Curator @SumOfAllForms

Design TVS Media

Photography

Ian Whittaker, Simon

Richardson, Sally Hossack,

Chris Nash and Kajal Patel

Thanks to

Cynthia Brown, Nivedita

Choudhri, Nilima Devi,

Sarriea Din, Margret Frenz,

Nivedita Ganguli, Ramila D

Hana, Kiron Hana, Colin

Hyde, Neela Jariwala, Kaizad

Johnston, Akram Khan,

Christopher Maughan, Sarah

McNicol, Werner Menski,

Anisha Mistry, RupaNathwani, Aashish Parmar,

Nimisha Parmar, Urmila

Valand, Sheetal Vyas and

Rajvee Vyas

Initiated by Nilima Devi,

Artistic Director and Creative

Producer of the Centre for

Indian Classical Dance

Funded by the HeritageLottery Fund

ONLINE

www.facebook.co.uk/Karman

LiveArchive

Twitter: #karman

www.cicd.org.uk

ABOUT THE SHOW

The art and aspirations of British Indian dancers told through

intimate oral histories.

Developed as an exhibition and a book, Karman uncovers the

performances and personalities behind forty years of ground

breaking Indian dance in the East Midlands. The concept of

"karma" - the root word of the English "ceremony" - underpins our

project, helping ensure our archive of yesterday becomes a resource

for tomorrow.

Karman is an oral history project which celebrates the lasting

impact of Indian dance on the lives of people in the East Midlands.

This exhibition and its accompanying book were co-produced by

everyone involved in the project.

Throughout 2011, the Centre for Indian Classical Dance (CICD) in

Leicester trained and worked with a team of twenty-five volunteer

historians. Through them, over seventy hours of oral history

interviews were recorded. These are now stored at the East

Midlands Oral History Archive (www.le.ac.uk/emoha)

WHAT YOU CAN SEE

Narrative panels. Exploring the origins and features of Indian

classical dance, and the impact and influence of other dance forms

on its development. Relating the experiences of local people and

new arrivals with classical dance as they become embedded in the

community.

Quotation panels. Collecting quotes drawn from seventy hours of

interviews recorded by Karman volunteers as the project

progressed.

Flyer collages. Showcasing some of the thousands of period

posters, flyers and leaflets from the CICDs archive