Life in Dark : VIVIDHA: Diverse Cultural Expressions

Choreographer & Dancer: Vikram Mohan
VIKRAM MOHAN
Life in Darkness
(Solo)
 
The life in darkness presenting a dark part of human life. When a human being is born from this womb of his mother in this materialistic world. Opens his eyes and gets conditioned by other people to live like them.
Due to conditioning, their life gradually leads to darkness. This darkness comes in every person's life differently and happens in different ways. Whether there are children or grown, rich or poor, darkness comes in every life. Some people understand this darkness and try to avoid it, but they cannot survive this darkness and one day in this darkness they lost themselves. The metaphor of the performance try presenting in a contemporary poetic way.
 
 
Vikram Mohan is a contemporary dance Choreographer with over 15 years’ experience in various dance forms and Empanelment artist in Indian Council for Cultural Relations. He got Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar-2019 and also got 8 nominations in Mahindra excellence theatre awards for his production After Death the spiritual journey in 2016. He attended International choreographer week Tilburg Netherlands in 2014. His short dance film” Stillness” was in top 10 in 60 seconds dance on screen film festival Sweden and screen in many international festivals. As performer, Choreographer and teacher he worked many national and international festivals, universities and schools.  
He had three years training of Ballet, Jazz, Contemporary, Salsa, Tango   from Notational Ballet Trust of India. One year of Aerial dance training from Anandam dance theatre   and Vertical Circus Australia. Worked with Lucia Marthas as Choreography and dance classes observer in Lucia Marthas Institute for performing art in Amsterdam (Museum plan studio, Rustenburg Studio,) and North Holland Studio.Attending many intensive dance workshops with international and Indian teachers in Classical Indian, Contemporary and Ballet Technique.
 
Experience
 
International Work
 
Choreography collaboration project “Harvest Time” in Harvest Festival Venlo Netherlands 2012
 In collaboration with Kenya, Ghana, Brazil and Indian Artist under the direction of Jacques Van Meel. Production “Harvest Time” Performed 300 times in 6 months at Harvest Festival Venlo Netherlands. 
 
Mundial festival Tilburg Netherlands 2013
Choreographed Non-Western Duet “Rise, why not us?” under the direction of Jacques Ven Meel.
 
International choreographer week Tilburg Netherlands 2014
Attended as a choreographer and presented his contemporary dance project “Life in Darkness”.
 
Choreography Project “Aakkashan” 2014
Sponsored by Australian government with the collaborations Vertical Circus Australia,Kalakar Trust and ICCR as head Choreographer under the direction Catherine Daniel. 
 
Choreographer, Performer and collaborator Melaka art and performance festival, Malaysia 2016 & 2017
 Performed solo performances “Rebellion”, “Meng Emosies” and Mirror face changer as well as collaboration performances with 65 International artists from around the world.  
 
Workshop and performance in NOW Theatre Malaysia 2017
Contemporary dance workshop with local artists and solo performance “MengEmosies”.
 
Solo performance Theatre Tilburg, Tilburg, Netherlands 2017
Session opening Solo performance “Meng Emosies”.
 
Workshop and performance Roosendaal festival, Netherlands 2017
Contemporary dance workshop in the festival and performed solo “Meng Emosies”
 
Solo and collaboration performance Bandung International Art festival 2017
Solo performance “Meng Emosies” and collaboration performance with German Dancer “The Red Circle”.
 
Stillness (Short film) Directed and Choreographed
Film was in top 40 films 60 seconds dance on screen festival, Top10 films in screen dance festival, Stockholm Sweden. Film was screened in Tanzrauschen Dance on Screen Festival – Wuppertal, Cinedans Dance on Screen Festival at the Eye film institute in Amsterdam, (The Swiss Dance Archive) a centre for the collection and preservation of documents of the history of dance,
 
24 Taglines Halfway Home(Short film) Directed and Choreographed
Film was screened in Contemporary art week 2016. Finalist in Industry boost competition 2016 and 2017, Semi-finalist Miami Epic festival 2017. Film be part of the video library during the Cinedans festival Amsterdam Netherlands in 2018.
 
Bandung International Art Festival Indonesia 2018
Solo performance “Dead man in the house” collaboration with Indonesian musician.
 
Land Art Biel/Bienne Festival Switzerland 2018 / 2019
Solo  performance “meng emosies” and “Death of things” collaboration  with the Swiss and Thailand arists. In 2019 perofmed I ME Myself and collabration performance with swiss artist Roots  Matrix.
 
China tour wit ICCR 2019
He done ICCR Chine tour as Director and Choreographer in three cities in China.
 
Performance in Festivals India
 
Trio performance in Bharat Rang Mahotsav festival 2014 
The Ancestors Choreographed and performed 4 time i