If my BODY is a house!
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If My Body Is a House is an inclusive, process-oriented dance movement workshop led by dancer and choreographer Hrishikesh Pawar, bringing together senior citizens living with Parkinson’s disease and dance practitioners in a shared space of embodied exploration. Unlike regular technique or Dance for Parkinson’s classes, which focus on continuity, functional support, and long-term progression, this workshop format creates a temporary, intensive meeting ground.
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Open to professional dancers, students, hobby movers, and curious bodies alike, this workshop offers a rare opportunity to experience dance as a space of encounter, empathy, and collective imagination. Using contemporary dance and creative movement practices, the workshop is shaped by memory, change, strength, and vulnerability. Through gentle, functional, and grounded movement, participants engage with presence, adaptability, and connection, honoring individual capacities. If My Body Was a House is an invitation to move, listen, share and co-create—together.
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Hrishikesh Pawar-
(b.1983, Pune, India) is an Indian dancer and choreographer. He is a leading voice in Indian contemporary dance, known for his innovative movement language rooted in Kathak and expanded through contemporary practice. He is the Artistic Director of the Centre of Contemporary Dance, Pune, a platform for creative exploration, performance, teaching, and community-engaged practice. Trained in Kathak under Pt. Rohini Bhate and continuing his practice with Guru Neelima Adhye, he was also a guest student at the Palucca Hochschule für Tanz, Dresden, where sustained engagement with European contemporary dance and improvisation shaped his artistic language. His work as a performer and choreographer spans feature films, theatre, and stage productions, and has been presented at major international platforms including Documenta (Kassel), the Kochi Biennale, and the Fringe Festival, Canada. A recipient of the McArthur International Exchange Grant (2015–16), Sancheti Silent Hero Award 2021 and the Lucy Bowen Award (Mark Morris Dance Group – Dance for PD®), he recently concluded his fellowship at the prestigious Akademie der Künste, Berlin, where his research engaged with dance, aging, memory, and community-based practice, particularly with people living with Parkinson’s disease. He continues to successfully bring inclusive Contemporary Dance practice which also expands to different communities through Avartan Dance Foundation.
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