A virtual series by Attakkalari Centre for Movement Arts reimagines dance for the online medium Updated: Updated: December 17, 2020 17:33 IST Through a series of virtual performances and conversations, Attakkalari Centre for Movement Arts adapts movement and dance to the online medium Share Article A performance that was part of Spaarkk 2020 | Photo Credit: special arrangement Through a series of virtual performances and conversations, Attakkalari Centre for Movement Arts adapts movement and dance to the online medium “When we started out, we were perplexed. We didn’t know how to go about it. We went into kind of an emergency mode,” admits movement artiste and artistic director of Attakkalari Movement Arts, Jayachandran Palazhy. The pandemic that put a stop to performances all at once, had a debilitating effect on the movement arts community: “In dance or movement there has to be a physical presence, and touch is very important,” Jayachandran explains. For Attakkalari, the quest from thereon was to research and train themselves on how they could adapt online. Having been teaching young enthusiasts through their diploma programme and school workshops, Jayachandran says that they felt a certain sense of responsibility to keep morale high.