Hansika was conceptualized, choreographed and premiered to a full house in Bengaluru in 2018, followed by two successful shows in Bangalore and Delhi respectively. As a dance practitioner, Sharmila Mukerjee has always envisioned bridging boundaries and uniting cultures through a single thread of art. Hansika is the second step towards this vision, her maiden production...

According to S.H. Foulkes, conducting / facilitating a group is a creative activity. He said, ‘We will consider the conductor as a therapist in the more specific sense. This is a creative activity which needs much intuition. The conductor has to live with the group, expose himself to the currents permeating it and him, try...

"The language of the symptom, although already a form of communication, is autistic. It mumbles to itself secretly, hoping to be overheard..." (Foulkes and Anthony 1957, pg. 260) Members of a group bring to it their 'illness' - the disturbances and conflicts that can not, yet, be articulated. These are expressed in the content of...