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Choreographer Abhilash brings his show to a spirits festival at a Resto Lounge

You, a tall glass of sparkling wine and a group of dancers depicting battles humans face each day.

Abhilash at one of his performances

As Bacchus does the ground work for its 'Forever Young Wine Festival,' we speak to dancer Abhilash about what's in store this Tuesday night. 

Director of the dance event Disposable Heroes, Abhilash is a graduate in dance choreography from Salzburg, an experimental dance academy in Austria. He explains that the intense physical form is based on martial arts, but does not totally adhere to it.

"We are using the martial art principles, but not the techniques," says Abhilash, who has been researching on this art genre since June 2009.

The form also states that the world is not essentially divided between the good and the evil. Similarly human characters are also not always black and white but are mostly grey. It shows that the protagonist may have the same hoary shades as the antagonist.

The form with six dancers tries to wrestle the situations we face in our day-to-day lives and portrays the helplessness humans in the hands of circumstances.

"We have set real life situations in the performance," says Abhilash.

"But we can't always fight out situations, so we just let it happen. Here we show how to accept them or how you can ignore them."

The dancers taking part in the show are exponents of different dance forms like Bharatnatyam, Kathak and the likes.

But Abhilash agrees that performing such an art in a lounge is a different ball game altogether, as compared to dancing on a stage.

"It (performing at a lounge) is a lot more challenging," grants Abhilash.

"The stage is a much bigger space. We were wondering how to make something physical in such small space. It is like a movie for that matter," says the acrobat.

But as the event co-ordinator Meghna says, that such feats foster better interaction between the audience and the artistes.

"In the theatre there is gap between the stage and audience," says Meghna.

 "Here it is more intimate. Performers also get a chance to think out of the box and build the story as per the space."

Better or not, the art accompanied by wine and food will illustrate the fight against fighting and bring forth the undercurrents in human relationships.

Where to go
At Bacchus, St Mark's Road
On November 17, 9 pm
Call 4033 3888
For Rs 300.
The festival showcasing wines from all across the globe at Rs 225 per glass would simultaneously enact a dance form based on martial arts revealing the age-old struggle between the good and the evil.