At the Kanda workshops, kids aged between three and six, move like their favourite animal, enact stories, play with colours and simply have a blast

Soaring high: There are no choreographed moves that kids need to learn

Mirra Arun first 'felt the moves' when she was pregnant with her now two-year-old son. And that's when she began this 'work in progress' with her then unborn child. She experimented with the kicks and the rolls of the foetus.

That's how Kanda took form.

Veena Basavarajaiah joined in this experiment later because she loves working with children. And together they are taking Kanda (baby, in Kannada), to another level. Through short workshops with children aged between three and six, they explore different aspects of the relationship between two individuals, between individuals and space, individuals and the body, and the uniqueness of it all.

Poetry in motion

"Every time we work with children, we grow as dancers, and as teachers," says Veena.

"Children are a constant source of inspiration and give a lot of happiness. In fact, we are only their facilitators," adds Mirra.

At the current workshop, comprising eight classes, Mirra and Veena are helping to bring out the children's creativity in their individual movements. They began the first session by asking each child to choose their favourite animal. Then each had to 'move' like the animal does-whether it was the stealthy walk of the cat or tiger, the slithering of a snake or the pottering of a penguin.

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