Jayachandran Palazhy is the Artistic Director of Attakkalari Centre for Movement Arts (Bangalore), India’s leading contemporary dance organisation. He is also a choreographer, teacher and dancer who has trained in many dance forms.

He was a student at the London Contemporary Dance School and later, the Choreographer & Director of Imlata Dance Company in London, where he lived for 14 years. In 2001, he established the Attakkalari Centre for Movement Arts in Bangalore, India. Collaborating with acclaimed international artists in the fields of music, digital arts and interactive technology, Jayachandran has created several multimedia dance productions that have toured to some of the best festivals and venues in the world. He has also initiated many strategic programmes including the Diploma in Movement Arts and Mixed Media; NAGARIKA research series; Mobile Academy and Education Outreach programmes; Attakkalari Dance Company; TransMedia Technologies; and the Attakkalari India Biennial.

His latest initiative is an Asia Platform for emerging choreographers and an interdisciplinary Incubation Centre for the Arts and Media to produce and tour original works by dance artists and their collaborators.

Jayachandran Palazhy is attending Dance Massive as part of the Asia Network for Dance (AND+) Core Group meeting.

Dates attending Dance Massive: 15 - 20 March

Jayachandran Palazhy’s visit is supported by AND+ and The Australia Council for the Arts.