I am an Expressive Movement Therapist & a Contemporary Dance Artist

Hello! I am a contemporary dance artist, a certified expressive movement therapist and a dance educator. I have been teaching, performing and facilitating since last 9 years. In this short period of my career, I have been fortunate to have had many opportunities to work with national and international dancers as well as choreographers. As a movement therapy practitioner and an educator I have been able to meet, teach and facilitate for a wide range of populations. My artistic body of work largely consists of collaborations with artists from various disciplines of arts. As a facilitator, educator and dance maker; I try to bring in experiences from various disciplines of movement and mixed media.

FACILITATION

As a Dance Movement Therapy Facilitator I have worked with populations ranging from Children to older adults addressing a wide range of mental health concerns such as stress, anxiety, body image, self compassion and so on...

PERFORMANCE

As a contemporary dance artist I have collaborated and performed with choreographers from across the globe.

KEY PERFORMANCES

‘PRAHAR’ Fighting for the Big ‘C’

A collective performance choreographed by Swarabh Ajmera that addressed the emotional turmoil of cancer surviors. The performance was devised and performed in the year 2013 in Pune and Aurangabad.

GADA

A movement exploration of a marathi poem ‘Gada’ was conceptualised and choreographed by Neha Muthiyan and devised by Neha and Janhavii by combining the movement languages of Kathak and Contemporary.

https://youtu.be/BOSdAk_cvBc

KEY PERFORMANCES

ECHOES

A site specific improvised movement performance based in Butoh designed and devised by Rhizome Lee performed at Pune Bienelle, 2016

ON HER OWN

A site-specific contemporary dance performance choreographed by Svea Schnider, Germany as a part of her residency at TIFA working studios, supported by Geothe Institute, Pune

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4LDutP0dzc&t=250s

KEY PERFORMANCES

PAUSE - BE

A site-specific contemporary dance performance choreographed by Riya Mandal, Delhi, India as a part of her residency at TIFA working studios, supported by Goethe Institute, Pune was devised and performed by Riya and Janhavii in 2018.

UNDER-CONSTRUCTION

A site-specific contemporary dance performance choreographed by Riya Mandal, Delhi, India as a part of her residency at TIFA working studios, supported by Goethe Institute, Pune was devised and performed by Riya, Makrand and Janhavii in 2018.

KEY PERFORMANCES

A PAINTING BODY

An inter-disciplinary solo improvised movement essay that addresses the issue of body image among women in India performed at Zaga Art Gallery curated by Nachiket Prakash, improvised and danced by Janhavii.

TRIGGER WARNING

A solo performance choreographed and danced as a part of IAPAR’s world dance day celebration 2022. This piece speaks about the physical manifestation of emotional triggers and the mental chaos that occurs as a result.

https://youtu.be/LFpf_E_K3kY

CREATIVE EXPLORATIONS

As an artist I love to explore possibilities of creative expression and the outcome of the same. My curiosity has led me to collaboration with artists from various disciplines of art where we have come together and experimented with bringing different forms of arts together. A few key projects have been mentioned below.

The Maple Jam - An all art jam

Dance and Music Jam

Contact Improvisation

I am currently offering group and one to one sessions in Expressive Movement Therapy and workshops in Contemporary Dance and Choreography.