Hrishikesh Pawar and team invites, Pune Audiences to the 17th Prayatna Film and Dance Festival!
One day to go! Can’t wait to see you all✨
Date: 24th to 26th April 2026
Venue: The Box, Pune
Centre Of Contemporary Dance
We are proud to be the only dance school in the city providing a library for research on contemporary dance.
We at the centre, believe everyone moves in some way or the other, to get de-stressed, fit and connected to their bodies. The Centre Of Contemporary Dance is a committed organization to contemporary dance and physical theatre. The main objective of the school is to promote this fastest growing art form in India. Contemporary Dance form can be conceived as a new way of communication through the hum
One day to go! Prayatna film and dance festival begins….💥
Abhaydev-Joshua-Dayita are coming to Pune with their double bill- BLURRED LINES featuring Dust and Paradox of Platypus
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Date: 25th April 2026
Time: 6:30 PM onwards
Venue: The Box, Pune
A huge thank you to our incredible supporters!
Team Prayatna is deeply honored to have the Kirloskar Group supporting us this year. We are particularly moved by the kind words and vision of Arti Kirloskar, whose dedication to the flourishing of the arts is truly inspiring.
Together, we’re keeping the spirit of arts alive and thriving.
We are thrilled to have supporting the Emerging Choreographer’s Platform!
A heartfelt thank you to Dr. .official for her unwavering faith in our vision. By championing new ideas and fresh perspectives, she continues to be a driving force behind developments in the field of dance. We are honored to provide this medium for young talent alongside such an iconic institution.
We are only three days away from the Prayatna Film and Dance Festival. This Friday, April 24th, we’re bringing a curated selection of international cinema to Pune, celebrating movement across cultures.
We are particularly thrilled to showcase ‘Be Water,’ a compelling work written, directed, and choreographed by the talented Rabia Ngwache from Tanzania. Don’t miss this immersive experience!
🗓️ Friday, April 24, 2026
🕙 10:00 AM Onwards
📍 The Box, Pune
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21/04/2026
Witness the raw, unfiltered evolution of a contemporary dance work-in-progress at the Emerging Choreographers’ Platform 2026.
Art is rarely born complete; it breathes and shifts in its nascent stage. Every year, Prayatna invites you to step inside this creative laboratory. We are providing a dedicated space for artists to showcase their nascent stage idea, offering you a rare glimpse into the “work-in-progress” of movement.
For the artists, it’s a playground to experiment and for the audience, it’s a front-row seat to the creative process; a chance to see a performance before it reaches its final, polished form.
After the showcase, we’ll dive deeper with a live Q&A session moderated by
Engage directly with the choreographers and our panelists to discuss the unique concepts, challenges, and inspirations driving these new works.
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Date: 25th April 2026
Time: 10:00 AM onwards
Venue: The Box, Pune
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Come with an open mind and leave with a new perspective on how dance is built from the ground up.
21/04/2026
Movement is a universal language, yet it is colored by the soil we stand on and the air we breathe. At Prayatna 2026, we bring the world to Pune through a curated selection of films that capture dance not just as performance, but as a cultural heartbeat.
🎥 Featured Screenings:
Golden Girl (French, 2018): A deep internal crisis masked by Parisian artistry and the high cost of a gilded cage.
Man Up (English, 2023): A search for masculinity and the struggle to find a new manhood through movement.
BE WATER (Swahili, 2023): A call to be formless, refusing to be trapped by mindsets or borders.
📍 Save the Date:
Date: 24th April 2026
Time: 10:00 AM onwards
Venue: The Box, Pune
Note: All films will be screened with English subtitles.
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Join us to witness how movement is captured, experienced, and reborn through the lens of global cinema.
Prayatna Film and Dance Festival 2026
From International films, emerging choreographers, dance workshop and critically acclaimed productions💥
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🗓️ 24th to 26th April
📍 The Box, Pune
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Yuki Ellias and her team are coming to Pune for Prayatna 2026!
They bring a critically acclaimed performance- A Fish Ate My Cat
An elderly woman living with dementia inhabits a whimsical world where memory and imagination intertwine. When her estranged son visits after years apart, she does not recognise him; but invites him into her playful, richly imagined reality.
📅 26th April
⏰6:30 PM onwards
📍 The Box, Pune
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The finale showcase for Prayatna Film and Dance Festival is a PLAY: If I’m Old it’s because
A Fish Ate My Cat
A journey through music, dance, and vivid fragments of her past, they journey together through love, loss, and longing.
What happens when, live piano, original music, and moments of live singing shape the emotional landscape, becoming a bridge between remembering and forgetting?
Presenting A Fish Ate My Cat
Written & Directed by Yuki Ellias
Produced by Dur Se Brothers
📅 26th April
⏰6:30 PM onwards
📍 The Box, Pune
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For the first time in Pune, we have presenting songs of Lamentations in his acclaimed work ‘Soz Khwani’.
The compositions are recited without any musical instruments.
The poems describe and set the imagery of the tragedy of Karbala with pathos in a deeply emotional narrative. In a turbulent world that looks at loss without consequence, this performance is a reminder that our hearts are human.
Date- 24th April
Time- 06:30 PM
Venue- The Box, Pune
The audience is requested to wear white for this soulful evening 🤍
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13/04/2026
The Wait is Over: Entire Prayatna 2026 Line-up Revealed!
Get ready for a three-day immersion experience into the world of contemporary movement. From raw, experimental works-in-progress to acclaimed headline performances!
Dates: 24th, 25th, and 26th April 2026
Venue: The Box Hub, Pune
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