A digital collaboration from Belgian-based Sooraj Subramaniam and Kuala Lumpur-based January Low explores their parallel experiences of the Odissi Indian classical dance form. Created during global lockdown in an effort to overcome distance and despondency, Other Places of Being reveals the bridging power of social media and technology and the rekindling of a friendship made possible through dance.
Concept and Direction: Sooraj Subramaniam
Screenplay, Choreography, and Performance: January Low and Sooraj Subramaniam
Music Score (voice recordings, soundscape): January Low and Sooraj Subramaniam
Video Editing: Tom Decuyper and Sooraj Subramaniam
In Conversation: Sooraj Subramaniam with Paul Singh
BAC presents a live-streamed conversation with Subramaniam and BAC Artistic Associate Paul Singh on Tuesday, November 9 at 7PM ET.
Live on ZOOM
Free / Registration is required
Live on ZOOM
Fall 2021

Sooraj Subramaniam
Sooraj Subramaniam is an Australian-Belgian dance artist of Malaysian-Indian heritage. His training in Bharatanatyam and Odissi began at Sutra Dance Theatre, Malaysia. In Australia he studied classical ballet with Stella Johnson, and later graduated from the Western Australian Academy for Performing Arts.
Photos: Karolina Maruszak, S. Magendran, Alexia Clorinda, Malcolm Johnson