Brief

Rajveer Parekh

Classical Dance forms are dying. I believe this is because people don't understand the intricate stories behind them. Connection is a prosthetic worn by dancer(s) to help communicate their story to the audience by leveraging the power of emotion. I explicitly decided to explore an Indian Classical Dance Bharatanatyam as a case study


Process

Rajveer Parekh

I was initially working on Emotion Reading Glasses. With the assistance of my coaches, I quickly realised that this technology cannot be morally acceptable in communities.

It was a rocky but fun journey from that idea to my current one, I only had about a day left, and I spent most of my afternoon just thinking of an idea and it just randomly came to me, an idea of creating a musical prosthetic to help dying dance forms be more relatable to the general youth. 

I've seen a lot of traditional dance displays, and I've always noticed that the general public not familiar with the art form usually found themselves to be bored, and my solution aims to change this by revealing the fascinating hidden stories behind these dances by harnessing the power of emotions.

I can't wait to work on this project further, and take it from a prototype to a real product.