Digital Premiere: Bijayini Satpathy in the Galleries

Choreographed and performed by Bijayini Satpathy
Music composed by Bindhumalini Narayanaswamy

MetLiveArts 2021-22 Artist in Residence Bijayini Satpathy's performances were inspired by—and took place in—various galleries around The Met, engaging with each site’s architecture as well as its ancestry, stories, legends, and aesthetics that are so different from Odissi’s. For these site-specific creations, Satpathy collaborated with composer Bindhumalini Narayanaswamy, who has moved the soundscape away from traditional Odissi music and into unconventional spaces. Now, MetLiveArts looks back on the groundbreaking works that Satpathy and Narayanaswamy created for The Met's galleries with high-quality videos of Satpathy's dynamic performances.

For more information and a full list of artists, view the performance program here.

YouTube links forthcoming.

The Prayer (Premieres May 1)
Chapter House from Notre-Dame-de-Pontaut, Gallery 06, The Met Cloisters

Taru (Premieres May 8)
Galleries 459 and 460, Islamic Art

Antaranga (Premieres May 15)
Gallery 924, Modern and Contemporary Art

Naino (Premieres May 22)
Gallery 217, Astor Chinese Garden Court

Bijayini Satpathy in the Galleries was made possible by The Arnold Fund for Dance Innovation at The Met and the New York State Council for the Arts.

Recorded May 4-24, 2022

Photo: Bijayini Satpathy performs in the Modern and Contemporary Art galleries. Photo by Stephanie Berger.