Sahasam is a universal tale:
"Two fallen princesses, formerly dancers, victims of a terrible fate, will cross the chaos, recover the happy memory of their past life, invoke the deities of India, to finally free themselves. The spell will be lifted, the dance and the joy found again. "
In complete freedom from the rules of the traditional recital, the dancers and four musicians train the children in the wonderful world of Indian dance and music.
Through the power of rhythms, the strangeness of the melodies and the expressive richness of Bharata Natyam, they discover a language, admittedly rooted in a very different culture, but an accessible and contemporary language at the same time.

Source: Studio of the Golden Hand, Elisabeth Petit

Priyadarsini Govind studied the art of Bharata Natyam in Madras, with two great masters.Swamimalai K. Rajaratnam, teaching him the Nritta - the technique of movement in all its complexity - transmitted to him rigor, strength, precision and the grace of a learned dance, deeply rooted in the tradition and culture of southern India.
  Srimati Kalanidhi Narayanan conveyed to her the subtlety of the Abhinaya, this extremely elaborate and sophisticated art of communication, by which the dancer expresses the emotion, the emotions of the poem she interprets; the symbolic gestures of the hands, the look and expressions of the face to translate situations and feelings.
  Priyadarsini Govind has been immersed in Bharata Ntaym since childhood. She is unanimously recognized in India today as one of the most brilliant and accomplished dancers of her generation.
  She nourishes her dance with a deep reflection on her intellectual, spiritual and artistic heritage, and the vitality of a young, modern Indian woman in touch with the realities of a changing society.
  Priyadarsini stands out today for its maturity, the brilliance and the serenity of its dance. Generous, passionate and delicate, she revisits the traditional repertoire of Bharata Natyam, introducing contemporary poems, with powerful energy and timeless sweetness.

Source: Studio of the Golden Hand

Author, filmmaker and video artist Charles Picq (1952-2012) entered working life in the 70s through theatre and photography. A- fter resuming his studies (Maîtrise de Linguistique - Lyon ii, Maîtrise des sciences et Techniques de la Communication - grenoble iii), he then focused on video, first in the field of fine arts at the espace Lyonnais d'art Contemporain (ELAC) and with the group « Frigo », and then in dance.
   On creation of the Maison de la Danse in Lyon in 1980, he was asked to undertake a video documentation project that he has continued ever since. During the ‘80s, a decade marked in France by the explosion of contemporary dance and the development of video, he met numerous artists such as andy Degroat, Dominique Bagouet, Carolyn Carlson, régine Chopinot, susanne Linke, Joëlle Bouvier and regis Obadia, Michel Kelemenis. He worked in the creative field with installations and on-stage video, as well as in television with recorded shows, entertainment and documentaries.

His work with Dominique Bagouet (80-90) was a unique encounter. He documents his creativity, assisting with Le Crawl de Lucien and co-directing with his films Tant Mieux, Tant Mieux and 10 anges. in the 90s he became director of video development for the Maison de la Danse and worked, with the support of guy Darmet and his team, in the growing space of theatre video through several initiatives:
       - He founded a video library of dance films with free public access. This was a first for France. Continuing the video documentation of theatre performances, he organised their management and storage.
       - He promoted the creation of a video-bar and projection room, both dedicated to welcoming school pupils.
       - He started «présentations de saisons» in pictures.
       - He oversaw the DVD publication of Le tour du monde en 80 danses, a pocket video library produced by the Maison de la Danse for the educational sector.

       - He launched the series “scènes d'écran” for television and online. He undertook the video library's digital conversion and created Numeridanse.

His main documentaries are: enchaînement, Planète Bagouet, Montpellier le saut de l'ange, Carolyn Carlson, a woman of many faces, grand ecart, Mama africa, C'est pas facile, Lyon, le pas de deux d'une ville, Le Défilé, Un rêve de cirque.

He has also produced theatre films: Song, Vu d'ici (Carolyn Carlson), Tant Mieux, Tant Mieux, 10 anges, Necesito and So schnell, (Dominique Bagouet), Im bade wannen, Flut and Wandelung (Susanne Linke), Le Cabaret Latin (Karine Saporta), La danse du temps (Régine Chopinot), Nuit Blanche (Abou Lagraa), Le Témoin (Claude Brumachon), Corps est graphique (Käfig), Seule et WMD (Françoise et Dominique Dupuy), La Veillée des abysses (James Thiérrée), Agwa (Mourad Merzouki), Fuenteovejuna (Antonio Gades), Blue Lady revistied (Carolyn Carlson).

Source: Maison de la Danse de Lyon