French choreographer Michelle Casanovas on his new show, Water Games, and his visits to India | Lifestyle News, The Indian Express

French choreographer Michelle Casanovas on his new show, Water Games, and his visits to India | Lifestyle News, The Indian Express

Written by Parth Khatau |Updated: November 7, 2019 7:52:45 am

French choreographer Michelle Casanovas on his new show, Water Games, and his visits to India

French choreographer Michelle Casanovas, 54, has brought to Mumbai a show called Water Games, which has three performers practising the movement.

A still from the performance of Water Games.

IT WAS in the late ’40s when Russian physician Moshe Feldenkrais suffered a knee injury while playing football. Soon after he recovered, Feldenkrais injured his knee again while working on a submarine. It was so dire that doctors gave him a 50 per cent chance of being able to walk again. Unable to fathom those odds, Feldenkrais set out to learn self-healing techniques by making small movements to explore how his knee functioned, going on to coin what is known today as ‘The Feldenkrais Method’ — an approach to improve one’s life using mindful movements that instil awareness and comfort while moving.