IMGE METHODOLOGY

The IMGE Methodology deconstructs Ishita Mili’s unique approach to globalized movement and storytelling. It is the foundation behind IMGE’s repertoire and educational offerings by identify connection points across bharatanatyam, Mayurbhanj chhau, house, old-way vogue, hip hop through groove, form, rhythm, and expression. The methodology is grounded in:

  • Teaching points of connection in alignment, grooves, and rhythm between Indian and American dance

  • Using universal lessons from nature as a movement map for physical and emotional expression

  • Adapting hybridized movement as personal expression through individualized storytelling.

“The intensive allowed us to understand ways we can both embrace and disrupt how our bodies move.”
— Intensive Student
 
UPCOMING CLASSES
 

  • IMGE’s 2-3 day intensives offer a deep dive into:

    1. Integrating cultural movement + theory from India & US

    2. Developing individual and reflective movement expression and healing through global storytelling

    These intensives have toured nationally to New York, San Francisco, Austin, LA, and beyond.

    Join our next intensive!

  • 1-2 week teaching residency combining workshops, choreography commission, IMGE production development, speaking engagements, and final community showing featuring student commission and IMGE repertoire performances.

    Past IMGE university residencies include: Princeton University, Duke University, Gonzaga University, Monmouth University, Northeastern University, Rutgers University.

    IMGE has also conducted teaching residencies at independent studios, such as: Agni Katha, Usdan Summer Camp for the Arts, The German School, Nritya Shakti, The Movement Hub.

    1. Course/Series:

      • Intro to Diasporic Dance: India to America

      • Storytelling Through Choreography Course

    2. Masterclass: Introduction to IMGE Methodology

  • Choreography commissions comprise of:

    1. Creating customized choreography for a select student/participant group

    2. Guiding through a specific detailed storytelling sequence created for, on, and with students

    3. Preparing students for live performance

    Ishita offers university, studio, and private commissions.

“There’s something about when you experience something you’ve never seen before but feels so familiar because it’s so true and genuine to someone. Ishita moves with such clarity that it is easy to resonate with.”
— Intensive Student

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SERVICES

  • Ishita provides coaching for folks who are…

    • exploring arts careers

    • making a job switch

    • balancing multiple careers at the same time

    • developing their creative process/choreographic approach & language

    • or are generally feeling lost

    …to develop a tangible road map to their future.

  • Have an idea that you're growing and could use insight in collaborators, resources, and vision? Ishita provides consultations to make your ideas a reality through her expansive network and decades of insight across disciplines.

  • Ishita offers private lessons tailored to the individual goals of all kinds of explorers interested in deepening their artistic practice and holistic wellness.

    Previous client sessions include:

    • Foundation training for form, grooves, control, and general mind-body connection

    • Creative expression and freestyle

    • Professional training focused on executing choreography and refining a personal movement aesthetic

    • Choreography commissions to guide a creative process or create work for someone

HIGHLIGHTS

“Being in this piece, which is influenced by a form I grew up with as well as my culture and identity, being staged and considered virtuosic in an academic and intellectual setting like Princeton makes up for all the times I didn’t feel like I could claim the label of ‘a dancer’.”
— Princeton Student