Abhilash Ningappa (IN) is artistic director and teacher at Play Practice Artists Residency: India. He post graduated in SEAD Salzburg and Post Masters in APASS Advanced performance and scenography studies in Belgium. He is Yoga practitioner and a martial art teacher, trained in Kalari Payattu and Contemporary Dance in India and many other countries. Abhilash taught in La Caldera and Nunart Spain, for Compagnie Thor - Thierry Smits Brussels, Royal Conservatoire Antwerp, I-dance Hong Kong, Marameo Berlin, Hofstra University New York and Brown University Providence. He worked with choreographers such as Constanza Macras in "Back to the present" and " The Past", Katie Duck’s Improvisation performances, he won a Pecda Award for his choreography work "Architect of self destruction". Other projects are " No Speaking Solo" performed in Isadora Festival in Russia, "too far east is west" and "Disposable Heroes" with Bangalore Dance Collective. www.playpractice.in