Dean's Office, Mushtaq Ahmad Gurmani School of Humanities and Social Sciences (MGSHSS) presents
Goonj – Echo, a solo dance performance, choreographed and performed by Suhaee Abro
Date: Friday, October 5, 2018
Time: 6:00 pm
Venue: B-3 Auditorium, SDSB, LUMS
Each and every moment in the show is an echo of Abro's experiences in her life that she shares intimately with the audience. With mostly original music by brilliant composers and musicians, Sarah Sarhandi (London, UK) and Ahsan Bari (Karachi, Pakistan).
Suhaee Abro began her training in Classical Dance at the age of seven learnt from the renowned Classical Dancer, Sheema Kermani. Abro specialises in ‘Bharatanatyam,' choreographing and performing Modern/Contemporary, Sufi and Folk. She has been performing since the age of eight, including numerous spectacular performances in Pakistan, India, Germany, Italy, China and Nepal. Apart from dance, she has also done selective acting work for television for twelve years; appearing in music videos and documentaries as well. Along with two films, out of which her latest feature film, My Pure Land was also a submission by Britain for the Best Foreign Language Film for the 90th Oscar Awards. She has taught dance and did workshops based on healing and alleviation through dance in Pakistan and Italy. In 2017, Abro worked as a co-choreographer and solo dancer in ISHQ – A musical based on Heer Ranjha which was a British and Pakistani collaboration by Seredip Productions, performed at Saddler’s Wells Theatre in London, UK. Currently, Abro works as a freelance dancer, choreographer and actress between Asia and Europe.