“Much of the work is aimed at capturing the emotions and the beauty of the movement, as is the nature of body art,” explains Pasricha, who shot the entire series over three days. Ashley Lobo’s Danceworx, as Pasricha has named the exhibition, forms a part of a greater series called “India Wide” and “Monumental India”, and will be on show at the Epicentre in Gurgaon from February 29. All the works together will be a part of Pasricha’s upcoming book on panoramas, slated for a 2009 release.

For Pasricha, son of renowned dance photographer Avinash, the challenge was quite different. He had to use the lens in a way that was distinctive from his father’s style, without missing out on the fluidity of movement or the expressions. “My father would never capture a theatrical moment. Simplicity was his essence and he always believed in capturing things the way it was,” says the 42-year-old. He, however, had Lobo create the entire paraphernalia— a stage along with proper lighting before he went about his visuals. “I feel reality is complex and many-layered, so the theatrical set-up brings it out,” he says. Most of the images capture emotions—love, hate, jealousy and bitterness and form a continuous set-up. “Video art has to be seen as a sequence. People expect a story in a dance sequence and my exhibition follows the same route,” he says.