BFA+MFA 2023

Afreena Niaz, Type Nritya, Performance arts, 2023. Dancer performs different hand movements while dancing to create letters and designs.

Afreena Niaz, Type Nritya, Hand Typography, 2023. Latin letter traced from the hand gestures of the dancer.

Afreena Niaz, Type Nritya, Hand Typography, 2023. Hindi letter traced from the hand gestures of the dancer.

Afreena Niaz, Type Nritya, Performance, 2023. The direction of the fingers help in deciding the stroke of the letter.

Afreena Niaz

TYPE NRITYA

Graphic Design

With a particular emphasis on conventional Indian dance styles, Type Nritya translates hand movements used in dancing into Hindi inspired typography. It demonstrates the integration and similarities between dance and design and how one form may be transformed into the other. My Indian background, with love for both forms, is what sparked this creative fusion through the patience and trust in the process, communication of an idea and embracing uniqueness. By translating dance with a focus on typography, I push boundaries of what design and dance in India signify, while also giving Indian dance forms a new form.