2005 – Jaydip Guha, Debjit Burman, Rashmi Karmakar and Sulagna Sarkar of Tanusree Shankar Dance Company were selected by renowned American choreographer, Margaret Jenkins, to participate in an international project entitled ‘A Slipping Glimpse’.

‘A Slipping Glimpse’ premiered in San Francisco at the Yerba Buena Centre for the Arts Forum on May 17, 2006 to rave reviews. Some of what the critics wrote on the production is given below:-

Rita Felciano wrote ….’ Jenkin’s 75-minute piece is a rapturous celebration of fragility and resilience, a canticle of what it means to be alive. ….Slipping is the result of a partnering between the Margaret Jenkins Dance Company and the Tanusree Shankar Dance Company from Kolkata, India, where the Jenkins Company had a residency in 2005. Choreographer Shankar also worked with Jenkins’ company in San Francisco. The resulting work is performed by 15 dancers, including four from India. At times the two groups intermingle, but the Indian dancers also perform by themselves. It is gorgeous to observe how the Americans and the Indians – so differently trained despite the fact that both perform in contemporary styles – move from a common base. The details of the gestural vocabulary and use of levels, for instance, are varied, but similarities are striking and unforced.

Janice Ross, Professor of Dance at Stanford University and a long – time nationally respected critic wrote:
‘……A Slipping Glimpse is a stunning work of theatre – watching it, surrounded by the various platforms, I felt as if I was inside the dance and the pulse and flow of activity, relationships and various narratives enveloped me……. The Indian dancers were lovely – and the flavouring of classical Indian dance that threaded through all of their actions doing your choreography achieved one of the most satisfying and beautiful fusions of hybrid work I have ever seen.’

‘…… Then there were the glorious dancers from India – such commitment and fluidity. The moments of incorporation were truly real and you were able to do what so many other cross – cultural projects have not – you made these dancers human and their language fit with and still be distinct within the work. Amazing!......’ wrote Wayne Hazzard, executive director of Dancer’s Group, service organization in San Francisco.