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Nava Dance Theatre is a bharatanatyam dance company based in San Francisco. We use the south Indian dance form to navigate place, identity, and politics through the lens of our lived experience.”

…fresh, spunky, and musically aware…” - Rita Feliciano, SF Bay Guardian

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Review of Rogue Gestures/Foreign Bodies in NYC
Review of Rogue Gestures/Foreign Bodies in NYC

“The form seems more readily suited to channel the grander epic/legend/myth. Everyday life and experiences seem to demand a dismantling of very formal structures and yet Nadhi and her dancers managed to override my initial skepticism with their continuous montage of many scenes and high energy dancing.”

- Anita Ratnam

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Nadhi Thekkek is an Isadora Duncan Award Nominee for 2022-2023 Season
Nadhi Thekkek is an Isadora Duncan Award Nominee for 2022-2023 Season
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Rogue Gestures/Foreign Bodies is a 2023 National Dance Project (NDP) Production Grant Awardee
Rogue Gestures/Foreign Bodies is a 2023 National Dance Project (NDP) Production Grant Awardee
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Nava Dance Theatre is a New Music USA Organization Fund awardee
Nava Dance Theatre is a New Music USA Organization Fund awardee

Thrilled to share that we are a New Music USA Organization Fund awardee!

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Rogue Gestures

CHOREOGRAPHY BY NADHI THEKKEK

Restless Eyes Glance

CHOREOGRAPHY BY NADHI THEKKEK

Broken Seeds Still Grow

CO-CREATED/CO-DIRECTED BY NADHI THEKKEK & RUPY C. TUT

A Thousand Names for a Goddess

CHOREOGRAPHY BY NADHI THEKKEK AND FILM ACTRESS DIVYAA UNNI

Unfiltered

CO-CREATED BY NADHI THEKKEK / RASIKA KUMAR / SAHASRA SAMBAMOORTHI

The Cloud Messenger

CHOREOGRAPHY BY NADHI THEKKEK, SOPHIA VALATH, AND ARUN MATHAI