URP presents a special work in progress virtual screening of an excerpt of cohort member Sudesh Mantillake's film, Response to Tea Dance. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with Sudesh and his collaborators. Register here to attend!
Rogue Gestures/Foreign Bodies is a bharatanatyam, experimental movement, and live music production that explores the labor and lived experiences of South Asian immigrant women in the United States.
Nava Dance Theatre comes to UMass as part of the Fine Arts Center’s Reimagine Residencies program. The company will spend a week on campus in production and engaging with students. The residency culminates in a public performance and question-and-answer session.
This year the showcase will feature workshops and live performances, with a reception at the end where we will screen performances from our artist based in India and Sri Lanka.
2024 URP Art Share featuring Pritam Das, Dayita Nereyeth, and Shwetha Gopalakrishnan
Presented by Matrusena as part of Interbeing, Nadhi Thekkek and Shruti Abishek will be performing “This is Work, Too,” an loose excerpt from the production “Rogue Gestures/Foreign Bodies.”
Rogue Gestures/Foreign Bodies will be in Livermore in 2024! Rogue Gestures/Foreign Bodies is an ensemble work of 7 dancers with a live original score by Roopa Mahadevan, Kalaisan Kalaichelvan, and others. Rogue Gestures were created and produced by Nava Dance Theatre
Rogue Gestures/Foreign Bodies will be in Annapolis in 2024! Rogue Gestures/Foreign Bodies is an ensemble work of 7 dancers with a live original score by Roopa Mahadevan, Kalaisan Kalaichelvan, and others. Rogue Gestures were created and produced by Nava Dance Theatre
Rogue Gestures is an ensemble work of 7 dancers with a live original score by Roopa Mahadevan, Kalaisan Kalaichelvan, and others. Rogue Gestures were created and produced by Nava Dance Theatre.
Day 2 of the 2023 URP Art Share featuring SNJV, Aravind Divakaran, Anand Dhanakoti, Sruthi Natanakumar
Day 1 of the 2023 URP Art Share featuring Carlito Catalano, Laksha Dantran, Aprita Gaidhane, and Sangram Mukhopadhyay
Nava Dance Theatre is excited to host Shreelakshmy Govardhanan in the Bay Area for “Find your Narrative.”
Rogue Gestures/Foreign Bodies is an ensemble work of 7 dancers with a live original score by Roopa Mahadevan, Kalaisan Kalaichelvan, and others. This work premieres Dec. 9 - 11 at ODC Theater. Rogue Gestures/Foreign Bodies were created and produced by Nava Dance Theatre.
The Unrehearsed Artist Residency Program aims to fund and support the creation of new dance work by artists who are often not represented in conventionally-funded spaces in the South Asian Dance industry. The program keeps care & developmental support front and center while working toward sharing a Final Work in Progress.
The Unrehearsed Artist Residency Program aims to fund and support the creation of new dance work by artists who are often not represented in conventionally-funded spaces in the South Asian Dance industry. The program keeps care & developmental support front and center while working toward sharing a Final Work in Progress.
Are you creating new work inspired by mythology? Or current events? Contemporary history? In this discussion and workshop, Mimi Mondal, Hugo and Nebula award nominated short story writer, will describe how she uses imagination and fiction to show her point of view in story telling. She will discuss with Unrehearsed resident Asha Rowland and share reflections on various projects from her experience writing fictional short stories, exploring authors who have inspired her, and working with dance. Join us as we discover the many paths toward imagining and reimagining stories, through conversation and even trying ourselves.
Curated by Preethi Ramaprasad
Join us in a story circle led by Dr. Yashoda Thakore, with participants Annabattula Lakshmi Mangatayaru, Charumathi Chandrasekar and Aniruddha Knight, as they discuss their ancestral connections to their respective art forms and share their experiences navigating the art space today.
