Date: Friday, January 17
Location: Navatman Studios, 38th West 32nd St, Suite #300
Price: $20 Online, $25 at Door
Time: 7:00 - 8:00 pm

Nadhi’s palpable vulnerability on stage allows for an intimate connection between her and the audience - as she puts it, “my goal during a show is not actually to perform, but rather create an honest dialogue between myself and the audience.” In her one hour show, she shares traditional pieces and contemporary repertoire, both which connect us to memories of the past and our hope for the future.

Nadhi performs with collaborating musicians, Roopa Mahadevan, Sriram Raman, Kiran Rajagopalan, and Krupa Sekhar.

Nadhi Thekkek is a bharatanatyam dancer and Artistic Director of Nava Dance Theatre, a bharatanatyam dance company based in San Francisco. As a first generation, American-born, South Asian woman in the diaspora, Nadhi uses her artistic practice to examine place, identity, and politics. Her work has been supported by California Arts Council, San Francisco Arts Commission, Zellerbach Family Foundation, and others. Nadhi trained under gurus Smt. Sundara Swaminathan (Artistic Director of Kala Vandana Dance Company), Smt. Padmini Chari (Artistic Director of Nitya School of Dance). Since 2012 she has been studying with Guru Sr. A Lakshmanaswamy (Nrityalakshana, Chennai.)