Art Share Info:
The 2023 artist sharing will take place over Two Thursdays, September 14 and September 21!
Sep 14 @ 6:30PM PST - Carlito Catalano, Laksha Dantran, Arpita Gaidhane, Sangram Mukhopadyay
Sep 21 @ 6:30PM PST - SNJV, Aravind Divakaran, Anand Dhankoti, Sruthi Natanakumar
Each event will showcase four residents' works followed by a QnA with the audience.
Please join us in supporting the residents and consider a small donation to help us fund the residency next year.
Day 2 Artist Bios:
SNJV | Hayward, USA - Pronunciation // sun-jeev |Pronouns // all - SNJV is an artist using dance, drag, and drama to showcase humanity by infusing culture into dance and fashion in performances for stage and film. SNJV started performing at 4 years old and has not stopped. SNJV holds the title of Mr. GAPA and is the first South-Asian title holder in GAPA’s history. (GLBTQ+ Asian Pacific Alliance). In addition, he is the co-founder of Parivar-a social collective to support and celebrate queer, trans, gender non-conforming folks connected to the South Asian diaspora. He is an educator who lectures about his research on drag, dance, and identity in university and corporate spaces. While SNJV loves being in front of the camera, he enjoys stepping behind the lens to produce and direct films drawing on culture, queerness, and texture.
Aravind Divakaran | Kottayam, India - Aravind is a professional body kinetic artist from Kerala, who has undergone Kalaripayattu and Yoga training since the age of 16 from some of the greatest Gurukkals of India Mr EP Vasudevan Gurukkal, Dr. EP Shaji Vasudevan Gurukkal, and Valappil Karunan Gurukkal.
Anand Dhanakoti | Hamburg, Germany - Anand Dhanakoti was born in Bangalore, India and currently works as a freelance dancer based in Hamburg. He graduated from CDSH-Contemporary Dance School Hamburg in June 2021. From 2006 to 2012 he stayed at the NGO "Born Free Art School", where he got educated in the arts. From 2007 to 2017, he trained in classical ballet and jazz with Yana Lewis, of the Lewis Foundation of Classical Ballet in Bangalore. From 2009 to 2018, he was trained in Indian martial arts and yoga at Kalari Gurukulam. He also represented the state of Karnataka in the national gymnastics competitions in India. He has worked with various choreographers like Matej Kejzar, Abhilash Ningappa, Jonny Lloyd, Suse Tietjen, and Ursina Tossi. He has also choreographed several pieces, including Thuli, which was performed at the Bremen Theatre; Immer, a solo that he performed at the Gdanski Festival Tanca in Poland; Kintsugi, a duet in collaboration with Asha Ponikiewska, which we performed at the A FoCoCo III Festival in Bangalore, India, and Japan; and a piece for the Rangayana Theatre Group, which was shown at various festivals that dealt with farmers' suicide. He worked with Adam Linder as an assistant choreographer, did a two-month internship with Unusual Symptoms, the dance company of the Theater Bremen, and worked for three months with David Zambrano. He gave workshops and taught art and dance in NGOs, slums, and indigenous Indian areas, Japan, Bangladesh, Germany, and Belgium. He represented India four times at the Nonviolent Communication Conferences in Germany and at the Peace Conference in Japan. He has a BA degree in Economics, Political Science, and Sociology from St. Joseph's College, Bangalore. He is an Inlaks scholar and an Eurasia dancer.
Sruthi Natanakumar | Mumbai, India - Sruthi Natanakumar hails from a family of Natyacharyas (Nattuvanars) of the Thanjavur parampara and is the eighth-generation descendant of the lineage of Harivenkatakrishna Nattuvanar of Thanjavur. At four, her tiny steps were set to rhythm by her Grand-father and Guru Natya Kalanidhi K. Kalyanasundaram of Sri Rajarajeswari Bharatha Natya Kala Mandir, Mumbai (Est.1945). Sruthi has performed, both, solo and as a part of the Rajarajeswari dance troupe in thematic presentations and the traditional bharathanatyam maargam at major dance festivals like the Natyanjali, Natyarangam, Temple Festivals and the Chennai Music & Dance Season.
Sruthi has natural artistic abilities, and she pursues carnatic vocal and veenai besides learning and performing bharathanatyam. A very bright student of Sanskrit, Indian history and culture, she is a Ph.D student at the Cell for Indian Science and Technology in Sanksrit, I.I.T. Bombay.
Sruthi’s energy, agility and long association with dance makes her a dancer to watch out for."
About Unrehearsed Artist Residency Program (URP):
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.
This virtual residency program provides awards of up to $1500 to 5 artists to center the strengths, experiences. For more details about the Residency Program and artist bios, please visit https://www.navadance.org/artist-residency-program
We understand that not everybody is able to make a donation. So we've introduced a few accessible tickets for each day. We recommend that you take a look through the registration options and make the best choice for you.
This program is funded by the California Arts Council Impact Project Grant and supporters like you.