performances by Aparna Sindhoor
Amita Vasudeva
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Hello API women –
I just wanted to let you all know about some great workshops and performances coming up by feminist dancer, artist and actor, Dr. Aparna Sindhoor. (www.navarasa.org)
1. AsiaAlive: Yoga and Classical Dance
Friday and Saturday March 28 & 29 - Asian Art Museum
Free with museum admission
http://www.asianart.org/events/275?starttime=1395903600
This interactive demonstration will include an exploration of the similarities and differences between three ancient movement art forms: Yoga, Bharatanatyam, and Kalari ppayattu. Yoga, with its physical and spiritual practices; Bharatanatyam, with its physical, emotional and performative practices; Kalari ppyattu, a martial art with physical and healing practices – all three forms come from the Indian sub-continent but have travelled across the world since the fourth century. Dr. Aparna Sindhoor and Anil Natyaveda will discuss the intersection of these three forms of movement and the beautiful dynamic that they create when performed and experienced together. Audiences will get an opportunity to try out a few sections during the demonstration and also witness the beauty of these forms demonstrated by world-renowned artists such as Sindhoor and Natyaveda.
Dr. Aparna Sindhoor is a choreographer, director, actor and singer. She was nominated for Los Angeles Stage Alliance Ovation Award for Choreography in 2013.
Anil Natyaveda is a choreographer, dancer, teacher and a martial artist from Triuvanathapuram, India. He is one of leading exponents of Kalari ppayattu in the world, and the Co-Director of Navarasa Dance Theater.
Daily Demo Schedule
12:00 PM—1:30
2:00 PM—3:30 PM
2. NAVARASA DANCE THEATER
Sunday, March 30 - Asian Art Museum
1-2:30 p.m.
Free with Museum admission
http://www.asianart.org/events/277?starttime=1395903600
Navarasa Dance Theater performs various works ranging from Indian classical dance traditions, yoga, and Indian martial art Kalari ppayattu, to contemporary dance theater works. The performance includes stories/poems inspired by temple and palace dance traditions of south India.
Aparna Sindhoor and Anil Natyaveda have created dance theater works for this show exploring desire and sensuality through literature and performance. This work is a tribute to women's expression of desire, and a challenge to the way women’s bodies are viewed in modern societies both in the east and the west. (Choreography: Aparna Sindhoor and Anil Natyaveda; Concept and Text: Aparna Sindhoor and S M Raju; Dancers: Aparna Sindhoor, Anil Natyaveda, Sunil Kumar, Leah Vincent and Jyotish Rajan; Costumes: Miranda Giurelo)3. An Evening with Navarasa Dance Theater: Courtesans’ Conversations, a dance theater by Aparna Sindhoor, Anil Natyaveda, and S M Raju
April 4 & 5th @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pm
La Pena Cultural Center – Berkeley
An artist’s journey into the world of women’s desires through conversations with three courtesans – and a pop star.Janet Jackson’s “wardrobe malfunction” triggers several questions in Aparna, a present day dancer in North America. She calls upon three courtesans from 18th and 20th Centuries who wrote, performed and preserved erotic traditions in music, dance and poetry. In curious conversation, the threesome help the present day dancer to understand the questions of women’s desire.
Tickets: $15 adv., $18 dr