community events announcement

[ICMDS]

The following is a courtesy announcement for a local event and is not
an ICMDS program

"And She Said..."

Date: November 1st, 2010

Time: 6.30pm to 8.30pm

Venue: Sheafer Lab Theatre, Bryan Center, Duke University (125 Science
Drive, Durham, NC)
Tickets: Free and available at the door


“And She Said…” is a dance theater (Bharwork that grounds itself in
the works of Tamil women poets on love and war, their translations,
and the poetry of women poets from across cultures.

Aniruddhan Vasudevan – a dancer / writer / activist in Chennai, India
-- has been a student of Chitra Visweswaran and has also worked with
English and Tamil theatre. Lakshmi Sriraman (based in Lexington,
Kentucky) is a student of Priyadarshini Govind's and runs the Shree
School of Dance where she trains students in Bharatanatyam.

Dr. Sumathi Ramaswamy, Director, Duke Center for South Asian Studies,
will be doing the welcome / introduction.

Sponsors: Asian and Middle Eastern Studies program, Campus Council,
Department of Cultural Anthropology, Graduate and Professional
Students Council, John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute, North
Carolina Consortium for South Asian Studies, Women's Center and
Department of Women's Studies.