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encounters with beauty<\/h2>\n
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Indian classical dance meets Western classical chamber music in Leela Dance Collective\u2019s new collaborative work featuring Salastina and music by composers including Derrick Skye and Reena Esmail.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“Collaboration asks you to step outside of your comfort zone, reach and connect <\/span><\/h6>\n
across differences, and expand your art practice. At Leela, collaboration is how we rediscover <\/span><\/h6>\n
and remake our art and ourselves.”\u00a0<\/span><\/h6>\n

\u2013 Rukhmani Mehta, Artistic Director\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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\u00a0About Encounters with Beauty<\/em><\/h2>\n

Commissioned in part by Newman Center for the Performing Arts<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Indian classical dance meets Western classical chamber music in Leela Dance Collective’s new collaborative work. Conceived of by kathak artists Rukhmani Mehta and Seibi Lee, this work weaves together evocative sounds of the string quartet and Hindustani classical vocals with the percussive footwork and dramatic movement of kathak dance. Commissioned in part by The Newman Center for the Performing Arts, Encounters With Beauty<\/em> crosses genres, cultures, and communities.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Musicial Cast<\/h2>\n

Drums & Composer:<\/strong> Allison Miller
Piano:<\/strong> Carmen Staaf
Bass:<\/strong> Todd Sickafoose
<\/span><\/span>Sitar & Composer:<\/strong> Jayanta Banerjee
<\/span><\/span>Vocals:<\/strong> Debasish Sarkar
<\/span><\/span>Tabla:<\/strong> Satyaprakash Mishra<\/span><\/p>\n

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Funders<\/h2>\n

Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation
New Music USA
California Arts Council
National Endowment for the Arts
Zellerback Family Foundation
Esper A. Petersen Foundation<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Original Musical Cast<\/h2>\n

String Quartet:<\/strong> Salastina
Vocals:<\/strong> Saili Oak
Composers:<\/strong>\u00a0Derrick Skye, Reena Esmail\u00a0
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Funders<\/h2>\n

National Endowment for the Arts
California Arts Council
Department of Cultural Affairs
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Show Information\u00a0\u00a0<\/h2>\n

Run Time: <\/strong>75 minutes
Cast:<\/strong>\u00a05 dancers, 5 musicians
<\/span>Concept:<\/strong> Rukhmani Mehta\u00a0
<\/span>Choreography:<\/strong>\u00a0 Rukhmani Mehta, Seibi Lee
<\/span>Composers:<\/strong>\u00a0Derrick Skye, Reena Esmail
<\/span>Performers: <\/strong>Leela Dance Collective, Salastina, Saili Oak<\/span><\/p>\n

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Booking Information:\u00a0<\/h2>\n

Carrie Jennings
Bookings Manager
bookings@leela.dance<\/a>
775.560.2598<\/span><\/p>\n

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Meet The Artists<\/h2>\n

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Rukhmani Mehta<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Artistic Director
Leela Dance Collective<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Rukhmani Mehta (previously Rina Mehta), disciple of Pandit Chitresh Das, is a leading kathak dancer and choreographer based in Los Angeles. She is a Co-Founder and Artistic Director of Leela Dance Collective, an internationally touring kathak dance company.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Maia Jasper White<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Co-Artistic Director
Salastina<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Maia Jasper White is a renowned violinist and a Co-Founder of Salastina Music Society, an artist-driven chamber music ensemble based in Los Angeles. Salastina’s music provides inspiration and a rich soundscape for this new work.
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Saili Oak<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Vocalist<\/span><\/p>\n

Saili Oak is a senior disciple of renowned Hindustani vocalist Dr. Ashwini Bhide Deshpande. She is known for her distinguished work in the Indian\/Western classical music crossover space and is a featured member of the musical cast for Unexpected Encounters with Beauty<\/em>.
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About the Musical Score<\/h2>\n

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The music of Encounters With Beauty<\/em> comes from two bodies of work featuring composers Derrick Skye and Reena Esmail. Skye’s American Mirror<\/em> is a stunning soundscape that reflects the diverse traditions of American music. Beyond<\/em>, an album by Saili Oak and Salastina, expertly interweaves Hindustani vocal music with a Western classical string quartet through the work of various composers including Reena Esmail.<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Derrick Skye<\/strong> is a composer and musician based in the Los Angeles area who often integrates music practices from different cultural traditions around the world into his work with classical music communities. Listen to Derrick Skye’s American Mirror<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Reena<\/strong> Esmail<\/strong> works between the worlds of Indian and Western classical music, bringing communities together through the creation of equitable musical spaces. Listen to Reena Esmail’s Magan Rehna<\/a> from Beyond.<\/span><\/p>\n

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What Audiences Are Saying<\/h2>\n

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\u201cThe East spoke to the West without using words. It made you feel nothing else matters as long as we can experience beauty like this. Humanity will triumph in-spite of all the adverse events happening around us.\u201d<\/h6>\n

– Shreeraj Karulkar, SPEAK audience member<\/em><\/p>\n

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\u201cThe East spoke to the West without using words. It made you feel nothing else matters as long as we can experience beauty like this. Humanity will triumph in-spite of all the adverse events happening around us.\u201d<\/h6>\n

– Shreeraj Karulkar, SPEAK audience member<\/em><\/p>\n

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\u201cThe East spoke to the West without using words. It made you feel nothing else matters as long as we can experience beauty like this. Humanity will triumph in-spite of all the adverse events happening around us.\u201d<\/h6>\n

– Shreeraj Karulkar, <\/em>SPEAK audience member<\/em><\/p>\n

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\u201cThese women welcome the collision of their individual genres, using their art as a container for the larger conversation about connection. The reach across the perceived divide engages, entertains and educates.\u201d<\/h6>\n

\u2013 Amy Seiwert, Artistic Director of Amy Seiwert Imagery<\/em><\/p>\n

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\u201cThese women welcome the collision of their individual genres, using their art as a container for the larger conversation about connection. The reach across the perceived divide engages, entertains and educates.\u201d<\/h6>\n

\u2013 Amy Seiwert, Artistic Director of Amy Seiwert Imagery<\/em><\/p>\n

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\u201cThese women welcome the collision of their individual genres, using their art as a container for the larger conversation about connection. The reach across the perceived divide engages, entertains and educates.\u201d<\/h6>\n

\u2013 Amy Seiwert, Artistic Director of Amy Seiwert Imagery<\/em><\/p>\n

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Selected Performances & Residencies<\/h2>\n

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NC State Live, Residency and Performance, Raleigh, NC<\/em><\/p>\n

Page Theater, Virtual Residency, Winona MN – <\/em>\u00a0Click here to watch\u00a0residency programing on youtube<\/a><\/p>\n

Maui Arts and Cultural Center, Residency and Performance, Maui, HI<\/em><\/p>\n

University of Hawaii, Residency and Performance, Hilo, HI<\/em><\/p>\n

Kahilu Theatre Foundation, Residency and Performance, Waimea, HI<\/em><\/p>\n

Epicentre, Performance, Gurgaon, India<\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n

GD Birla Sabhagar, Performance, Kolkata, India<\/em><\/p>\n

Royal Opera House, Performance, Mumbai, India<\/em><\/p>\n

Broad Stage, Performance, Los Angeles, CA<\/em><\/p>\n

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Selected Press<\/h2>\n

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“The Artistic Directors of Leela Dance Collective<\/strong> have chosen an ambitious mission, to honor ancient traditions and bring them forward, made relevant to the present. There is no question that they are successful.”<\/p>\n

\u2013 Mary Pat Cooney,\u00a0 LA Dance Chronicle<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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\u201cAs cacophony assaults us from all sides, <\/span>Salastina<\/b> keeps the flame of actual music burning bright.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2013 David Ehrenstein, LA Weekly\u00a0
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“Introspective. Dedicated. Fiercely Determined. That\u2019s Saili Oak<\/strong>, a young, talented vocalist from the Jaipur gharana.”<\/p>\n

\u2013 Ranju Ganesan, In the Company of a Musician<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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\u201c…[<\/span>Reena Esmail<\/b> is] obviously fiercely brilliant and a gifted musician, but what makes her music special is the fact that she\u2019s able to channel this incredible empathy and complex understanding of the human experience into music that\u2019s crystal clear, beautiful, thought-provoking and unlike anything I\u2019ve ever heard before.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2013 Grant Gershon, as told to Catherine Womack, Los Angeles Times<\/em><\/p>\n

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\u201c\u2026 <\/span>Derrick Skye<\/b> has been honored with the prestigious 2021 Princess Grace Award Honoraria in theater. The composer, who merges music, text, movement, and film, is noted for work that is cross cultural, cross genre, and multi-disciplinary.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2013 A.A. Cristi, <\/span>Broadway World<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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