Event Type : Upcoming

As a culmination of her cohort’s 6-month research fellowship at New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Leela’s Artistic Director, Rachna Nivas, will present “Nature, Woman, and the Macrocosm: How Indian Classical Dance Transmits Eco-Consciousness”.  Her presentation integrates live dance, talk, and archival video footage.

Livestream: https://www.nypl.org/events/programs/2023/01/27/dance-symposium-dance-and-ecology-symposium-climate-action

Kathak is a major form of Indian classical dance that incorporates music and movement to tell stories. Artist, choreographer, and educator Rachna Nivas is one of the most sought-after Kathak artists of her generation. As a distinguished torchbearer of legendary master Pandit Chitresh Das’ treasured lineage, Nivas is a passionate performer and a technical powerhouse with masterful creativity and infectious charm. The performance features musical artists Salar Nader, table; Ben Kunin, sarod; Indradeep Ghosh, violin; and Carrie Jennings and Neha Tummala, recitation/vocals.

Purchase Tickets: https://www.wolftrap.org/calendar/performance/2223barns/0225show23.aspx

Indian classical dance meets Western classical chamber music in Leela Dance Collective’s new collaborative work. Conceived of by kathak artist Rina Mehta, 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 crosses genres, cultures, and communities.

More Info: https://www.salastina.org/concerts/2023/4/8/happy-hour-with-leela-dance

I had been traveling for a long time, not knowing where I was going. At times I felt lost, unsure of why I was traveling at all. At times I felt weary. One day, I felt it. A hint of a destination. Clarity passed through me for the briefest of moments. Hungry, I chased it. But it was gone and I felt lost and weary all over again. I had tasted hope, so I kept me going. And then it happened. Slow and fast. The truth unfurled inside of my very being. Awe and sorrow engulfed me. There it was; There she was. Within me and here all along. The destination; Devi. The mystery and potency that is the earth. The water that gives life and purifies. The fire that gives warmth. The fire that destroys. Death that gives life. Life that embraces death. Devi. She is me. I am her. 

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I had been traveling for a long time, not knowing where I was going. At times I felt lost, unsure of why I was traveling at all. At times I felt weary. One day, I felt it. A hint of a destination. Clarity passed through me for the briefest of moments. Hungry, I chased it. But it was gone and I felt lost and weary all over again. I had tasted hope, so I kept me going. And then it happened. Slow and fast. The truth unfurled inside of my very being. Awe and sorrow engulfed me. There it was; There she was. Within me and here all along. The destination; Devi. The mystery and potency that is the earth. The water that gives life and purifies. The fire that gives warmth. The fire that destroys. Death that gives life. Life that embraces death. Devi. She is me. I am her. 

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I had been traveling for a long time, not knowing where I was going. At times I felt lost, unsure of why I was traveling at all. At times I felt weary. One day, I felt it. A hint of a destination. Clarity passed through me for the briefest of moments. Hungry, I chased it. But it was gone and I felt lost and weary all over again. I had tasted hope, so I kept me going. And then it happened. Slow and fast. The truth unfurled inside of my very being. Awe and sorrow engulfed me. There it was; There she was. Within me and here all along. The destination; Devi. The mystery and potency that is the earth. The water that gives life and purifies. The fire that gives warmth. The fire that destroys. Death that gives life. Life that embraces death. Devi. She is me. I am her. 

Purchase Tickets: https://counterpulse.my.salesforce-sites.com/ticket/#/events/a0S4y00000E5XurEAF