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The South Asian Arts Collective, a primarily undergraduate
organization, which runs the South Asian literary magazine
(formerly known as Shakti, now named Kala) and Bharatnatyam
classes for the Yale community, is coordinating a weekend of
South Asian dance "Yale Naatch" on February 22nd and 23rd.
Yale Naatch consists of:
1. A performance in the Off Broadway Theater Space at 7pm on
February 22nd by two professional dance companies: the
Nayikas Dance Theater Company, an Odissi-based dance
group from New York (www.nayikas.org) and Sangita
Shresthova and her company. Sangita's work collages Nepal's
diverse performance traditions, media projections and other dance
forms. She is currently a graduate student in Comparative Media studies at
MIT.
2. An Odissi workshop by Myna Mukherjee, choreographer and
artistic director of the Nayikas, on Saturday, February
22nd, at 2pm in the Off-Broadway Theater;
3. A workshop on Bollywood dance and its relation to South
Asian folk dance traditions, classical methods of
movement, and the legacy of the Hollywood musical, by
Sangita Shreshtova on Sunday, February 23rd, at 2pm in the Off- Broadway
Theater.
Event: Yale Naatch
When: Saturday Feb 22nd, at 7PM
Where: Off-Broadway, 41 Broadway, New Haven
Hosts: South Asian Arts Collective and Asha-Yale
Tickets: Contact Madhumita: Madhumita.Lahiri@yale.edu,
tel.: 203.436.0200 or asha@yale.edu
$5 students, $15 non-students
Reservations will be held till 30 min prior to
the event
The Off Broadway Theatre seats 200, and the event
is expected to sell out. You are encouraged to
purchase tickets or make reservations early.
Benefit: All proceeds from the show will be used for the
education of underprivileged children in India
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