Top image: Performing at the Winter Garden, NYC
Thaipoosam celebration with Ragachitra Fine Arts Kala Darbar (February 2025)
Guru Vandana at City College (December 2024); more details on this project are here and the playlist with videos can be found here.
Guru Vandana was made possible in part with public funds from Creative Engagement and UMEZ Arts Engagement, regrant programs supported by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, the Howard Gilman Foundation and Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone Development Corporation (UMEZ) and administered by LMCC.
Image credit: Libby Lussenhop
Guru Vandana was made possible in part with public funds from Creative Engagement and UMEZ Arts Engagement, regrant programs supported by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, the Howard Gilman Foundation and Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone Development Corporation (UMEZ) and administered by LMCC.
Image credit: Libby Lussenhop
RING Garden's 40th anniversary (September 2024)
Image credit: Libby Lussenhop, Padma Narayanasamy, Monika Pawlik
Image credit: Libby Lussenhop, Padma Narayanasamy, Monika Pawlik
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Video credit: Arthur Sherry
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On Air Bharatanatyam Dance Concert with Inwood Art Works (July 2024); premiere September 2024
- Introduction: 0.00 to 1.40 min
- Swagat geet (invocatory piece): 1.40 to 5.48 min
- Devi stuti in Gujarati: 5.53 to 10.51 min
- Devi nee tunai in Tamil: 10.54 to 18.48 min
- Padam (Ghanashyama aayo re): 18.49 to 30.35 min
- Mangalam: 30.43 to 34.45 min
The Artful Mind: A Celebration of the Brain, Art, and Wellness" (June 2024) at Columbia University's Zuckerman Institute
More details on this project are here.
Photo and video credit: Marion Smith and Warut Snidvongs
More details on this project are here.
Photo and video credit: Marion Smith and Warut Snidvongs
संभूय SAṂBHŪYA: Understanding the Brain Through Dance. A Bharatanatyam Recital (April 2024)
More details on this project are here; select images below. Photo and video credit: Warut Snidvongs.
This recital was part of the CUNY Dance Initiative, and the venue was Aaron Davis Hall at City College Center for the Arts.
More details on this project are here; select images below. Photo and video credit: Warut Snidvongs.
This recital was part of the CUNY Dance Initiative, and the venue was Aaron Davis Hall at City College Center for the Arts.
"Behag thillana" on the theme of "Khel" (play) at MODArts Collective Thread Dance Festival at Riverside Theatre (March 2024)
Videographer: Shaun Tubbs; Image credit: Elyse Mertz
Videographer: Shaun Tubbs; Image credit: Elyse Mertz
īkṣaṇa (Sanskrit for “sight” and “care” or “looking after”) at The International Human Rights Arts Festival (IHRAF)
Dance showcase for Project Find at The Woodstock Hotel, NYC.
Photo credit: Milon Henry Levine
"Project FIND’s mission is to provide low- and moderate-income and homeless seniors with the services and support they need to enrich their lives and live independently."
Photo credit: Milon Henry Levine
"Project FIND’s mission is to provide low- and moderate-income and homeless seniors with the services and support they need to enrich their lives and live independently."
Sangam, a confluence of Indian Classical Dance and Western Classical Flute with Zara Lawler at Abby's Lawn, NYC
Photo credit: Monika Pawlik and Michael Tanksley
Video credit: David Frost
Generous support is provided by the Partnerships for Parks Capacity Fund Grant. Partnerships for Parks is a public-private program that supports and champions a growing network of leaders caring and advocating for neighborhood parks and green spaces.
Photo credit: Monika Pawlik and Michael Tanksley
Video credit: David Frost
Generous support is provided by the Partnerships for Parks Capacity Fund Grant. Partnerships for Parks is a public-private program that supports and champions a growing network of leaders caring and advocating for neighborhood parks and green spaces.
"Anant: Time and timelessness of dance" at the Bernie Wohl Center as part of Goddard Riverside Community Arts Program. This work was a culmination of my time at the center as an artist-in-residence.
Photo credit: Marina Thomas, Michael Tanksley, and Mel Futorian
Video credit and Program designer: Eva Rivas
Lighting designer: Sophie Sam
Gurus: Smt.Maheshwari Nagarajan and Smt. Vanitha Jayan of Nritya Kala Kendra, Ahmedabad
usic: Sri. Jayan Nair, Krishna Manjari, and Manav Nair of Nritya Kala Kendra, Ahmedabad
Photo credit: Marina Thomas, Michael Tanksley, and Mel Futorian
Video credit and Program designer: Eva Rivas
Lighting designer: Sophie Sam
Gurus: Smt.Maheshwari Nagarajan and Smt. Vanitha Jayan of Nritya Kala Kendra, Ahmedabad
usic: Sri. Jayan Nair, Krishna Manjari, and Manav Nair of Nritya Kala Kendra, Ahmedabad
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"Ashai mukham" on the theme of "Soka" (grief) at MODArts Collective Thread Dance Festival at Riverside Theatre (March 2023)
Videographer: Shaun Tubbs; Photo credit: Alexander Sargent
Videographer: Shaun Tubbs; Photo credit: Alexander Sargent
An Introduction to Indian Dance (December 2022); Goddard Riverside Community Arts Program
Parents as Teachers Conference (Denver; September 2022)
RING Garden at Inwood, NY (June 2022)
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AAPI Heritage Month Celebration at Office of Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso (May 2022)
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Video of the piece I performed (kriti: Devi neeye Thunai) can be found here.
