
December 2022
Nava Dance Theatre: Rogue Gestures/Foreign Bodies (World Premiere)
Nava Dance Theatre presents the world premiere of Rogue Gestures/Foreign Bodies which uses the South Indian classical dance form of Bharatanatyam and experimental movement to examine the labor of South Asian immigrant women who came to the US after the 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act. Inspired by the oral histories of Indian nurses who immigrated to the US due to labor shortages, Artistic Director Nadhi Thekkek and her collaborators, including composers Roopa Mahadevan and Kalaisan Kalaichelvan, explore the heavy and…
Find out more »Nava Dance Theatre: Rogue Gestures/Foreign Bodies (World Premiere)
Nava Dance Theatre presents the world premiere of Rogue Gestures/Foreign Bodies which uses the South Indian classical dance form of Bharatanatyam and experimental movement to examine the labor of South Asian immigrant women who came to the US after the 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act. Inspired by the oral histories of Indian nurses who immigrated to the US due to labor shortages, Artistic Director Nadhi Thekkek and her collaborators, including composers Roopa Mahadevan and Kalaisan Kalaichelvan, explore the heavy and…
Find out more »Nava Dance Theatre: Rogue Gestures/Foreign Bodies (World Premiere)
Nava Dance Theatre presents the world premiere of Rogue Gestures/Foreign Bodies which uses the South Indian classical dance form of Bharatanatyam and experimental movement to examine the labor of South Asian immigrant women who came to the US after the 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act. Inspired by the oral histories of Indian nurses who immigrated to the US due to labor shortages, Artistic Director Nadhi Thekkek and her collaborators, including composers Roopa Mahadevan and Kalaisan Kalaichelvan, explore the heavy and…
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