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Nrityagram Dance Ensemble (India)


Photo courtesy of Miami Dade College
Photo: Carlos Llano
 
 
 
  
 
Photo: Nan Melville
 
 

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The radiant Nrityagram Dance Ensemble blends the classical dance forms of India with contemporary concepts.  The Company transports viewers to enchanted worlds of magic and spirituality with the sensuous flow of Odissi, the oldest of India 's classical dance forms.   

Nrityagram has toured internationally including a European tour in the Fall of 2007 as well as a very successful sixteen-week tour in the US in the spring of 2006. They performed to sold out houses in venues and festivals such as Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, Lee, MA; Aspen Dance Festival, Aspen, CO; University Musical Society, MI; World Music Institute, NYC; Spoleto Festival USA, Charleston, SC; George Mason University, VA; Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, CA; University of Florida Performing Arts; Miami Dade College, FL; and Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center, FL. Sacred Space, the 2006 production, explored the parallels between a dancer’s journey and the journey one takes as a spiritual being. It was choreographed by Surupa Sen and featured six female dancers and four musicians. In December 2005, Sacred Space was awarded the best production of the season by the prestigious Music Academy of Chennai, India.

In the spring of 2008, Nrityagram will return to the US with a new exciting work entitled Pratima: Reflection.  

"It's cutting edge.  It's a winner. "
Pamela Squires, The Washington Post
"Their performance, like that of the accompanying musicians, was eloquent, immaculate, and extraordinarily vivid."
Susan Isaac Nisbett, The Ann Arbor News
 
"A rare treat of the spiritual and sensual with historical and contemporary aspects of India's unparallel performing arts heritage."
Shalini Narang, Hindustan Times / California Diary

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Contact: Sophie Myrtil-McCourty at 212.278.8111 x313
Email: sophiem(at)pentacle.org 
 
2008 tour dates: 
 Feb 19-24, 2008 - The Joyce Theater , NYC
 Feb 29, 2008 – World on Stage, Stamford , CT
 Mar 2, 2008 - UNC Chapel Hill , NC
 Mar 3-5, 2008 - Modlin Center for the Arts, VA
 Mar 6-9, 2008: Arts and Culture Center of Hollywood , FL
 Mar 13-14, 2008: The Florida Theater, Jacksonville , FL
 Mar 21, 2008: Savannah Music Festival, Savannah , GA
 Mar 29, 2008: Aspen Santa Fe Ballet, Santa Fe , NM
 Apr 1-4, 2008: UCSB, Santa Barbara , CA
 Apr 13, 2008: Stony Brook University , NY
 

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