BUY TICKETS: Manjari Chaturvedi: SUFI KATHAK - DANCE OF THE SOUL - April 9th, 2013. 7-9 pm.

SUFI KATHAK - DANCE OF THE SOUL
Peter Jay Sharp Auditorium, Symphony Space, New York City.

Tickets: : http://www.symphonyspace.org/event/7805-iaac-presents-sufi-kathak-diva-manjari-chaturvedi
Orch: $50, IAAC members $44 ; Other: $35, IAAC members $30; Balcony: $20, IAAC members $15

April 9th, 2013. 7-9 pm.

"Manjari dances in surrender to Him, to His Glory, to His Love and to His world there is an underlying lilting melody and strong rhythm in her dance, which depicts separation and union, the fire of the eternal dance of moth..."

MANJARI CHATURVEDI is a leading exponent of the Indian classical dance and is acclaimed for being the creator and ONLY performing artist of Sufi Kathak. She has combined the mysticism of Sufi traditions with classical Indian dance to create a stunning new school of performance called Sufi Kathak. Thus, setting a historical step in the field of performing arts through the creation of a completely new artform, which remains original and yet follows the precedents of mystical traditions that are nearly 700 years old. In the last decade, Manjari has performed in more than 200 concerts all over the world including Europe (France, Germany, Portugal, Italy, Austria, Switzerland, U.K. & Ireland), the Middle East (Dubai, Bahrain, Abu Dhabi, Qatar, Kuwait), SouthEast Asia (Singapor e, Malaysia, Sri Lanka) and Central Asia (Turkmenistan,Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan) along with Australia and America.

Manjari Chaturvedi is the creator and the only performing artist of Sufi Kathak. Conceptualised and created by Manjari, Sufi Kathak has taken 14 years of her intense work in Sufi music and classical dance. Introducing the mystique ofSufism in dance, she traveled to countries like Egypt, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and Tajikistan and worked with artists from Iran, Turkey and Morocco to study the music and dance forms related with Sufi thought. Bred of Manjari's knowledge and experience, Sufi Kathak melds the philosophical depth of Sufi poetry with the narrative beauty and grace of classical Indian dance forms to evolve a new school of performance that uses classical dance to narrate and interpret Sufi poetry.

INDO AMERICAN ARTS COUNCIL
presents
IAAC ERASING BORDERS 2013
Erasing Borders Exhibition of Contemporary
Indian Art of the Diaspora

Opening Reception:
6:30 - 8:30 pm Thursday April 4th, 2013

This Exhibition is Free and Open to the Public.
April 5 - May 12, 2013

Flushing Town Hall, Queens, NY.

Erasing Borders is a richly provocative exhibition by artists of the Indian diaspora who confront issues of sexuality, terror, disease, the environment, racial and sectarian politics in painting, prints, installations, video, and sculpture. With great technical mastery and diversity of theme and style, these works combine traditional Indian aesthetics with Western elements, and speak to the powerful experience of personal and cultural dislocation in the global village. In its eighth year, Erasing Borders is curated by Vijay Kumar and produced by the Indo-American Arts Council. Free and open to the public.

Participating Artists: (Click on the artists name for details):
Niamul Bari; Bivas Chaudhuri; Ranna Chaudry;
Pritika Chowdhry; Reet Das; Anjali Deshmukh; Claudia Dias; Anujan Ezhikode; Mustafa Faruki; Ruee Gawarikar;
Dhanashree Gadiyar; Aaliyah Gupta; Mansoora Hassan;
Mumtaz Hussain; Reeta Gidwani-Karmarkar;
Kulvinder Kaur Dhew; Firoz Mahmud; Parul Mehra;
Alkananda Mukerji; Veru Narula; George Oommen; Avni Patel; Antonio Puri; Nirmal Raja; Sangeeta Reddy; Tara Sabharwal;
Ela Shah; Md Tokon

Venue:
Flushing Town Hall, Queens, NY.

PLEASE RSVP: events.iaac@gmail.com