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Erasing Borders 2009: Festival of Indian Dance
The Sa Dance Company (Folk) |
| Payal Kadakia (Artistic Director) |
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Sa Dance, founded by Artistic Director Payal Kadakia, is committed to increasing awareness of Indian dance in the mainstream. It serves as a platform for expressing the Indian-American identity through movement inspired by Indian folk, classical, and Bollywood dance as well as jazz, ballet, and contemporary dance. The name "Sa" originates from the foundation of Indian classical music where "sa" is the first note in the Indian musical octave. Payal Kadakia has been trained in Indian classical and folk dance under the instruction of Usha Patel. She has also studied other forms of dance such as ballet, hip-hop, and jazz. Sa Dance company dancers have been trained in various forms of American and Indian dance forms such as Kathak, Bharatnatyam, Odissi, Ballet, Hip-hop, Jazz, Garba, Bhangra, and Bollywood. Grace, beauty, and artistic integrity combine with creative choreography are characteristics of Payal's work. Her work has been showcased at Dancing at the Crossroads in Times Square, Lincoln Center, and The Ailey Studios and has also been published in a Bollywood Anthology called "Global Bollywood." www.sadancecompany.com |
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