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| Erasing Borders: Festival of Indian Dance,
August 18-21 2008
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| PERFORMERS |
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Natya Dance Theatre (Chicago, IL) |
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Hema Rajagopalan is the founder and artistic director of Natya Dance Theatre, a professional touring company and school that specialize in Bharata Natyam for the past 34 years. Her innovative work preserves Bharata Natyam in its full integrity, developing the art form in new directions, and bringing it to diverse audiences all over the world. As a choreographer she has created numerous short works and over thirty evening-length productions. Students trained under her have distinguished themselves as performers. Krithika Rajagopalan is the Associate Artistic Director & Principal Dancer of Natya Dance Theatre. Krithika was the first Indian nominated for a Joseph Jefferson Award that acknowledges outstanding achievement in Chicago Theater. She taught at The Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago and was an artist in residence at the Art Institute of Chicago. Website: www.natya.com |
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