Chicago Opera Theater presents India Blooms: Stories in Motion: Dance in India
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Uploaded by CHICAGOOPERATHEATER on Jul 10, 2008
As part of Chicago Opera Theater's India Blooms in Chicago festival celebrating the production of John Adams' newest opera, A Flowering Tree, COT presented "Stories in Motion: Narrative Dance in India" at the International House at University of Chicago. See how various styles of Indian dance shape storytelling thru footwork, gesture, athleticism and music. Dancers Rumya P. Chatterjee (Kuchipudi), Shipra Mehrotra (Odissi), Kiran Chouhan (Kathak) with commentary by University of Chicago Professor Wendy Doniger. Done in partnership with University of Chicago (Graham School of General Studies, South Asia Language and Area Center, and International House) and Anila Sinha Foundation.
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Shipra Mehrotra's performance is par excellence - see her dance in person, or check out her YouTube channel (shipramehrotra).
marginfades 1 month ago
nice vid!
potpie921 3 months ago
wew
nelrish24 3 months ago
Brilliant! India should cut back on Bollywood and reclaim its glorious arts and culture...
aragee 10 months ago
kiran chauhan is my teacher! great job didi!!
ichecku93 11 months ago
Tandava is not dance of destruction. There are many types of Tandavas. There is Ananda Tandava meaning joyous Tandava which is a dance dance Nataraja does when he is, as you guessed it, happy. Tandava is simply male aspect - masculine aspect - of dance.
dancerganesh 1 year ago
Excellent narration!
neerajamb 1 year ago
i love this history. =]
dearestcaroline 2 years ago
Excellent. Post this on 'Dynamycdesi' as well. It is also a good site.
shridhanyam 3 years ago
I was there, it was amazing! It's nice to see it again
pieta33 3 years ago