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Updated 12/12/2016

Navarasa Dance Theater

  • Massachusetts

    MA

Institution/Business Type: Performing Group

Navarasa Dance Theater is a contemporary Indian dance company that has presented sold out shows to diverse audiences. Aparna Sindhoor has toured extensively in North America, Germany and India, and has been invited to perform at various venues including the Jacob's Pillow, New Haven Festival of Arts and Ideas, World Social Forum, New World Theater and Teesri Duniya Theater (Montreal, Canada). Critics have hailed Aparna Sindhoor as a powerful voice creating contemporary works of extraordinary artistry that challenge the boundaries of traditional dance and yet contribute to strengthen the performing arts. Sindhoor has trained in Bharatanatyam (Indian classical dance) for more than fifteen years and has trained as a vocalist and an actor for more than a decade and her current work has amalgamated all these distinct art forms into a unified whole. The company is available for touring, workshops, residency, master-class and lecture-demonstrations.

Find Me

Aparna Sindhoor
Job Title: Director
Phone: 6177767939
Fax: 6177767939
Address:
16 Gibbens Street
Somerville, MA 02143

Additional Content:

  • A Story and A Song

    Kannada and Native American folklore and contemporary women’s stories, inspire this dance-theater of women, environment, sensuality and love. India: “rare, relevant and romantic” “seductive”“Fanciful folk tales and tantalizing" - Boston Globe

About

Overview

Institution/Business Type:

Performing Group

Legal Status:

Commercial / For profit - Corporation

Parent Organization:

NAVARASA DANCE THEATER

Year Founded:

1996

Overview

Institution/Business Type:

Performing Group

Legal Status:

Commercial / For profit - Corporation

Parent Organization:

NAVARASA DANCE THEATER

Year Founded:

1996

Disciplines

Primary Discipline:

Dance - General

Additional Disciplines:

  • Dance - Traditional

Communities

Populations Engaged:

  • Adults
  • Elders
  • Families
  • Immigrant Populations
  • People with Disabilities
  • School Groups
  • Teens
  • Youth-At-Risk

Languages Available:

  • American Sign Language
  • French
  • Hindi
  • Japanese

Media Gallery

I Have Worked With

Affiliations and Accomplishments

Awards

Awards:

  • Somerville Arts Council grants, Ford Foundation grant, Boston Women's Fund, Chahara Foundation, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India grants

Awards

Awards:

  • Somerville Arts Council grants, Ford Foundation grant, Boston Women's Fund, Chahara Foundation, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India grants

Special Designations

Special Designations:

  • NEFA Grant Recipient

Artist Info

Teaching Artist

Ages Served:

  • Pre-Kindergarten-age
  • Elementary School-age
  • Middle School-age
  • High School-age
  • College-age
  • Adults

Subject Areas:

  • Arts Integration - English Language / Literacy
  • Arts Integration - Foreign Languages
  • Arts Integration - Health
  • Arts Integration - History and Social Science

Teaching Artist

Ages Served:

  • Pre-Kindergarten-age
  • Elementary School-age
  • Middle School-age
  • High School-age
  • College-age
  • Adults

Subject Areas:

  • Arts Integration - English Language / Literacy
  • Arts Integration - Foreign Languages
  • Arts Integration - Health
  • Arts Integration - History and Social Science

Touring Artist

Technical Requirements:

  • details provided as and when needed

Fee Range:

$450 - $6,500

State of Residence:

Massachusetts