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Jehlens approach to movement incorporates elements of a wide range of dance styles including Bharata Natyam, Odissi and Kuchipudi; Capoeira and West African dance. Jehlen's emotionally powerful choreography has been performed throughout the United States, Europe, India and in Japan. Works include Breathing Space (2003), a collaboration with Japanese choreographer Hikari Baba; Crane (2002), based on images from Japanese Buddhist poetry; Haaaa (2002), inspired by the experience of childbirth; and Becoming Fire (1998), exploring texts from the Sufi traditions of Iran and South Asia.
Jehlens newest work, He Who Burns is an exploration of the figure of Iblis, Satan, as understood in some Sufi traditions. Through this lens, the dance-theater piece explores the nature of humanity's relationship with the divine, the eternal quest for unity and the illusion of duality in the human experience.
"more than dance" India Today
"works wonders on the stage" - The Telegraph, India
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He Who Burns is trio exploring the figure of Iblis, Satan, as understood in Sufi traditions. He Who Burns explores the nature of humanity's relationship with the divine, the eternal quest for unity and the illusion of duality in the human experience.
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Artist / Creative (Individual)
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Commercial / For profit - Sole proprietorship
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Artist / Creative (Individual)
Legal Status:
Commercial / For profit - Sole proprietorship
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Dance - Modern / ContemporaryAdditional Disciplines:
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ArtBeat
Date: 7/2007Activity: Concert/performance/readingEmail:Phone:
Alliance Francaise de Madras, Chennai, India
Date: 2/2006Activity: Concert/performance/readingEmail:Phone:
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MassachusettsMinimum Number of Performers:
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