DANCE CONVERSATIONS – a symposium Co convened by Ramya Harishankar & Dr. Priya Srinivasan

Presented by Ektaa Center and the Arpana Dance Company

2016 Dancing Communities, Dancing Cities

Saturday, September 3 @ Bill Barber Park, City Hall Plaza & City Chambers, Irvine, CA

Sweating Saris by Dr. Priya Srinivasan & Ramya Harishankar

2015 Dancing Communities, Dancing Cities

Friday, November 6 @ Winifred Smith Hall, UC, Irvine, CA

Sharad…..a musical celebration of autumn by Kanniks Kannikeswaran

Both iterations were partly supported by California Arts Council’s Local Impact Program, Darbari Sheth Foundation & PIMCO. 

2013 Theatres in Dance 
Saturday/Sunday, October 26/27 @ the Contemporary Arts Center, UC Irvine, CA

Performance by Maya Krishna Rao (India), Hari Krishnan (Canada), Dominique Delorme (France) & Johanna Devi (Germany). 
At the Winifred Smith Hall, UC, Irvine CA

Co presented by the Dance and Drama departments of UCI’s the Claire Trevor School of the Arts.   

2005 – Indian dance in California: past, present and future
Saturday/Sunday May 21/22 @ the Ektaa Center, Irvine, CA 10am – 4pm

Expressions – performances by California Masters of DanceAnjani Ambegaoker, Nanditha Behera, Ramaa Bharadwaj, Ramya Harishankar, Mythili Kumar, K P Kunhiraman & Viji Prakash
At the William Bristol Auditorium, Belflower, CA

Partly supported by grants from Arts OC, Alliance for California Traditional Arts Advancement program of the Fund for Folk Culture.   

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