Lata Pada and Sampradaya Dance Creations present 
Vivarta & HowZaat! 
November 26 - 30, UK
 
October 29, 2008  
 
In their UK tour, Lata Pada and Sampradaya Dance Creations present their acclaimed productions VIVARTA and HOWZAAT! 

Nov 26, 2008
At: The Drum, Birmingham, 7:30pm

Nov 26, 2008
At: Patidar House, London, 7.30pm 

Nov 30, 2008
The Lowry, Salford Quays, Manchester, 7pm
 
 

Photo credit: Sanjay Ramachandran 

Vivarta
Concept, Choreography and Artistic Direction: Lata Pada
Music Composition and Arrangement: Praveen D Rao and Anoor Ananthakrishna Sharma
Specially created for the Metamorphosis Festival, this work is based on the mythological theme featuring the ten incarnations of the Hindu God Vishnu.

HowZaat!
Concept, Choreography and Artistic Direction: Lata Pada
Music Composition: Raghupathy Dixit
Extending the boundaries of contemporary Bharatanatyam, the piece is a satirical look at the ‘world of cricket’ explored through the subtext of colonialism, politics and popular culture. A metaphor for reverse colonization, cricket, a quintessentially English game, is today synonymous with the national identity of many South Asian nations.

Lata Pada is the Founder, Director, and Principal Teacher of SAMPRADAYA Dance Academy. She has trained for over thirty-seven years in the Thanjavur style of Bharatanatyam under Guru K Kalyanasundaram. She has also trained in abhinaya under Kalanidhi Narayanan. After a rewarding career as a Bharatanatyam soloist, Lata Pada founded the Academy in 1980 in Sudbury, Ontario. In 1990, the Academy was relocated to Mississauga, Ontario. She has received several training grants including the Canada Council Professional Training Grant, the Chalmers Training Grant and the Indian Council for Cultural Relations scholarship for advanced training in Bharatanatyam from gurus Kalyanasundaram and Kalanidhi Narayanan.

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