August 27, 2009  
 
Abhinaya Dance Company's Fall 2009 concert, is funded by a Fast Track grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. The concerts will be held on November 14th at San Jose's Mexican Heritage Theater in San Jose, and November 15th at Cowell Theater in San Francisco.  

NRITYA SANGATI - DANCE PROGRESSIONS will present vignettes of Indian immigrant women whose relationships progress in different ways as they adapt to a new life in a different country from their land of origin. Presented in the Bharatanatyam style, the performance will feature choreography by Mythili Kumar, Rasika Kumar and Malavika Kumar. Narratives of women from Indian mythology whose experiences compare and contrast with the modern women will also be depicted. 

The orchestra will comprise of Malavika Kumar for nattuvangam, Asha Ramesh for vocals and additional music, N Narayan on the mridangam and kanjira, Shanthi Narayan on the violin, Ragavan Manian on the flute, Ravi Gutala on the tabla, A Mahadevan on the morsing, and Peter Van Gelder on the sitar.  

Saturday, November 14, 2009 - 7pm 
Mexican Heritage Theater 
1700 Alum Rock Ave., San Jose, CA 95116 
   
Sunday, November 15, 2009 - 2pm 
Fort Mason Center - Cowell Theater 
99 Marina Blvd., San Francisco, CA 94123 

About Nritya Sangati - Dance Progressions: 
What is a progression? Is it a journey, a transformation, the evolution from simple to complex, or simply moving from point A to point B? Or all of the above! Nritya Sangati invokes varied images and inspired us to create the following pieces:  
  
Progressions in Nritya (Expressional dance) 
Tales of Immigrant Women: From India to America - Inspired by our own stories and those of our friends and family, we present contemporary narratives describing the journey of two immigrant women from India to America and their personal struggles.  
Union with the Divine: Before and After - The journey of the heroine from yearning for her lover to the blissful union with the Lord. 
Unlikely Hero: Village Girl to Woman Warrior - Born in a village ruled by the warrior queen of Jhansi, Jhalkari bai's life should have mirrored that of the other demure women. However, she showed tremendous courage at an early age and became a warrior to defend her land.  
  
Progressions in Nritta (Abstract dance) 
Adavu Sangati is inspired by the potential within the basic building blocks of Bharatanatyam or adavus.  
Swaralaya Sangati is a composition, composed by Madurai Muralidharan, which juxtaposes sung notes (swarams) and spoken rhythmic syllables (jathis).  
Gati Sangati is an exposition of the five gatis: tisram (3), chatusram (4), khandam (5), misram (7) , and sankeernam (9). 
 

Tickets: Free for "Friends of Abhinaya." 
Donor: $25; General: $15; Students/Seniors: $10; Family of four: $45 (2 Gen & 2 Stu/Sr)  
To Purchase: Call Abhinaya Dance Company at (408) 871 5959  
Or send check and self-addressed envelope to: Abhinaya Dance Company, 4950 Hamilton Ave., Ste.105, San Jose, CA 95130 

  
Info: 
Abhinaya Dance Company 
4950 Hamilton Ave., Ste. 105, San Jose, CA 95130   
e-mail: abdanceco@gmail.com   
Website: www.abhinaya.org