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Nova Bhattacharya, Artistic Director of Nova Dance, is a luminous presence on the Toronto dance scene. Date with Dance is a fun way to spend an evening with this talented artist; you’ll get to see her perform classical Indian dance as well as two exciting works created in collaboration with tabla virtuoso Ed Hanley, which demonstrate her use of the form in a contemporary aesthetic.
This special presentation gives the audience an opportunity to discover how dances from other parts of the world are becoming very much a part of dance in Canada. Audience members are invited to share their own thoughts, feelings and questions about their experiences with the art form.
About Nova Bhattacharya:
Nova Bhattacharya is an award-winning dancer and choreographer whose works for dance and theatre companies have been gracing Canadian stages for more than two decades. Trained in the classical Indian dance style of bharatnatyam, she brings her dance, and personal cultural background into contemporary expression with elegance, authority and humour. She has shared the stage with Peggy Baker & Louis Laberge-Cote; she has danced the dances of Karen Kaeja, Menaka Thakkar, and Laurence Lemieux; and this summer her new work Broken Lines (a duet for Neena Jayarajan & Atri Nundy) garnered her Summerwork's Canadian Stage Award for Direction. On January 26-29, 2017, she will premiere Infinite Storms a work featuring five women that estatically embraces all the joys and hurts life has to offer - as part of The Theatre Centre's Dance Card Series. WWW.NOVADANCE.CA
Sony Centre for the Performing Arts, Toronto’s first performing arts centre, has played a defining role in the cultural life of Toronto for more than 50 years. Today, the Sony Centre’s mission is to unite the global citizens of Toronto through great artistic experiences. In addition, the Sony Centre is dedicated to developing Toronto’s younger audiences through family programming; workshops targeted towards school-aged audiences, an under-30 membership program, and other community initiatives. www.sonycentre.ca/community
Photo: Nova Bhattacharya in Date with Dance. ©Chris Hutcheson.
2016-11-21
Toronto: Sony Centre offers a free presentation – "Date with Dance" November 30