RAMAYANA fundraiser for Bihl Haus
Posted by thomas-cummins on 18 Aug 2009 at 09:30 am | Tagged as: upcoming events
| Sat, Aug 22 | ||
| 6:30 pm | to | 9:30 pm |
RAMAYANA
On performance only!
| Host: |
Bihl Haus Arts & Kaveri Natya Toga
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| Type: |
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| Network: |
Global
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| Price: |
$10 general/$5 students, seniors, military w/ID @ Ticketmaster
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| Date: |
Saturday, August 22, 2009
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| Time: |
6:30pm – 9:30pm
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| Location: |
Carver (Jo Long) Theater
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| Street: |
226 N. Hackberry
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| City/Town: |
San Antonio, TX
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| Phone: |
2103839723
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Description
Please help support Bihl Haus by attending one of the most beautiful dance performances you’ll see all year in San Antonio! RAMAYANA, the classical Indian dance co-produced by Bihl Haus right here in San Antonio, premieres this Saturday, Aug. 22nd, 6:30 pm at THE CARVER (Jo Long) THEATER, 226 N. Hackberry. The production is directed and choreographed by Dr. Sreedhara, founder of Kaveri Natya Yoga, our partner. Principle Indian dancers are coming from New York, San Diego and across Texas to perform. The cast is also made up of dancers from San Antonio, too, including the very elegant Dr. Rajam Ramamurthy, director of the Arathi School of Indian Dance.
RAMAYANA will be danced in the tradition of Bharathanatyam, an ancient Indian form. Sculptural in execution, this dance style employs meaningful hand positions and precise leg and footwork to tell a classic story of the triumph of good over evil. Dancers–forty, yes forty of them!!!–don intricate hand-made costumes in brilliantly colored silks lavishly adorned with beads and ribbons. Each dancer wears tinkling brass ankle bells that create rhythm in response to the slap! of a full flat bare foot. Male dancers are bare chested save for suspender-like straps and golden pectoral chains. Elegant female dancers are coiffed in flowers and ribbons. Their long thick black braids fly behind them as they gracefully spin and dip to exquisite music–music produced and recorded in India specifically for this production and featuring some of India’s finest traditional musicians.
This performance of RAMAYANA is the first fundraiser of the year for Bihl Haus Arts. We hope that you’ll help support Bihl Haus by purchasing your tickets today, priced at a very reasonable $10 general/$5 seniors, children & military w/ ID. Tickets are available at www.ticketmaster.com, by calling , at all Ticketmaster outlets, including HEB, or by calling the Carver Box Office, at .
We hope to see you at The Carver Theater, 226 N. Hackberry, on Saturday, August 22nd, at 6:30 pm!
Kellen
Map to the Carver: http://www.mapquest.com/maps?name=Carver+Community+Cultural+Ctr&city=San+Antonio&state=TX&address=226+N+Hackberry&zipcode=78202&country=US&latitude=29.421907&longitude=-98.473268&geocode=ADDRESS&id=9615097
For more on Dr. Sreedhara, please go to: http://www.geocities.com/dr_sreedhara/index.htm
For background on “The Ramayana,” the most important text in Indian culture, please click on http://www.mythome.org/RamaSummary.html
Vivekananda was a soul of puissance if ever there was one, a very lion among men, but the definitive work he has left behind is quite incommensurate with our impression of his creative might and energy. We perceive his influence still working gigantically, we know not well how, we know not well where, in something that is not yet formed, something leonine, grand, intuitive, upheaving that has entered the soul of India and we say, “Behold, Vivekananda still lives in the soul of his Mother and in the souls of her children.