Nritya, Anjali Performances - KC Fringe Fest

Nritya School of Indian dance and Music, and Anjali’s dance School will present Bharathanatyam (classical dance) and contemporary dance of India.

Vrikshashana: Where is your back? explores the issue of environmental degradation.  Using the tree pose from yoga as the main motif, the dancers explore the tree’s relationship to people and to the woodcutter.  The dancers hold in their consciousness that the hand that cuts needs to be restored to reverence for the environment.

Saturday July 26th at 7:30pm: Shakuntala presented by the Gateway Dance Theatre

Be swept away and transported on a magical journey to the land of India and a tale of love and beauty. The innovative adaption of Shakuntala ( Shah-Koon-Tala) is a play with dialogue and dance, by Gateway Dance Theatre of Des Moines, IA. It is a reworking of Kalidasa’s beloved classic love story from India of Shakuntala and King Dushyanta, featuring international music and rhythms of India.