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October, 26-30, 2020

THE BRIDGE : Nai-Ni Chen Virtual Dance Institute of boundary-breaking dance from the BIPOC Community

Free Zoom Dance Class NAI-NI CHEN DANCE COMPANY


THE BRIDGE ::
Nai-Ni Chen Virtual Dance Institute
of boundary-breaking dance experiences from the BIPOC Community

Presents Guest Artists:
Rulan Tangen and Akhila Chetan

Open to All Dancers at an Intermediate to Advanced Level
~meet the artists after the class~

Monday, Wednesday, Friday at 11:00 AM ET
Tuesday, Thursday at 7:00 PM ET
Free 1-hour Virtual Master Class!

IMPORTANT NOTICE
Starting Nov 1, 2020:
The Bridge Classes will be Mon-Fri 11:00 AM

~Mon., October 26 11:00 AM EST

Kinetic Spiral with Greta Campo
Tapping into the creative energy of the universe through Kinetic Spiral. Nai-Ni Chen's signature technique is based on the principle of ever-changing universal forces of Yin and Yang. Dance phrases from Nai-Ni Chen's repertory will be taught.

~Tue., October 27 7:00 PM EST

ECOLOGICAL DANCE with Rulan Tangen
Rulan offers the session as an opening to ancient ideas of movement, sound and rhythm, as central to rituals for transformation, while embracing cyberspace as a realm of intercultural
exchange and collaboration. We transcend the box to revitalize and remember our connection to land, water, and the skies from the place where we are, where we come from, and where we are going; with dance practice as adapted to current times, incorporating multi sensory and multi-dimensional imagination to engage outside of the box :)

~Wed., October 28 11:00 AM EST

Kinetic Spiral with Nai-Ni Chen
Creating the Universe from Within.

~Thu., October 29 7:00 PM EST

Kinetic Spiral with Yuka Notsuka
Creating the Universe from Within.

~Fri., October 30 11:00 AM EST

Classical Indian Dance with Akhila Chetan
Guru Akhila Chetan, or Guru Smt. Akhilandeshwari, is the Founding Director of Kalagangothri Foundation along with Artistic Director Guru Sri. Chetan Hebbar; they are a dynamic Bharathanatya dance couple from India/ USA that has over the years carved their name in the field of creative arts as dedicated Bharathanatya artists. Her productions are appreciated for innovation, creativity, and enthusiasm for Bharathanatya.

Guest Teacher Bios:

Rulan Tangen's work explores movement as an evolving language of global Indigenous relation-building, rooted in the inclusion of diverse cosmologies from her own experience and those of the artists with whom she co-creates. Her contemporary dance practice strives to serve as functional ritual for transformation and healing, integrating concurrent universes of ancient futurities in the moment of now, expressing energetic connection with all relations – human and beyond. As Founding Artistic Director/Choreographer of DANCING EARTH, she has passionately cultivated successive generations of Indigenous contemporary performing artists as cultural ambassadors and conduits for social change She is recipient of the 2018-19 Kennedy Center Citizen Artist award for Service, Justice, Freedom, Courage, and Gratitude - and is grateful for all that roots her, for the dreaming and doing of Dancing Earth : moving the world into renewal...  www.dancingearth.org

Guru Akhila is a committed artist who honed the skills of 'Nritta’ ( pure Dance Form) and ‘Rasabhinaya’ (Dramatic expressions) with decades of practice under great Gurus such as Revathi Narasimhan and Uma Rao.  She has completed her Vidwath (Post Graduation) level exams in Bharathanatya conducted by the Government of Karnataka.  She is the recipient of a prestigious “Purandara Anugraha” Award – 2014 for her services in the dance field by TTD, Trust, Tirupati, Government of AP, India & the USA. Akhila also has been an auditioned artist of National Broadcasters – All India Radio and Doordarshan.  Today, she is the director of the Kalagangothri Foundation, A premier organization based out of Edison, New Jersey, imparting quality education in Indian Classical Art Forms - Bharathanatya, Carnatic Music & Yoga...    http://www.kalagangothri.com/

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