Join us on July 22 and 23 as we host workshops and a post-workshop performance/discussion by visiting guest international artist Sarmishtha Sarkar.
Workshop fees: $20-40 tiered scale per session. Use code LEVEL2 for $10 off and code LEVEL3 for $20 off. Workshops are open to ALL genres and ALL levels.
Friday, July 22, 2022
2:00 - 4:00 PM Rhythms of Bharatanatyam
4:00 - 6:00 PM Abhinaya I: The Art of Expression
Saturday July 23, 2022
2:00 - 4:00 PM Mind, Body, Space in Choreography
4:00 - 6:00 PM Abhinaya II: The Art of Expression
About the Guest Artist:
Sarmishtha Sarkar is a renowned Bharatanatyam dancer, choreographer and educator from Ahmedabad, India. Sarmishtha is the founder and creative director of Aavirbhav School of Creative Arts. She serves as a faculty at Gujarat University for Masters in Performing Arts Bharatanatyam.
Her formative training was under tutelage of teachers like Padmashri Guru Chattuni Panicker and Guru Pathagudy Ramaswamy, after which she was the principle dancer under Mrinalini Sarabhai’s Darpana Academy of Performing Arts for almost two decades. Sarmishtha has toured extensively in the US and Europe.
Sarmishtha’s choreographic presentations encompass pure classical pieces in the Bharatanatyam and also experiments with the fusion of the classical, contemporary and folk styles, which result in a unique, creative portrayal of the merging of diverse artistic endeavors. Using dance as a medium of expression, she has created several dance works related to topical, environment and social issues.