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Sheetal Gandhi and Cynthia Lee explore the notion of reincarnation through interactive media and contemporary dance. Working with a time-delay video capture technology, manipulated live by multi-media artist Jesse Gilbert, the performers engage in movement confrontations with their past selves. Music composed by Ellen Reid.
Sheetal Gandhi
Sheetal Gandhi is an intercultural, multi-disciplinary performer and choreographer. Her first concern as an artist is to create work that stirs deep within the human experience. She worked as a creator and performer in Cirque du Soleil’s DRALION, and toured with the international cast performing over 700 shows.
In 2004, she played a leading role in the Broadway production of BOMBAY DREAMS and for three years was Co-Artistic Director of the modern dance company California Contemporary Dancers in San Francisco. Her solo and group work has been presented in theaters and festivals around the country and in Mexico, Canada, Ghana, Israel and India.
Sheetal draws on her strengths and professional successes from an African village to the subway platform to the Broadway stage to create work that blurs cultural and disciplinary boundaries, promoting intercultural understanding through artistic excellence.
ArtWallah 2010: Afterlife
North America’s decade-old, internationally renowned arts festival of the South Asian diaspora will present the freshest Cultural-Art-Collision on June 18th to 20th 2010 at the venerable Highways Performance Space in Santa Monica.
Co-presented by The South Asian Artists Collective and Highways, the tenth anniversary festival celebrates the theme of “Afterlife” with a presentation of original artist collaborations and multi-disciplinary performance – and an engaging children’s program for families.
Tickets are now available online at www.highwaysperformance.org or via the Highways box office at 310-315-1459.
EVENT GUIDE
Festival date: June 18-20, 2010
Venue: Highways Performance Space
Location: 1651 18th Street, Santa Monica (at 18th Street Art Center one block North of Olympic)
Box Office Reservations: 310-315-1459
Purchase Tickets Online: www.highwaysperformance.org
Show Times: Fri. + Sat. 8:30pm, Sun. 7:00pm
Children’s Program: Sun. 1-4pm
Program: music, film, dance, theater, stand-up comedy, readings, exhibit gallery, childrens’ workshops
Tickets: $20 evening show ($15 students/seniors); $10 children’s program (ages 6+)
Official Website: artwallah.southasianartists.org