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| DOWNTOWN DANCE FESTIVAL |
| “Lady Liberty stands welcoming us immigrants with her "Jwala,” her “flame” symbolizing hope, liberty and freedom. Into her embrace we come from lands
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
, 16-August-2007
10:45:44 AM
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Ramaa and Swetha Bharadvaj of California, have been invited to present their critically acclaimed choreography JWALA-FLAME at the historic DOWNTOWN DANCE FESTIVAL at Battery Park in New York. This dance which is dedicated to the Statue of Liberty was first commissioned by the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles in 2005. It celebrates the processes through which immigrants rediscover their roots in their new home. The unusual choreography is accompanied by Indian classical sounds and jazz rhythms to tell this story.
“Lady Liberty stands welcoming us immigrants with her "Jwala,” her “flame” symbolizing hope, liberty and freedom. Into her embrace we come from lands afar bringing our jwala, the “flame” of our land through our culture and art forms. But how do we define our place in this new land? Do we flee our traditions in our eagerness to fit in? Or do we retreat into the safety of the known? How do we flow if we resist change? These were the questions that inspired this dance” says Ramaa Bharadvaj, director of Angahara Dance Ensemble, who is thrilled to be invited to present this dance in the actual presence of The Statue of Liberty in whose honor it was created.
“This dance portrays the transformational stages through which immigrants acculturate themselves to their new environment - the adventure, the adjustment, and finally finding the equilibrium not just through sharing of their own culture but learning from the new as well. In that sense this is a biographical tale for both my mom and me” says Swetha Bharadvaj who has choreographed the piece along with her mother.
The Annual Downtown Dance Festival was initiated by Battery Dance Company in 1982. Providing an opportunity for high caliber dancers and choreographers to present original works of high artistic merit in a free public forum, this Festival has come to be regarded as a historic summer event at New York City. Presented on a professionally erected outdoor stage,
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Event Start Date : 26-Aug-2007
Event End Date : 0--0
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