Updates and reflections from Wesleyan's Center for the Arts in Middletown, Connecticut
Internationally acclaimed Indian dancer and choreographer Alarmél Valli turned the traditional Bharatanatyam style into subtle, deeply internalized, personal dance poetry in her Connecticut debut in the Crowell Concert Hall on Sunday, October 11, 2015.
Click here to view the full album on Flickr. Photos by Sandy Aldieri of Perceptions Photography.
Navaratri Festival’s Bhojanam (Feast) followed the concert by Sri Rajesh Vaidya in the Daniel Family Commons, Usdan University Center on Saturday, October 10, 2015.
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Sri Rajhesh Vaidhya, a highly accomplished veena (plucked string instrument) player and composer from Tamil Nadu, India performed in the Crowell Concert Hall with N. Mohanaraman and R. SriGanesh on mridangam, D. Chandrajit on tabla, and Saihari on gatam on Saturday, October 10, 2015.
Click here to view the full album on Flickr. Photos by Sandy Aldieri of Perceptions Photography.
South Asian culture was experienced through henna art and sampling of chaat (savory snacks), hosted by Shakti, Wesleyan’s South Asian Students’ Association, in the Olin Library Lobby on Thursday, October 8, 2015.
Click here to view the full album on Flickr. Photos by Sandy Aldieri of Perceptions Photography.
Dancer/choreographer Eiko Otake, Visiting Artist in Dance and East Asian Studies, presented a series of intimate performances in the Davison Art Center’s Alsop House as part of her solo project A Body in Places on Sunday, October 4, 2015.
Click here to view the full album on flickr. Images by Sandy Aldieri of Perceptions Photography.
