The Dance Center of Columbia College is a highly rated dance company offering tickets at affordable prices. The next performance is Shantala Shivalingappa
Akasha.
When: March 5, 6 & 7, 2015, 8:00PM Ticket information. Buy tickets here. If online purchasing is not available email columbiatickets@colum.edu.
Where: 1306 S. Michigan Ave
Lauded as a rare dancer by artists and connoisseurs the world over, Shantala Shivalingappa brings a captivating contemporary sensibility to the 2,000-year-old traditional South Indian Kuchipudi dance form. Deeply moved and inspired by the grace and purity of Kuchipudi, she dedicated herself to intense and rigorous training from one of its greatest teachers, Vempati Chinna Satyam.
Dance Center Columbia College was named the Readers Choice “Best Dance Company” in 2009 and one of the best companies to debut in the last two decades by NewCity. Perhaps known best for their full evening dance-theater works – Tribulation and the Domination Squad (2005), Ghost Play (2006), Gotham City (2012), The Cotton Mouth Club (2013), Tron (2104) – and for their Keeper of The Floor dance battles, the Crash’s Dance Center premiere will be a program of mixed repertoire including works by Paul Christiano and Rich Ashworth, Jim Morrow, Nicholas Leichter and others.
“Crash brings a compelling mixture of ballet, breakdancing, hip hop, martial arts and dangerous acrobatics into seamless alignment.” – Chicago Tribune
“…a marvelously cohesive and physically fearless group.” – Chicago Sun-Times
Additional Events
DanceMakers Session with Shantala Shivalingappa
Monday, March 2, 2015 | 7:00–8:30PM
American Rhythm Center, Fine Arts Building, 410 S Michigan Avenue, 3rd Floor
> Reserve your spot.
Post-Performance Conversation with Shantala Shivalingappa
Thursday, March 5, 2014 | immediately following the performance
Pre-Performance Talk with Savitry Nair
Friday, March 6, 2015 | 7:00PM
Born in India and raised in Paris, Shantala is a child of the East and West. She grew up in a world filled with dance and music, initiated at a young age by her mother, acclaimed dancer Savitry Nair. Her ensuing associations with seminal choreographers and directors including Pina Bausch and Peter Brook fueled her rapid rise in the West and sparked a new global dance generation with her witty charm, marvelous musicality, and the vibrant storytelling embodied in her performances. An ensemble of four live musicians accompany Akasha.
Akasha is presented in association with Chicago’s 2015 Eye on India Festival at The Dance Center
“Shivalingappa erases cultural boundaries with her lightness, wit, and musicality.” – The New Yorker
“divinely gifted…intoxicating” – The New York Times
“…Over the course of Akasha, we see Shivalingappa joyful, playful, sorrowful, amorous, proud, and fierce. We see her as the virtuoso who…in summoning up Shiva, becomes a celestial athlete.” – DANCEBEAT
