What? Dance Expressions
featuring Chitralekha Odissi Dance Creations and Kathak dancer Joanna de Souza

When? Friday, Feb. 26, 2010, 6-8 p.m.

Where? Robert Gill Theatre; 3rd floor, Koffler Centre; 214 College Street

- Dance! FREE Food! Art! Socialize! Meet Faculty & Students & FREE Admission
- A demonstration of Bol, the spoken language of rhythm
- Intro to North and East Indian classical dance forms; Check it out on <Facebook>: http://www.facebook.com/events/edit/index.php?eid=310614136710&step=1#!/event.php?eid=265891479559&ref=ts

From the Globe & Mail, describing a Chitralekha performance:Odissi is considered the most lyrical and sensual of the South Asian dance styles. The art form brings to life temple dance sculptures in a series of beautiful poses linked by intricate footwork and hand movements. Devraj’s clever spin on this living sculpture is to elaborate on traditional Odissi movements-in other words, to make the dance more complicated and ornate, a concept embraced in the word “pallavi”. The “science” part is anchored in the complex mathematics of the musical structure of the raaga, or specific number of beats of the music. The resulting dance is like watching Odissi in fast-forward. Traditional poses flash by like telephone poles from a passing car, while the siblings execute Devraj’s demanding physicality with awesome speed.