Date with Dance
Date with Dance is an outreach initiative created by Nova, . In an informal setting she discusses the roots of the Bharatanatyam form in her work and presents excerpts of dances to animate the conversation.
The dances presented are:
Pushpanjali which offers a glimpse into both the abstract and narrative elemens;
Maskura and Related Fragments Remix, created in collaboration with tabla virtuoso Ed Hanley, which demonstrate Nova's unique contemporary development of the dance form.
Through this performance and conversation audiences are given the opportunity to learn about how dances from other parts of the world are becoming very much a part of Canadian dance.
Past Presentations: Arts Etobicoke; Stonegate Community Health Centre, Toronto; Kalaikovil Academy of Fine Arts, Stouffville; Jean Augustine Centre For Young Women's Empowerment, Etobicoke; Registry Theatre, Waterloo; Danceworks, Toronto; Toronto Military Family Resource Centre; Soulpepper Theatre, Toronto; Heliconian Club, Toronto; Amesbury Park Library, Toronto; Menaka Thakkar Dance Company, Toronto; Ontario Dances, Sioux Lookout, Dryden, Kirkland Lake, Deep River; Contact East, Fredericton, Moncton, Annapolis Royal, Saint John; Sony Centre for the Performing Arts, Toronto; Esmeralda Enrique Spanish Dance Company, Toronto; Sampradaya Dance Creations, Mississauga; Cahoots Theatre, Toronto; Anuradha Sen, Concord; Confidance Bharatnatyam, Mississauga; Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, Toronto