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    NORTH AMERICAN Newsline                                                   JULY 31, 2026    |  The Indian Eye 26

                      Indo-American Arts Council to present

             Erasing Borders Dance Festival in September

            OUR BUREAU
            New York, NY
                  he Indo-American Arts Coun-
                  cil will present the 18th Annual
            TErasing  Borders  Dance  Festi-
            val on Saturday, September 19, 2026,
            and Sunday, September 20, 2026, at
            6PM at The Kaye Playhouse at Hunt-
            er College, 68th Street between Park
            and Lexington Avenues.
                New  York’s  premier  Indian
            dance  festival,  Erasing  Borders,
            hosted  by  the  Indo-American  Arts
            Council,  features  performances  by
            eminent  Bharatanatyam,  Kathak,
            and Odissi artists as well as US-based
            dance  companies.  Saturday,  Sep-
            tember  19,  features  Bharatanatyam
            and Kalaripayattu group Radhe
            Jaggie  and  Team,  a  Kuchipudi  solo
            by  Sreelakshmy  Kallungal  Govard-
            hanan, and Kathak trio Shila Mehta.
            Sunday,  September  20,  will  include
            a performance by Dr. Neena Prasad
            Mohiniyattam group, the Odissi trio
            Arushi Mudgal, and a contemporary   Odissi  dancer  and  choreographer  Dod Mantle.    tradition   has     PERFORMANCE LINEUP
                                              celebrated for her technical virtuosity
                                                                                    The
                                                                                          Kathak
            solo  by  Preeti  Vasudevan.  Experi-
                                                                                                                      Saturday, September 19, 2026
            ence the magic of the festival by re-  and innovative approach to tradition.  evolved such that there is typically a   | 6-8PM, The Kaye Playhouse
                                                                                clear separation between nritta and
                                                  Sawani Mudgal is a distinguished
            serving your tickets for this unforget-
            table two-night celebration.      Hindustani  classical  vocalist  known  abhinaya in the items of the classical  •  Ganesh Vasudev and Nitya Nara-
                                                                                                                    simhan: Bharatanatyam duo
                                              for her versatility as a performer, mu- repertoire. But what if the bhava of
                 ABOUT THE ARTISTS            sic educator, and collaborator.   a young nayika was interwoven into  •  Sreelakshmy  Kallungal  Govard-
                Radhe Jaggi is a Bharatanatyam    Preeti   Vasudevan   is   an   the Tarana structure, one that is typ-  hanan: Kuchipudi solo
            artist whose dance is an exquisite bal- award-winning  and  critically  ac- ically only nritta-based? The result is  •  Shila  Mehta,  Salonee  Satagar,
            ance of grace, tradition, and depth. A  claimed   choreographer.   Preeti’s   a beautiful confluence of storytelling   Sanchita Dighe: Kathak trio
            disciple  of  Smt.  Leela  Samson,  she   provocative  and  unconventional  sto- and the highlights of the Kathak tech- •  Preeti Vasudevan: Contemporary solo
            trained  at  Kalakshetra  Foundation   rytelling challenges the status quo of  nique, creating a beautiful visual as  •  Radhe   Jaggi   and   Team,
            and holds a Post Graduate Diploma  dance-theater,  bridging  ancient  tra- elements of Sringara are woven into   Bharatanatyam and Kalaripayattu
            in Arts Management from Dakshina  ditions with the contemporary world.  rhythmic tukdas and footwork. This   Sunday, September 20, 2026
            Chitra, Chennai.                      Ganesh    Vasudev    is    a   uniquely  crafted  Tarana  is  in  Raag   | 6-8PM, The Kaye Playhouse
                Dr. Neena Prasad is recognized  Bharatanatyam  dancer,  choreogra- Bhageshree set to Jhap Taal, choreo-
            as  a  distinguished  dancer  of  the  na-  pher  and  researcher  who  has  been  graphed by Gurus Smt Nirupama Ra-  •  Radha Varadan: Kathak solo
                                                                                                                  •  Neena Prasad and Musicians: Mo-
            tion, noted for her evocative and in-  performing  his  own  works  for  the   jendra and Sri TD Rajendra.  hiniyattam group
            tellectually  nuanced  choreography,  last  15  years.  He  has  been  training   Rama Vaidyanathan is one of the   •  Aparna Sindhoor & Anil Natyaveda:
            which  seamlessly  integrates  tradi- for more than 30 years and under the   foremost Bharatanatyam dancers of   Sindhoor  Natya,  Navarasa  group
            tion  with  contemporary  sensibilities,  guidance of Bragha Bessel since 2009.  her generation. She trained inten-  •  Arushi & Sawani Mudgal: Odissi trio
            thereby expanding the expressive and   Nitya  Narasimhan    is   a  sively  under  the  legendary  dancer
            thematic horizons of Mohiniyattam.   Bharatanatyam artist from Califor- Yamini  Krishnamurthy  and  the  cel-  ADDITIONAL PROGRAMMING:
                Shila Mehta is a distinguished   nia, USA. As the artistic director of  ebrated  Guru  Saroja  Vaidyanathan.
            Kathak  artist,  scholar,  performer,  Prayukti Arts, she is actively building  In  a  performance  career  spanning   Fifth Annual Dr. Sunil Kothari Lecture
            and  pedagogue  with  over  four  de- a  community  for  Indian  arts  in  the   more  than  40  years,  Rama  has  de-  | September 24, 2026 at 6PM
            cades of experience in performance,  Bay Area.                      veloped her own individual style
            education, and research.              Aparna  Sindhoor,  Artistic  Di- without forsaking the core principles   •  Bruno  Walter  Auditorium,  New
                                                                                                                    York  Public  Library  for  the  Per-
                Sreelakshmy  Kallungal  Govard- rector  of  Sindhoor  Natya  -  Navara- of  her  dance  form.  Her  technique
                                                                                                                    forming Arts
            hanan is a renowned Kuchipudi danc-  sa, is a Mysore-style Bharatanatyam   is grounded, and yet there is a fresh   •  The Balanced Dance as a Journey
            er,  choreographer,  and  researcher  exponent. She creates a unique style  approach to the innumerable dance   Towards Inner Stillness and Equa-
            from Kerala, India.               of dance-theater and has worked in   compositions that she has added to   nimity by Rama Vaidyanathan
                Arushi  Mudgal  is  an  acclaimed  films  with  Oscar-winning  Anthony  the Bharatanatyam repertoire.

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