Splendor of the East soared to new heights this year thanks to the sponsorship of AT&T and other strong supporters, as well as the hard work of the performers, artistic director […]
PBS picks up show on Gandhi, King
By Suman Guha Mozumder | October 25, 2006 17:48 IST An artistic rendition of the life and teachings of Mahatma Gandhi and Dr Martin Luther King Jr by a premier Indian cultural […]
Hindu Temple of Toledo Sponsors “Erase the Hate” Play (Ohio)
On October 2, 2006 The Toledo Blade reported, “Christians singing, dancing, and praying together with Hindus and Muslims. Mahatma Gandhi leading his followers in a protest against the British tax on salt. […]
‘Nataraj, The Lord of Dance’ comes to Dearborn’s Ford Community & Performing Arts Center
Compiled by Donald V. Calamia DEARBORN – Nadanta, Inc., Michigan’s premiere Indian dance organization, will present an original program entitled “Nataraj, The Lord of Dance” at 3 p.m. and 7:30 […]
Giant Leap
A clutch of second generation Indians recently presented a dance performance, Megh Dhanush: The Six Seasons of India, at the prestigious Meadow Brook Theater in Michigan. For the motley group consisting […]
Megh-Dhanush explores the rainbow
Nadanta presents Megh-Dhanush — The six seasons of India, a potent symbol of cultural otherness, evolve before our eyes this Saturday inMegh-Dhanush, a performance by Nadanta, Michigan’s leading Asian-Indian dance troupe. Created […]
”Shiksha:” Nadanta performs life of the Buddha as teacher
BY TUMN BROWN Daily Arts Writer Published September 27, 2001 Anyone who has taken a philosophy class or practices a religion has probably wondered why humans exist, if it is […]
Noble truths
BY GEORGE TYSH What makes an idea last more than 2,500 years? When Siddhartha Gautama attained enlightenment in the 6th century B.C. and became the Buddha, he recognized certain truths about […]
Flowers of flesh
BY ANITA SCHMALTZ With bells on their ankles and rings on their toes they dance to uncover the unknown. “They” are the members of Nadanta: a nonprofit cultural and artistic organization named […]