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November 01, 2007
Shakuhachi Indian Dance Collaboration
Hi All, I've been collaborating with Classical Indian Dance choreographer Ranjanaa Devi for the past two months as part of Mudra: the Gesture Speaks.
It's a great collaboration between Indian song, tabla drums and shakuhachi. All the flues used the the performance were made by me.
Thursday, November 8
Bowker Auditorium 8:00 pm
$20,$15; Youth 17 & Under $12; Five College Students $10, $7
Mudra is the Sanskrit word for a hand gesture depicting a thought, an idea or a word in classical Indian dance. Used in narrative and poetic dance sequences, mudras uniquely tell a story in a literal manner often making the "word" inconsequential for those educated in Indian classical dance vocabulary. Mudra is also contemporary. Simple and complex hand gestures are used by people as a way of communicating on a daily basis.
Mudra will include a host of guest artists including Pandit Samir Chatterjee on the tablas and other drums, Perry Yung on Japanese shakuhachi bamboo flute and other musicians of note, guest dancers, theater and video artists along with Nataraj Dancers.
Rehearsing with a some of the dancers.
This concert is made possible by the Tarlow Family Foundation in memory of David M.Tarlow MD
See you there! Perry
Posted by Perry Yung at November 1, 2007 09:35 AM