DANCE : Indian Letters – A Journey of Rediscovering One’s Heritage, by Preeti Vasudevan and Amar Ramasar > 5pm-7pm on 9th August 2019

Venue : American Center, 24, Kasturba Gandhi Marg

Time : 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm Add to Calendar 09/08/2019 17:00 09/08/2019 19:00 Asia/Kolkata DANCE “Indian Letters – A Journey of Rediscovering One’s Heritage” by Preeti Vasudevan and Amar Ramasar Event Page : https://www.delhievents.com/2019/08/dance-indian-letters-journey-rediscovering-heritage-preeti-vasudevan-amar-ramasar-american-center.html American Center, 24, Kasturba Gandhi Marg, New Delhi - 110001 DD/MM/YYYY

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Venue : American Center, 24, Kasturba Gandhi Marg, New Delhi - 110001
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Event Description : American Center New Delhi invites you to a cultural presentation and dance performance titled, “Indian Letters – A Journey of Rediscovering One’s Heritage.” Join U.S. State Department Alumna, Preeti Vasudevan, and Amar Ramasar, on a journey as they travel from New York to India to explore their cultural heritage. In doing so they will produce new work which aims to use the dialogue of cultural exchange to throw new light on issues of race, assimilation, and identity in the twenty-first century.

Preeti Vasudevan (award-winning classical Indian dancer and choreographer) and Amar Ramasar (Principal Dancer of the New York City Ballet and Broadway star) met and started working together in 2016 in New York City. They are currently on a three-week journey in India creating a new work reflecting their experience in India. The creation of the work, as Preeti and Amar travel around India, will be the subject of a documentary film. The program at the American Center New Delhi will be filmed and those attending the performance may be featured in it.

About the Performers:

Preeti Vasudevan:  Award-winning Indian choreographer, and performer, Preeti Vasudevan is an exponent of classical Indian dance (Bharatanatyam) creating new provocative contemporary works from the Indian tradition. Original works performed by her New York based company, Thresh, have earned international acclaim for their fresh juxtaposition of traditional and contemporary voices. Preeti is the first artist of Indian descent to receive recognitions from top institutions in the US for her outstanding contribution in the field of dance. Some recent highlights include: 2019 Virginia Toulmin Fellowship for outstanding women leaders in the arts; 2018 Lincoln Center Award for Emerging Artists; 2018 Selected Artist, DanceMotion USA Follow-On Program with the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM); 2018 Jerome Robbins Dance Division’s Dance Research Fellowship, NY; 2018-19 LabWorks Residency, New Victory Theater, NY; 2018-19 SDC (Stage Directors and Choreographers) Foundation’s 2018-2019 Observership Class; Spring 2016 Resident Fellow, Center for Ballet and the Arts, NY; Artist in Residence, New York Live Arts (2015-17) NY; 2015 DPA Atelier award, LabanInstitute of Movement Studies, NY; Presenter at the TEDxBarnard, Barnard College, Columbia University, NY(2013); International Choreographer's Residency, American Dance Festival (ADF, 2003); Emerging choreographer series Joyce Foundation, NY (2003).

Amar Ramasar (Dancer) was born in the Bronx, New York and began his studies at the School of American Ballet (SAB) in 1993. In addition, he studied at the American Ballet Theatre Summer Program and The Rock School of Pennsylvania Ballet. Mr. Ramasar became an apprentice with New York City Ballet in 2000 and joined the Company as a member of the Corps de Ballet the following year. He was promoted to Soloist in 2006 and Principal Dancer in 2009. While dancing with the Company Mr. Ramasar was featured in numerous works by George Balanchine including: Agon, Divertimento No. 15, The Four Temperaments, George Balanchine's The NutcrackerTM, Romeo + Juliet, and Swan Lake. He was also prominently featured in works choreographed by Benjamin Millepied, Jerome Robbins, and Christopher Wheeldon. In addition, Mr. Ramasar originated several roles in works by Mauro Bigonzetti, Wayne McGregor, Benjamin Millepied, Justin Peck, and Alexei Ratmansky, among others. Mr. Ramasar was a recipient of the Bessie Award for Outstanding Performer in 2015, and a Mae L. Wien Award recipient for 2000. Ramasar is a faculty member of the New York City Musical Theater Summer Intensive of Joffrey Ballet School.

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