Natya
Dance Theatre is a world-class arts
organization, recognized nationally
and internationally for its rigorous
training, its transforming and topical
choreography and the highest international
artistic standards. Accolades for
Natya Dance Theatre include seven
NEA Choreography Awards, an Emmy
Award for a PBS special, the Chicago
Dance Achievement Award for 2003
and many international honors. Natya
Dance Theatre recently collaborated
with Welz Kauffman, Ravinia CEO and
virtuoso pianist for two sold-out
performances. NDT partnered with
Yo-Yo Ma, the Silk Road Ensemble
and the CSO at Chicago's Millennium
Park for an audience of 13,500. "Sita
Ram", the first rock opera of
the Ramayana was created in collaboration
with LookingGlass Theatre and the
Chicago Children's Choir and had
a sold-out, 22-performance run. When
NDT performed at the World Music
Institute in Manhattan, a New York
Times review stated, "The …exceptional …Ms.
Rajagopalan was triumphant…and…was
an enticing mixture of restraint
and abundance, but above all she
was a regal sight, daring in her
simplicity." "Alakshaya:
The Invisible Veil", was a ground-breaking
work premiered at the Dance Center
Columbia College Chicago.
NDT
has conducted over thirty concert
tours of the United States and Canada
and often performs abroad with annual
performances in India. NDT has received
recognition at the International
Dance Festival in Paris, the UN in
Geneva and the International Dance
Festival in Switzerland. |
