Sva is made possible in part by the Japan Foundation through the Performing Arts Japan Program, the Doris Duke Fund for Dance of the National Dance Project (a program administered by the New England Foundation for the Arts with funding from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, The Ford Foundation, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, JP Morgan Chase Foundation and MetLife Foundation), the American Composers' Forum with Funds provided by the Jerome Foundation, Meet the Composer's Global Connections, the RBC Dain Rauscher Foundation, the General Mills Foundation through the “Celebrating Communities of Color” program, the Travelers’ Arts & Diversity Employee Committee, the Jerome Foundation, the Minnesota State Arts Board through an appropriation from the Minnesota State Legislature and a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council (MRAC) from an appropriation by the Minnesota Legislature.

6 dancers, 4 drummers

A new work by Ragamala and Wadaiko Ensemble TOKARA of Nagano, Japan.
An excerpt of Sva
premiered
at the New Victory Theater, New York City in May, 2007.

Available for touring in the spring of 2008

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