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"Now, as always, there are many gifted dancers in India, but Alarmel Valli is a paragon. Alarmel Valli is that rare thing--the solo performer who puts all others out of mind". -- John Russell, The New York Times |
8 p.m., Saturday, April 26th, 2003
St. Paul Student Center Theater, University of Minnesota
2017 Buford Avenue, St. Paul. MN
Advance tickets are available only at www.khazana.com/tickets
(a secure site).
Advance tickets: $20, general admission. $18, students and seniors
At the door: $23/$21
Buy your tickets in advance. This will be a sold-out performance!
For further information, please call Aparna Ramaswamy at 612.824.1968.
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Alarmel Valli, the foremost exponent of the Pandanallur tradition in Bharatanatyam--a classical dance style from Southern India--comes to Minnesota for one performance only. She is hailed as a creative artist who has extended the frontiers of the dance tradition, evolving a style uniquely her own.
Valli has performed extensively, both in India and in most of the cultural capitals of the world. She has been presented at the Bolshoi Theater (Moscow), the Theatre de la Ville (Paris), the New York Festival of Arts, the Hague Palace for the birthday celebrations of Queen Beatrix of The Netherlands, and as one of the world's three best soloists at the Jerusalem Dance Festival in Israel.
This project is made possible in part by a grant from the National Performance Network Community Fund. Major contributors include the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Asian American Renaissance is a Partner in the National Performance
Network, a group of diverse cultural organizers and artists providing the practice
and public experience of the performing arts in the United States. The NPN serves
artists, arts organizers, and a broad range of audiences and communities across
the country through commissions, residencies, culture-centered community projects
and other artistic activities.