Kampani Tradition Meets Modernity
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Saturday 28 July 8pm, The Opera House, Wellington Bookings: 04 384 3840 or www.ticketek.co.nz
Beautiful motifs of traditional Indian dance collide with experiments in rhythm, design and original music, flowing
together to form STEM Dance Kampani’s world famous signature style.
STEM (Space Time Energy Movem
ent) began in 1995, to explore and create new expressions in dance. Today, it has emerged as one of India’s leading
contemporary Indian dance companies, recognized for its lyrical and dynamic performances both in India and abroad.
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STEM ’s Founder- Director/ Choreographer, Madhu Nataraj believes that, “dance needs to move away from the shackles of
rigidity to become more meaningful”, so STEM strives to create a dance vocabulary which explores the limitless
possibilities of the human form.
Madhu Nataraj studied Kathak (a traditional Indian dance form with strong theatrical roots) from her mother,
internationally acclaimed Kathak dancer/choreographer Guru Maya Rao, and from Smt. Chitra Venugopal and Guru Munna
Shukla.
Madhu graduated with distinction from the Natya Institute of Kathak and Choreography and has done her post graduation in
Journalism. She was initiated into Contemporary Dance by Betty Jones, Sara Pearson, Karen Potter, Jose Limon centre and
trained in New York. Madhu believes that tradition and modernity need to co exist and that reflects in her Dance
ideology.
Don’t miss this one night only performance with one of India’s premiere dance company.
STEM DANCE KAMPANI - TRADITION MEETS MODERNITY
Venue The Opera House, 111-113 Manners Street, Wellington
Date & Time 28 July 2007, 8.00 pm
Ticket Prices $35/25
Artists STEM Dance Kampni, an Indian Contemporary Dance Group from Bangalore, India
www.arasta.co.nz www.stemdancekampni.in
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