- FINAL PRE-EVENT TRIBUTE and OPEN HOUSE TODAY!!!
Starting Saturday March 11 and Sunday March 12th,
Kalanidhi Fine Arts in association with Menaka Thakkar Dance Company
will hold two weeks of FREE Pre-Festival activities
Here are the links to view the Tribute
Kalanidhi Festival Open House
(live streamed from MTDC Studio Theatre in Thornhill ON, Canada)
March 11, 2017 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm EST
Discussion of Festival, clips from upcoming festival performers
https://youtu.be/l2PnTu8SM98
March 12, 2017 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm EST
Discussion of Festival, clips from upcoming festival performers
https://youtu.be/aIcjomxwxwQ
March 12, 2017 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm EST
Tribute to Kalanidhi Founder, Sudha Khandwani
Video Tributes from various artists in India, Canada
Discussion of Festival, clips from upcoming festival performers
https://youtu.be/d8x_3EtW4ok
Attachments area
Preview YouTube video Kalanidhi Open House March 11, 2017 2:00-6:00pm EST
Kalanidhi Open House March 11, 2017 2:00-6:00pm EST
Preview YouTube video Kalanidhi Open House March 12, 2017 12:00 pm -4:00pm EST
Kalanidhi Open House March 12, 2017 12:00 pm -4:00pm EST
This will be the Final event for DANCE ARTISTS and JOURNALISTS to pay tribute to
Founder and Artistic Director of Kalanidhi Fine Arts Sudha Khandwani.
The event will take place in our Studio from 4:00pm to 6:00pm at 11 Glen Cameron Road, Unit #1, Thornhill, ON, L3T 4N3.
Please reserve your seats at admin@kalanidhifinearts.org
or if you choose you can watch from home over the internet from anywhere in the world by clicking on our YouTube link below.- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8x_3EtW4ok
- KALANIDHI OPEN HOUSE
Dance and Music Performances, Artist Interviews, Speakers on Dance
Join us and learn about the exciting line-up of the very talented Canadian and International artists coming to this year's Festival.
We will be interviewing some of them live in the studio and over video through live streaming and they will be sharing their artistic journey, creative process and information about their upcoming performance in the Festival and we will screen some archival videos of past
Kalanidhi Festivals. We have also invited some acclaimed dance critics to share their observations on the development of Indian Dance up to the present time and we will also have some music presentations.
. We will have LUCKY DRAWS and GIVE AWAYS for FREE TICKETS throughout the KALANIDHI OPEN HOUSE weeks.
Today's Events
Saturday, March 11th 2.00PM to 6.00PM - Open House,
Sunday, March 12th 12.00 noon to 6.00PM - Open House & Pre-Event Tribute - Next Events
Check with website before coming
Saturday, March 18th Sunday March 19th 12.00 noon to 6.00pm - Open House
Saturday, March 25th and Sunday March 26th 12.00 noon to 6.00pm- Open House
All Weekdays, from March 13th to 24th 6.00 pmto 9.00pm - Open House
All the Kalanidhi Open House Events and the Final Pre-Event Tribute are FREE.
SEATING IS LIMITED IN THE STUDIO (110+). Please reserve your seats at admin@kalanidhifinearts.org
ORDERING FESTIVAL TICKETS:- Venues:
- Fleck Dance Theatre, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto
- Live Show Ticket Purchase
http://www.harbourfrontcentre.com/nextsteps/kalanidhi-international-festival-of-indian-dance/ - EARLY BIRD SPECIAL - 20% Discount off all tickets at Fleck Dance Theatre - OFFER ENDS MARCH 15TH!!
- Live Streamed Shows
Woodside Square Cinemas,
1571 Sandhurst Cir, Scarborough, ON
TICKETS $20 Order Here - http://kalanidhicanada.eventbrite.com
- MTDC Studio Theatre
11 Glen Cameron Rd. Thornhill ON
Tickets $20 Order Here
Order Here
http://kalanidhicanada.eventbrite.com - . Live Streamed to Home Internet Devices,
Smart Phones, Tablets
Note: Tickets are available anywhere in the world. India Subcontinent has a separate ticketing purchase. Be sure to choose your correct option when the ticketing page opens.
Tickets $10 and $6.50 (India Subcontinent)
Order Here - http://www.kalanidhifinearts.org/cleeng.html
CONTACT INFORMATION FOR FESTIVAL
Telephone: 905-764-7028, Ext. 23, Cell: 647-215-8620, Rasesh Thakkar - Executive Director or
Artistic Director Menaka Thakkar
Telephone: 905-764-7028, Ext. 30, Swati Tripathi, Administrator
email: admin@kalanidhifinearts.org - Karen Dempster - Festival Manager
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CONGRATULATIONS! Dr. Menaka Thakkar
Artistic Director and Founder of Toronto based Menaka Thakkar Dance Company, Nrtyakala - Academy of Indian Dance, and Kalanidhi Fine Arts of Canada. Awards include: DD Women Achievers 2017 for Life Achievement Walter Carsen Prize for Excellence in the Performing Arts (2012) I Love Dance/j’aime la danse Canada’s Award for Dance, Pluralism Award (2012) Governor General's Performing Arts Award for Artistic Achievement for Dance (2013) Face the Arts Award from the city of Toronto and The Toronto Life Magazine (2006) My Bindi Award for favourite dance company (2003) Life Time Achievement Award from Magic Feet Representing the voice of South Asian Youth, Toronto (2001) President’s Award from Indo-Canada Chamber of Commerce (1998) Tri-National Creative Residency Award from the Canada-Mexico joint programme Administered by the National Endowment for the Arts, USA (1997) Honorary Doctor of Letters degree from York University 1993 |
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HELP US MAKE CLASSICAL INDIAN DANCE ACCESSIBLE AND AFFORDABLE IN CANADA AND THROUGHOUT THE WORLD BY MAKING A DONATION TO OUR LIVE STREAMED PROGRAMMING FOR ONE OF OUR THREE INDIAN DANCE ORGANIZATIONS
MAKE A DONATION TO MENAKA THAKKAR DANCE ,
OUR SCHOOL NRTYAKALA INDIAN DANCE,
OR OUR PRESENTING COMPANY
KALANIDHI FINE ARTS OF CANADA,
AND RECEIVE A CHARITABLE TAX RECEIPT.
CLICK ON "DONATE NOW" link to make your donation.
We thank you for your support!
About Our CharityThe Menaka Thakkar Dance Company is known as Canada’s Premier Indian Dance Company not only because it was the first professional Indian dance company to receive funding from the Canada Council but also because of its reputation for excellence in dance exhibited in the quality of dancing and the groundbreaking choreographic work of Menaka Thakkar.
The Menaka Thakkar Dance Company is well-known internationally and across Canada and in Toronto through annual touring nationally and an annual home seasons. In 2012-2013, Artistic Director Menaka Thakkar was honoured with the two major Canadian awards given to an artist in dance - The Walter Carsen Prize for Excellence in the Arts and the Governor General’s Award for Lifetime Achievement.
The Menaka Thakkar Dance Company is the only Canadian company with a large ensemble of home-grown dancers who are graduates of our school. Our company dancers are skilled in many different Indian dance and western dance styles.
The Menaka Thakkar Dance Company is well-known internationally and across Canada and in Toronto through annual touring nationally and an annual home seasons. In 2012-2013, Artistic Director Menaka Thakkar was honoured with the two major Canadian awards given to an artist in dance - The Walter Carsen Prize for Excellence in the Arts and the Governor General’s Award for Lifetime Achievement.
The Menaka Thakkar Dance Company is the only Canadian company with a large ensemble of home-grown dancers who are graduates of our school. Our company dancers are skilled in many different Indian dance and western dance styles.
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Canada's Premiere Indian Dance Company Presents Live-Streaming of
"IN THE FURTHER SOIL" Available to Presenters "In the Further Soil” illustrates the journey that MENAKA THAKKAR has forged in founding the first professional school of Indian dance in Canada as well as forming the first professional Indian dance performance company which became the first culturally diverse dance organization to receive funding from Canada Council for the Arts. The title of this production comes from a poem by Rabindranath Tagore in which he speaks of the Banyan Tree that not only grows in its own soil but reaches its roots to the further soil which is an apt metaphor for the growth of Indian dance in Canada through the activities of Ms.Thakkar. The 2015 encore show will feature 20 company dancers and students from the school performing in classical Bharatanatyam, Odissi and contemporary works. |
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How the LIVESTREAM project came to be:
When Dr. Menaka Thakkar accepted her GOVERNOR GENERAL’S AWARD FOR LIFE TIME ACHIEVEMENT IN DANCE in 2013, she pledged to continue to make her art ever more accessible and affordable by streaming live or encore performances over the internet to multiple distant locations nationally and internationally. Thanks to an Ontario Trillium Grant her vision has become reality. Our new technology can now deliver ground-breaking choreographic works, workshops, artist talks and performances not only to large urban centres, but also to small towns, culturally underserved areas and local neighbourhoods through a chain of appropriately equipped venues including theatres, film centres, public libraries, community centres, universities and colleges. Alternatively we can also bring our events right into the comfort and privacy of one’s own home through laptop computers, tablets and other mobile devices. In addition, internet streaming makes it possible to deliver these works of high art at far lower prices than their primary stage productions just as live streamed shows from the Metropolitan Opera or The National Theatre have done in movie houses. Click here to view the Toronto Star article. Click here to link to all Menaka Thakkar's awards and honours. |
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