Free South Indian Dance Performance In San Leandro Thursday

SAN LEANDRO, CA — The Abhinaya Dance Company will give a free performance at the San Leandro Main Library this Thursday, Aug. 16 from 7-8 p.m.

The Abhinaya Dance Company of San Jose was founded by its Artistic Director Mythili Kumar in 1980 to present innovative and professional quality performances of South Indian classical dance forms. Since 1986, Abhinaya has staged several full-length dance dramas choreographed by Mythili Kumar such as Shiva, the Cosmic Dancer (1986), Jwala the Immortal Flame (2011), Gandhi (2012), and the recently acclaimed, Arjuna (2014).

Abhinaya has been awarded several grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and from state and city agencies. The company has collaborated with Kathak and modern dance companies including Japanese Taiko drummers, ShadowLight Theater, and a Balinese gamelan ensemble.

The company has appeared several times in the San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival and in several different Asian Performing Arts Festivals and Abhinaya dancers have toured India as well as several U.S. cities.

For more information about the event, please call the Library Information Desk at 510-577-3971.

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