CALENDAR

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August 18-21
Indo-American Arts Council Dance Festival
including events at Chase Plaza and the Alvin Ailey Theater
www.iaac.us

September 20
Pratham event
Boston Chapter
www.pratham.org

Winter 2009
Residency
Institute For Diversity in the Arts, Stanford University

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Workshop With Parijat Desai
Contemporary Indian Dance
Sundays: July 13, 20, 27 And August 3
Time: 4:00-5:30p
Location: Raízes do Brasil Capoeira Brooklyn
347 Flatbush Avenue at Park Place, 2nd Floor
Q to 7th Avenue | 2/3 to Grand Army Plaza Station
Event Details

Friday, May 23 and Sunday, May 25, 8pm
La MaMa Moves! Dance Festival Program Name: "NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL"
La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club
First Floor Theatre
74A East 4th Street
New York, NY 10003
Tickets: $15 | $10 for students/seniors
Box Office: 212-475-7710
www.lamama.org
Event Details

************************** 2007 **************************

National Performance Network Annual Meeting
ArtBurst (for conference attendees)
Saturday, December 8, 9:30am
New Orleans Center for Creative Arts (NOCCA) | Riverfront
New Orleans, LA
npnweb.org/site/annualmeeting2007

Benefit for Asako Takami
November 11, 6:30pm, $25
Unitarian Church of All Souls
1157 Lexington Avenue @ 80th Street
New York, NY
www.odissi.blogspot.com

Women's World Banking Fundraiser
Friday, November 9
Guest of Honor: Ela Bhatt (Founder of Seva)
New York, NY
www.swwb.org

PDDC New York Season
October 18-20
Thursday-Saturday, 8:30pm
$15.00 ($10.00 Danspace Project Members)
Danspace Project
St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery
131 East 10th Street
New York, NY 10003
Info: 212-674-8112
Reservations: 212-674-8194
www.danspaceproject.org
Event Details

Downtown Dance Festival
August 26
1-4pm (to see PDDC, please arrive by 2:30pm)
The Lawn at Battery Park
Adjacent to the corner of State and Pearl, 1 to South Ferry; 4/5 to Bowling Green; R to Whitehall
New York, NY
www.batterydanceco.com

Desilicious Fundraiser for PDDC!
Sholay Productions and Curry Club NYC Present:
Desilicious: Freedom Fling!
Saturday, August 18
Doors Open 10pm
Club Shelter
150 Varick St (btwn Van Dam and Spring) | C/E to Spring | 1 to Houston St
ADMISSION: Regular admission is $15. But! Mention Parijat Desai Dance Company at the door, and get in for $10 all night. $5 of your cover will be donated to the dance company. P.S. I'm doin' a little somethin' somethin' at midnight.
http://www.sholayevents.com | 212.713.5111
Event Details

Saturday, April 28, 3:00 pm
PDDC Informal Showing
w/ post-performance Q&A
Speyer Hall, University Settlement
2nd Floor
184 Eldridge Street (at Rivington Street)
New York, NY
Suggested donation, $5

Saturday, March 24, 4:30 pm
Armand Hammer Museum, UCLA
Preview ArtWallah Event
presented MCorp and UCLA
(invite only)

Monday March 19-Friday, March 23
Skirball Cultural Center
Residency and Performances
Evening Shows:
Thursday, March 22, 8:00 p.m.
Friday, March 23, 8:00 p.m.
$18 General, $15 Skirball and Dance Resource Center Members, $10 Full-Time Students
2701 N. Sepulveda Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90049
(310) 440-4500
www.skirball.org
Event Details

Friday, February 1, 7:30pm
Performance for Jump Associates
Hotel Healdsburg
Healdsburg, CA
www.jumpassociates.com

Sunday, January 21, 7:15-7:30pm
Arts Presenters Conference
Pentacle Gallery Showcase
New York City Center
130 West 55th Street
between 7th and 8th Avenues
New York, NY
www.artspresenters.org
www.pentacle.org

************************** 2006 **************************

Friday, December 1, 8pm
Migritude, by Shailja Patel ODC Theater
3153 17th St @ Shotwell St
San Francisco, CA 94110
Box Office: 415-863-9834
Box Office Hours: 2pm -5pm, Wed-Sat
San Francisco, CA
www.odctheater.org

Sunday, November 5, 5pm and 8pm
Migritude, by Shailja Patel
Bay Area Premiere
La Pena Cultural Center
Hecho en Califas Festival
3105 Shattuck Avenue (@ Ashby)
Berkeley, CA 94705 USA
510-849-2568
[3 Blocks from Ashby BART station]

Saturday, October 28
Performance: Migritude
UC Merced
Merced, CA

October 23-27
Artist Residency for Migritude
with Shailja Patel, Kim Cook
World Cultures Institute
University of California, Merced
Merced, CA

Sunday, September 24
PDDC Company Audition
Trisha Brown Studios
Studio #4
625 W. 55th Street, 2nd Floor
New York, NY 10019
Click here for event details and/or e-mail info@parijatdesai.org for details.

June 24
ArtWallah Festival
Japan America Theater
Los Angeles, CA
7:30 - 10pm
www.artwallah.org/festival
Event Details

Saturday, May 13, 8pm
PDDC Performance
Northwestern University
Marjorie Ward Marshall Dance Center
Ballroom Studio Theatre
Evanston, Illinois
Free
Event Details

Also on May 13
Lecture/Demo (with participation)
Northwestern University
Marjorie Ward Marshall Dance Center
Ballroom Studio Theatre
11am-1pm

Friday and Saturday, April 7-8, 8:30 pm
Out of Space @ BRICstudio
copresented by Danspace Project
57 Rockwell Place, 2nd Fl
Brooklyn, NY 11217
www.briconline.org/bricstudio
Event Details

Sunday, January 22, 7:45 pm
Arts Presenters Conference
Pentacle Showcase
New York City Center
130 West 55th Street
between 7th and 8th Avenues
New York, NY
www.artspresenters.org
www.pentacle.org

************************** 2005 **************************

December 8 Performance with Kathak Artist, Vaishali Trivedi
for Artwallah Sponsor, Con Edison
Cultural Diversity Affinity Group Luncheon
Diamond Palace
Diamond Bar, CA
1 pm
www.vaishalitrivedi.com
www.artwallah.org

Friday, December 2 An Evening of Inspirational Performance to benefit the
PARIJAT DESAI DANCE COMPANY
CounterPULSE
1310 Mission Street (at 9th)
San Francisco, CA 94103
8:00 pm
http://www.counterpulse.org
Suggested donation: $10-$200
(No one turned away for lack of funds. To volunteer, contact Susan at info@parijatdesai.org or at 510-848-2267.)
Event Details

November 2 Solo performance at the IDSA DesignAbout
hosted by Hewlett Packard, www.idsa.org
Dinah's Garden Hotel, Palo Alto
7:30-9 pm

October 29 UCLA Parents' Weekend performance
Amber Studio, Glorya Kaufman Building, UCLA
2:30 pm

October 22
WAC is Back
Amber Studio, Glorya Kaufman Hall, UCLA
1-5 pm

August 29-September 23 Parijat working with choreographer David Roussève at UCLA
September 29-December 10
PD teaching at UCLA’s Department of World Arts and Cultures
www.wac.ucla.edu

Friday, August 19
Performance at Passport Fridays
Queens Museum of Art, Flushing Meadows Corona Park
6:30pm, FREE
www.queensmuseum.org, 718-592-9700
[7 train to Willet Point/Shea Stadium, +15 min walk to museum]
Open Rehearsals in the Triangle Gallery:
Saturday, August 13, 4-7PM
Tuesday, August 16, 6-9PM (with musicians)
Thursday, August 18, 6-9PM (with musicians)
*To attend rehearsal, please RSVP at info@parijatdesai.org*
Event Details

July 17-August 19
Dance in Queens Residency
PDDC in residence at Queens Museum of Art
www.queensmuseum.org, www.topazarts.org

May 22
Demonstration, UCLA Department of World Arts and Cultures, Studio 214, 1 PM

May 20-21
Dance Conversations 2005: Indian Dance in California
Ektaa Center, Irvine, CA
www.ektaacenter.org

************************** 2004 **************************

December 1,3
The Other Festival; Chinmaya Heritage Centre
Harrington Road, Chetpet, Chennai, India
www.theotherfestival.com

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