Ring Around the Rose – Chitrakaavya Dance

In this interactive and “wiggle-friendly” performance, Chitrakaavya will introduce the audience to the expressive movement vocabulary of Bharatanatyam, a classical dance form with deep cultural roots. The performance will also feature a special excerpt from their work From the Cauvery to the Colorado: A River Runs Through It, which will be showcased later that evening as part of RDT’s Link Series. Chitrakaavya Dance is a Salt Lake City-based non-profit that conceptualizes movement as visual poetry. Artistic Director, Srilatha Singh, has a Ph.D. in Mathematics in 3-manifold topology, which deals with geometry of spaces and the same fascination with geometry is imbued in her passion for Indian Classical Dance. She enjoys choreographing to unexplored themes, and teaching and presenting history, mythology, rhythm, mathematics, poetry, and theatre, all through the medium of Bharatanatyam. Chitrakaavya Dance fosters innovation and excellence in this dance form, and nurtures inter-cultural conversations using the medium of performing arts, to educate, elevate and entertain. Chitrakaavya Dance is a winner of the Salt lake City Mayor’s Artist Award in 2023.