Every year, Natyalaya stages several productions, ranging from traditional Bharathanatyam dance dramas to more contemporary musicals.
All India Dance Festival
Sunday July 7, 2024, 2 pm
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall, NYC
This year, we are among a select group of troupes invited to perform in Carnegie Hall in New York City! We are very grateful for this opportunity to grace one of the grandest historic theaters in the United States with our choreography. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for our dancers!
We have a group of around 20 traveling and staying in New York for the show with hefty out-of-pocket expenses, and we also need to pay our teachers, choreographer, and studio rental fees. Any small amount would help us defray costs. We appreciate your help!
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Past Productions
Meera: the way of the storm
Meera Bai, a princess of yore, gave her heart to Lord Krishna when she was but a child. She devoted her life to the Lord, seeking to be one with the divine, and breaking many social norms for her love. She refused to conform to the expectations of royal women, wives, and widows, instead following her heart. In her time, she was an outcast, yet today we know her as a trail blazer and social reformer. She produced incredible art, built a strong following, and did not hesitate to call out powerful men who took advantage of uneducated commoners. A poetess, a singer, a devotee dedicated to Krishna… and above all a woman of strength who dared to live life on her own terms… Meera Bai chose the way of the storm.
Seonee: The Jungle Book
Follow Young Mowgli as he grows up in the Seonee Jungle and learns the ways of the animals! Young Mowgli enters the Wolf Pack and is taken in by Akella, but the terrifying Shere Khan the Tiger is back and has sworn to take over Akella’s kingdom and kill Mowgli. As Mowgli goes to the human village to see his own kind, Shere Khan and Tabaqui, his jackal sidekick, plan to attack Akella. How will Mowgli protect the pack from the vicious Shere Khan as Akella grows old— and how will he save the Jungle once and for all?