VEIL OF JANKI BAI

Chitresh Das Dance premieres a new work on November 7-9 at ODC Theater in San Francisco, Veil of Janki Bai - a Kathak dance-drama and multimedia performance inspired by the life and legacy of one of Hindustani music’s earliest recorded female artists, Janki Bai, AKA Chhappan Chhuri (one with fifty six gashes).

Co-Artistic Directors, renowned kathak artist and choreographer, Charlotte Moraga (Choreographer) and award-winning filmmaker Alka Raghuram (Dramaturg, Multimedia Artist), joined by Bay Area Indian classical vocalist Saneyee Purandare Bhattacharjee (Composer) and Sudhakar Vaidyanathan on tabla and will feature the dancers of Chitresh Das Dance.