February 2-3, 2018 in 3400 Main St, Houston TX February 10, 2018 in Mexican Heritage Plaza, San Jose. February 11, 2018 in Cubberley Theater, Palo Alto Sukanya Chakrabarti, Actor Written by: Mahesh Dattani. Directed by: Lillette Dubey. From the Facebook Event page (link)… GAUHAR traces the story of one of India’s first mass media superstars at the turn of the last century! An Armenian Christian who later converted to Islam, Gauhar Jaan was a naturally gifted musician with a wide repertoire. One of the earliest women artists who seized the…
Conference of the Birds
September 9-11, 2016, Mexican Heritage Plaza, San Jose, CA. Sukanya Chakrabarti, Actor and Dancer From the Facebook Event page (link)… Thirty artists representing ten dance traditions spanning four continents feature in a vibrant, multi-sensory interpretation of the timeless Sufi quest narrative – The Conference of the Birds. EnActe Arts and Sangam Arts present a contemporary interpretation of the 12th century Persian poet Farid Attar’s magnum opus – an inspirational parable about the painful but beautiful human journey towards understanding. Hoopoe the wise one calls for a conference of hundreds of…