October 25, 2024 | 7:30PM
International House
A solo work performed and choreographed by 2024 Guggenheim Fellow Hari Krishnan, representing the Karnatak (South Indian classical music) tradition, and accompanied by four musicians. Love Songs is a performance and interactive lecture-demonstration that explores poetic and progressive ways of embodying love, sexuality, and eroticism in Bharatanatyam dance.
Artists:
Hari Krishnan, choreographer and dancer
Professor Davesh Soneji, conductor and rhythmic vocalist
Vaaraki Wijayaraj, vocalist
Kajajeyan Pararasasegaram, mridangam
Mithuran Manogaran, violinist
Rex (Rajavairan Rajendran), costume & visual design
Co-sponsored by the Department of Music and the International House Global Voices Performing Arts Series, with support in part by the Birendra K. and Anila Sinha Fund for Indian Performing Arts at International House.
Free admission. RSVP requested.
Persons with disabilities who may need assistance should contact International House in advance of the program at 773-753-2274 or i-house-programs@uchicago.edu.