2010 upcoming events
  • Saturday, February 27 at 6pm
    Due to the unforeseen circumstances, Asha — An Evening of Hope has been postponed.The President and Founder of Lotus Rising Foundation needed to travel to India on an emergency basis to attend to pressing legal matters surrounding custody of a minor child. We apologize for the inconvenience. All completed ticket purchases will be refunded. Thank you for your support and understanding.
  • Saturday, April 10 at Noon and Sunday, April 11 at 4pm Natya Dance Theatre at Peabody Essex MuseumAt PEM the Natya Dance Theatre presents excerpts of its signature work Shakti Chakra (The Cycle of Energy), a philosophical take on cyclical nature of life through the classical medium of Bharata Natyam and Margam (The Path), a work that explores a soul’s journey in life as a friend, a young lover and a spiritual entity.

    Peabody Essex Museum (Atrium)
    East India Square
    161 Essex Street
    Salem, MA 01970
    Information: www.pem.org; 978-744-3390
  • Saturday, April 10 from 1-1:45pm Workshop with Natya: Step Inside the Story!Discover a contemporary approach to Bharata Natyam: the classical Indian dance style. Learn the warm up sessions using yoga postures and basic rhythmic foot patterns along with hand gestures, eye movements and poses Explore the similarities and differences between Bharata Natyam and Western classical dance styles!

    Peabody Essex Museum (Atrium)
    East India Square
    161 Essex Street
    Salem, MA 01970
    Information: www.pem.org; 978-744-3390
  • Saturday, April 10 from 2:30-3:30pm Natya in ConversationJoin Krithika Rajagopalan, principal dancer of Natya in a conversation that highlights thematic treatments of universal value through Bharata Natyam.

    Peabody Essex Museum (Morse Auditorium)
    East India Square
    161 Essex Street
    Salem, MA 01970
    Information: www.pem.org; 978-744-3390
  • Saturday, May 8 at 3pm Natya Dance Theatre School Annual DayStudents from the Natya Dance Theatre School perform.

    North Central College
    Pfeiffer Hall
    30 North Brainard Street
    Naperville, IL 60540
    Information: 312-212-1240; bill@natya.com; www.northcentralcolledge.edu
  • Friday, May 21 Natya Dance Theatre Company performs
    Ruth Page Center for the Arts
    1016 North Dearborn Street
    Chicago, IL 60610
  • Saturday, May 22 Natya Dance Theatre Company performs
    Ruth Page Center for the Arts
    1016 North Dearborn Street
    Chicago, IL 60610
  • Monday, May 31 World Premiere by the Natya Dance Theatre CompanyThe Natya Dance Theatre premieres a work based on the sage poets. Presented by the Chicago Tyagaraja Utsavam.

    Hindu Temple of Greater Chicago
    10915 Lemont Road
    Lemont, IL 60439
  • Friday, July 2 Arangetram (solo debut) of Mayuri Chandran
    Chennai, India. Details to follow.
  • Saturday, July 31 at 5pm Arangetram (solo debut) of Anika Dutta
    North Shore Center for the Performing Arts
    9501 Skokie Boulevard
    Skokie, IL 60077
    Driving Directions: 847-673-6300; www.northshorecenter.org
  • Sunday, August 1 at 3:30pm Arangetram (solo debut) of Navya Kamath
    McAninch Arts Center at College of DuPage
    425 Fawell Boulevard
    Glen Ellyn, IL 60137
    Driving Directions: 630-942-2800; www.cod.edu
  • Sunday, August 8 at 3pm Arangetram (solo debut) of Lavanya Iyer
    McAninch Arts Center at College of DuPage
    425 Fawell Boulevard
    Glen Ellyn, IL 60137
    Driving Directions: 630-942-2800; www.cod.edu
  • Saturday, August 14 Arangetram (solo debut) of Vinaya Soundararajan
    McAninch Arts Center at College of DuPage
    425 Fawell Boulevard
    Glen Ellyn, IL 60137
    Driving Directions: 630-942-2800; www.cod.edu
  • Saturday, August 28 Arangetram (solo debut) of Maegha Saraf
    Bolingbrook High School
    365 Raider Way
    Bolingbrook, IL 60440
    Driving Directions: 630-759-6400; www.bolingbrook.com
  • Saturday, August 28 at 8pm
    Shakti Chakra — The Energy CycleThe Natya Dance Theatre Company performs its signature work, which presents the five activities of the Divine, according to Eastern philosophy: creation, sustenance, protection, purification and dissolution.

    Skokie Theatre
    7924 N. Lincoln Avenue
    Skokie, Illinois 60077
    Tickets and Driving Directions: 847-677-7761; info@skokietheatre.com
  • Saturday, October 23 at 7:30pm and Sunday, October 24 at 3pm
    Natya Dance Theatre Company performs
    Cindy Pritzker Auditorium
    Harold Washington Library Center (lower level)
    400 South State Street
    Chicago, IL 60605
    Tickets: 312-212-1240; bill@natya.com
    Driving Directions: 312-747-4396; www.chipublib.org