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SUMMARY:Sangam: A Diwali Odissi Recital
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate Diwali—The Festival of Lights—with an exceptional evening of Odissi\, one of India’s oldest and most sacred dance forms. \nWitness mesmerizing performances by Samir Panigrahi and Santosh Ram of India’s renowned Rudrakshya Foundation alongside the talented ensemble of Odissi Vilas from California. This Festival of Lights invites you on a journey through ancient rhythms and timeless traditions\, uniting religion\, philosophy\, and artistry in a deep immersion into the spirit of Diwali. \nSteeped in religion and philosophy\, Odissi is one of the oldest Indian dance forms\, dating back to the 1st and 2nd century BCE. This art form’s graceful and flowing movements have been captured in stone in many temple sculptures throughout Odisha\, the southeastern coastal state where it originated. \nThis evening’s performances will showcase two forms of dance within the Odissi repertoire — Nritta or pure dance\, usually a lyrical composition celebrating a season or a mood\, and Nritya or expressive dance where the dancers use movement and expression to narrate a story\, usually from Hindu mythology. \nSamir Kumar Panigrahi and Santosh Ram are award-winning principal dancers with the Bhubaneswar-based disciples of Guru Shree Bichitrananda Swain\, founder-director of Rudrakshya Foundation. This fall\, they are artists-in-residence with the Bay Area-based nonprofit dance school Odissi Vilas. \nThe duo will perform Guru Swain’s unique choreographies\, which honor the Odissi form and traditions but offer fresh executions of this exquisite and ancient Indian classical dance form. \nThe dancers from Odissi Vilas—Maureen Nandini Mitra\, Gireeja Ranade\, Aparna Krishnamoorthy\, and Manasi Padhi—are disciples of Guru Shri Vishnu Tattva Das\, founder and creative director of Odissi Vilas. While not full-time professional dancers\, they have been immersed in Odissi for more than a decade. \nThey will perform items from the traditional Odissi repertoire associated with the Diwali festival\, which signifies a movement from darkness to light. \n 
URL:https://dresherensemble.org/event/sangam-a-diwali-odissi-recital/
LOCATION:Dresher Ensemble Studio\, 2201 Poplar Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States
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SUMMARY:MEERANAI SHIM + DIANE GRUBBE THE HOLY MARTINS (KASEY KNUDSEN + LORIN BENEDICT + ERIC VOGLER)
DESCRIPTION:Bay Area flutists DIANE GRUBBE and MEERANAI SHIM perform solo and duo works by Robert Dick\, Mario Davidovsky\, Dai Fujikura\, Alyssa Aska\, and The Honourable Elizabeth A. Baker. \nTHE HOLY MARTINS is KASEY KNUDSEN (alto saxophone)\, LORIN BENEDICT (voice)\, and ERIC VOGLER (guitar). They have been playing in this configuration for over 15 years\, during which time the group has explored a broad range of composed music (written by them and by others)\, improvised game pieces\, and collective free improvisation. The nucleus of their approach is rooted in the jazz idiom\, writ large\, but the conspicuous absence of a “rhythm section” pushes the team in directions bordering on the altogether unfamiliar. \nPart of the WEST OAKLAND SOUND SERIES collection
URL:https://dresherensemble.org/event/meeranai-shim-diane-grubbe-the-holy-martins/
LOCATION:Dresher Ensemble Studio\, 2201 Poplar Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241020T190000
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SUMMARY:SILVIA MATHEUS with RIC LOUCHARD LISA MEZZACAPPA: MUSIC FOR MORE THAN A FEW OF US
DESCRIPTION:SILVIA MATHEUS (computer and electronic music composer\, sound artist\, and improviser) teams up with RIC LOUCHARD (pianist\, composer\, and improviser) to create The VisitoR\, a performance where electronics and acoustics meet and interact. \nLISA MEZZACAPPA: MUSIC FOR MORE THAN A FEW OF US \nBassist and composer LISA MEZZACAPPA presents a set of new and newly-arranged works for improvising large ensemble\, featuring members of sfSound\, the oakland reductionist orchestra\, and special guests. \nSarah Grace Graves\, voice\nHallie Smith\, violin\nDiane Grubbe\, flutes\nTom Dambly\, trumpet\nMatt Ingalls\, clarinets\nJoshua Marshall\, tenor saxophone\nRon Heglin\, trombone\nRob Ewing\, trombone\nMonica Scott\, cello\nKathryn Schulmeister\, double bass\nLisa Mezzacappa\, double bass\nBrett Carson\, piano\nChris Cooper\, electronics\nKjell Nordeson\, drums
URL:https://dresherensemble.org/event/silvia-matheus-lisa-mezzacappa-music-for-more-than-a-few-of-us/
LOCATION:Dresher Ensemble Studio\, 2201 Poplar Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241011T190000
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SUMMARY:JOANA HOLANDA + FÁBIO PRESGRAVE / KANOKO NISHI-SMITH + AINE NAKAMURA
DESCRIPTION:Recognized as one the foremost Brazilian musicians of their generation\, FÁBIO PRESGRAVE (cello) and JOANA HOLANDA have been performing versatile and captivating programs with a wide range of aesthetic affiliations. Both musicians are faculty members at Federal University of Natal (UFRN) in Brazil. \nThe duo performs Brazillian-born\, Oakland composer BRUNO RUVIARIO’S Beatriz Suite(2024)\, a 13-movement work written for the duo. Using one the country’s most beloved songs\, Beatriz written by Edu Lobo and Chico Buarque in 1983 for the ballet O Grande Circo Místico (The Great Mystical Circus) as source material\, the work rips apart the original song\, expanding its imagery and emotional landscapes\, cleanly quoting the song as well as transforming it beyond recognition. In addition\, themes from other composers find their way into the work. The duo will also present PAULO CÉSAR VITOR’S short arrangemnt of Beatriz. The concert concludes with Portuguese-born composer JOÃO PEDRO OLIVEIRA’S Enigma (2018)\, a work confronting crossroads\, indecisions and moments of stagnation. To surpass these moments where the creative process seems to “freeze\,” Olivera adds new material based on intuition and chance without logical or rational explanation. It is this mystery\, which is part of composing\, that often revives creative life and makes new ideas flourish. \nThe concert begins with a debut duo performance by AINE NAKAMURA and KANOKO NISHI-SMITH. The two artists recently met in the Bay Area\, and quickly found a shared mission in channeling\, processing and ultimately accepting the complexity and contradictions observed in human nature: the urge to expose and to disguise\, to construct and deconstruct\, to abandon and to protect…seeking and reaching\, through sounding and moving\, beyond language and meanings\, and the physical boundaries of objects and skin\, breaking\, and then mending them. \nPurchase Tickets
URL:https://dresherensemble.org/event/joana-holanda-fabio-presgrave-kanoko-nishi-smith-aine-nakamura/
LOCATION:Dresher Ensemble Studio\, 2201 Poplar Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States
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