Indian Dance and Music event in Traverse City, Michigan

The Dennos Musuem Center at Northwestern Michigan College in Traverse City will present the Nrityagram Dance Ensemble in collaboration with the Wharton Center at MSU on Sat, March 20 at 8:00 pm in the Milliken Auditorium.

So what is Nriyagram Dance Ensemble?

The Nrityagram Dance Ensemble is much more than just a dance company. It is a crucible of inspiration and ideas, a coming together of creative minds. It is a space where dancers, musicians and choreographers live together for years, developing their skill, perfecting their technique and complementing their learning of dance with a study of mythology and the epics, Sanskit and yoga, meditation and the martial arts.

Tickets for this event are $25 in advance, $28 at the door, $22 for Museum members. Tickets may be be purchased by calling 231-995-1553 or on line at www.dennosmuseum.org.

In addition to the public performance, the Nrityagram Dance Ensemble will be performing two concerts during the day for schools in Milliken Auditorium on March 19. For more information contact Diana Bolander at 231-995-1029.

Opening in association with the dance concert will be a photographic exhibition on Varanasi, India by Chicago based photographer Larry Snider. An exhibition preview will take place at the Dennos for concert goers from 7-8 before the dance concert.

"The Sky Below" to be screened at Michigan State University

"The Sky Below" a documentary film which looks back at the division of India and Pakistan back in 1947, will be screened on March 18th in Room B106 of Michigan State University's Wells Hall. Admission is free. Director Sarah Singh of "The Sky Below" will be present at the screening. A Q&A and a reception will follow the film.

(via Lansing City Pulse)

Tarang 2009 - Evening of Raas, Garba and Bhangra

This post is kind of late but then I was just informed of it.

Asha for Education at MSU, a chapter of an international non-profit organization that is dedicated to raising money to support education for the underprivileged in India presents Tarang 2009 on January 24th from 7 to 11 pm at Demonstration Hall, Michigan State University, Lansing, MI.

Tarang 2009 is a evening of Garba/Raas/Bhangra dance. It's a dance event where people including students and adults from the community come out and dance to different Indian cultural music. MSU Raas team will be giving a special performance.

There's more information at Asha for Education (MSU chapter) website.

Satrang - Indian Cultural Show at MSU

Coalition of Indian Undergraduate Students from Michigan State University present "Satrang - 13th Annual Cultural Show"

Date: April 4th, 2008
Time: 7.00 PM
Venue: Michigan State University Auditorium, East Lansing, MI (map and directions)

Check out Satrang 2008 website for more details

Miss India USA - Michigan Connection

Richa Gangopadhyay (21) who studies at Michigan State University has been crowned Miss India USA 2007 in a beauty pageant held at Royal Albert's Palace, Fords in New Jersey, USA.

Rediff.com reports

Richa, 21, is in her final year at the Michigan State University majoring in Dietetics and Nutrition and enjoys dance, music and movies.

She also bagged the title of Miss Photogenic, and was crowned by the outgoing queen, Ayushka Singh.

Richa will represent USA in the 17th Annual Miss India Worldwide Pageant, also organised by IFC, to be held on February 23, in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Global Drum Project Event at Michigan State University

Zakir Hussain along with Mickey Hart, Sikiru Adepoju and Giovanni Hidalgo will be on the campus of Michigan State University on October 20th, 2007.

Date: Saturday, October 20, 2007 at 8 PM
Venue: Cobb Great Hall, Wharton Center for the Performing Arts, MSU Campus
Tickets: $38, $28, $23 for general public, $15 for students
For tickets and more information check out Wharton Center, MSU website.

This from the MSU Event Site:

New music from the group that brought you the Grammy Award winning Planet Drum. Global Drum Project reunites Grateful Dead percussion heavyweight Mickey Hart with his longtime friend and collaborator, tabla master Zakir Hussain, along with talking drum ace Sikiru Adepoju and the formidable conguero Giovanni Hidalgo. Planet Drum was released in 1991 and went on to earn the first-ever Grammy® in the World Music category. “This is a deep drumming groove. We’re taking the archaic rhythm worlds into outer space. Planet Drum explores rhythm and noise; it’s a sound yoga of processed acoustic percussion headed straight for the trance zone that becomes a dance of ancient and modern worlds. Deep drumming is a skeleton key into these realms.” - Mickey Hart