nadhi thekkek

Creator | Director | Choreographer

Nadhi Thekkek is a bharatanatyam dancer and Artistic Director of Nava Dance Theatre, a bharatanatyam dance company based in San Francisco. Her work through Nava has been supported by CounterPulse Performing Diaspora, CA$H Grants, Zellerbach Family Foundation, Dancers' Group, East Bay Community Fund and others. Nadhi received her foundational training from Guru Smt. Sundara Swaminathan, AD of Kala Vandana Dance Company (San Jose, CA.) In 2006, she had the opportunity to join Nritya School of Dance (Houston, TX), under Guru Smt. Padmini Chari. As of 2012, she has continued training under Guru Sri. A. Lakshmanaswamy (Nrityalakshana, Chennai.) She returns to Chennai each year to perform in the Annual Music and Dance Festival.
www.nadhithekkek.com

rupy c. tut

Creator | Director | Visual Artist

Rupy C. Tut is an Oakland based visual artist blending mainly two unique traditional art forms: calligraphy and Indian miniature painting. Her work with these two forms has been presented through exhibits, talks and demonstrations at major venues including London City Hall, Stanford University, Asian Art Museum in San Francisco, and Peel Art Gallery and Museum Archives in Toronto, Canada. Tut produces collections that challenge norms of identity and belonging as well document the richness of her experiences as a first generation Punjabi Sikh immigrant. In 2018, she will show a collection on redefining gender roles in major North Indian literary works at Peel Art Gallery and Museum Archives in Brampton, Ontario. 
​www.artbyrupy.com

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