M A N D A L A

International Dance Day

mandalarts — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 18:10:33 +0000

International Dance Day 2012

Come celebrate with us on SUNDAY, APRIL 29TH, 2012 from 3:00pm-4:00pm at the Dance Center (Granville & Davie).

Sunday April 29, 3 to 4 p.m.

bharata natyam performances with Kiruthika Rathanaswami, Arno Kamolika and Malavika Santhosh presented by Jai Govinda, artistic director of Mandala Arts and Culture. Please visit the Dance Centre’s website for the schedule of the week long celebration!

www.thedancecentre.ca

Announcing Gait to the Spirit 2012

mandalarts — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 17:25:14 +0000

Dear members, dancers, students and dance lovers…..

After 2 successful festivals, with sold out performances, Mandala is very happy to announce it’s third festival of Indian classical dance: GAIT TO THE SPIRIT 2012 , from October 26 to October 29 at the Scotiabank Dance Centre. International artists confirmed are bharata natyam dancer SAVITHA SASTRY and odissi dancer SHALINI PATNAIK. MALLAVIKA SANTHOSH from Vancouver will also premiere a new bharata natyam repertoire. Other artists, activities and final schedule are yet to be announced. Stay tuned for more news about this exciting festival.

GAIT TO THE SPIRIT 2012 – OCTOBER 26 to 29 – SCOTIABANK DANCE CENTRE

Jai Govinda

Managing Artistic Director

Notice of AGM

mandalarts — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 07:11:40 +0000

Happy New Year!

Mandala Arts and Culture will be holding its Annual General Meeting on Saturday, February 11, 2012, from 2pm to 3pm at the Scotiabank Dance Centre. All members, parents, and students are invited to attend.

Also on that day, the Jai Govinda Dance Academy will have open doors to all of the bharata natyam classes for guests to sit and watch from 10am to 2pm. You can bring family and friends to watch the classes, but kindly not that you must have a membership with Mandala Arts and Culture to attend the AGM at 2pm.

Saturday February 11, 2012:

10am Beginner 1 – 7th floor – Raneeta Gopal

10am Beginner 2 – 4th floor – Rena Boggaram

11am Intermediate – 4th floor – Jai Govinda

12pm Yoga – 4th floor – Jacci Collins

1pm Advanced – 4th floor – Jai Govinda

2pm AGM - 4th floor – Mandala Arts & Culture

We look forward to seeing you there. Again very best wishes for the New Year.

Mandala Arts and Culture (604-874-8985) www.mandalarts.ca

mandalarts — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 00:02:07 +0000

Dear students and parents,

The Academy’s bharata natyam classes will resume again on Saturday January 14 – 2012. New registration forms and fee will have to be paid at the reception desk of the Scotiabank Dance Centre. The schedule of classes remains the same as 2011.

Those who take weekly private classes with Jai Govinda and Rena Boggaram are requested to confirm the day and time of their classes with their respective teachers. Those classes will start from Monday January 16 – 2012 onwards.

Very best wishes for a Happy New Year! Peace.

The Jai Govinda Dance Academy.

A R A N G E T R A M

mandalarts — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 22:32:31 +0000

Choreographing Change

mandalarts — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 07:50:56 +0000

Vancouver, B.C. December 1, 2011
Norman Rothstein Theater, 8 p.m..

Arno Kamolika of Mandala Arts and Culture will perform bharata natyam for the 25 anniversary dance gala of the “Dancer transition resource centre”; “Choreographing change”. Also on the program, Ballet British Columbia, Goh Ballet and dancers from “So you think you can dance”.
www.dtrc.ca

Gait to the Spirit – After the Show

mandalarts — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 07:47:24 +0000

Priyadarsini Govind with Jai Govinda at the Gait to the Spirit Festival 2011

Rahul Acharya and Jai Govinda

To read a detailed review of Mandala Arts & Culture’s 2011 Gait to the Spirit Festival, please link to: http://www.pulseconnects.com/content/GaitSpiritFestival4

TICKETS NOW ON SALE!

mandalarts — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 00:37:24 +0000

TICKETS NOW ON SALE!!! BHARATA NATYAM – OCTOBER 29 Priyadarsini Govind and orchestra: On sale at The Shadbolt Centre, Banyen Books. $25 and $22: General and students and seniors — only a few seats left! The tickets for that show are reserved seats. ODISSI – OCTOBER 28 Rahul Acharya: On sale at Banyen books and the Academy. $22 and $20: General and students and seniors Festival seating. BHARATA NATYAM – OCTOBER 30 Kiruthika Rathanaswami; Tickets for that performance will be sold on the day of the show at the reception. Give what you can. (suggested $5.) Not to be missed… come early!

Global Dance Connections: 10x10x10 October 12-15

mandalarts — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 18:08:22 +0000

Our Global Dance Connections contemporary dance series begins with 10x10x10: Ten choreographers. Ten composers. Ten new works. It pairs ten local choreographers with music by ten BC composers, to create an evening of ten-minute works inspired by their personal experiences of Vancouver.

The choreographers and composers are: Amber Funk Barton and John Korsrud; Delia Brett/MACHiNENOiSY and Jacqueline Leggatt;Byron Chief-Moon/CoyoteArts and Jeffrey Ryan; Jennifer Clarke and Leslie Uyeda; Noam Gagnon/Co. Vision Selective and Ed Henderson; James Gnam/the plastic orchid factory and Stephen Chatman; Joe Laughlin/Joe Ink and Marcus Goddard; Su-Feh Lee/battery opera performance and Barry Truax; Josh Martin/The 605 Collective and Tobin Stokes; and Alvin Erasga Tolentino/Co.ERASGA and François Houle.

Wednesday-Saturday October 12-15 at 8pm at Scotiabank Dance Centre. Tickets $28/$20 students & seniors from Tickets Tonight: 604.684.2787 or book online. Produced with the Canadian Music Centre BC Region.

Alvin Erasga Tolentino & Sujit Vaidya

DANCE CENTRE OPEN HOUSE

mandalarts — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 22:05:54 +0000

“OPEN HOUSE” at the Dance Centre on Saturday September 17 at 2 p.m. at the Scotiabank Dance Centre.

A FREE live lecture demo on bharata natyam with Jai Govinda and performances by Arno Kamolika, Malavika Santosh and Puja Nair…..

For a full events schedule, please visit the dance centre website at:

http://www.thedancecentre.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=524:scotiabank-dance-centre-open-house&catid=1:latest