"Bahu-Beti-Biwi" (Daughter-in-law, Daughter, Wife) (Dance/Theatre)

A solo tour de force combining dance, stirring vocalization and percussive text that glides between humorous portraiture and active resistance.

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Sheetal Gandhi‘s career has spanned genres and disciplines for the last fifteen years.  She worked as a creator and performer in Cirque du Soleil’s Dralion, and toured with the international cast from 1999-2001. Gandhi was Co-Artistic Director of the modern dance company California Contemporary Dancers in San Francisco from 2001-2004.  Her solo and group work has been presented in theaters and festivals around the country and in Mexico, Canada, Ghana, Israel and India.  Her New York credits include: leading role in the Broadway production of Bombay Dreams, Stephen Schwartz’s Children of Eden at the Paper Mill Playhouse, and the revival of Hair. She draws on her strengths and professional successes from the subway platform to the Broadway stage to create work that blurs cultural and disciplinary boundaries, promoting intercultural understanding through artistic excellence. Most recently, Gandhi spent 3 weeks in Bali on an Asia Pacific Performance Exchange (APPEX) intercultural artist residency. 

For more information, visit her at www.sheetalgandhi.com

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