EVENTS OF 2008

Manipuri Dance Visions Ensemble pays homage to late Guru Bipin Singh (1918-2000) by recreating his original choreography of Gita Govinda on his ninetieth birth anniversary.

Dancers:Alma Cielo, Naila Azad, Krishnakali Dasgupta, Sohini Ray.
Actors:Rabeya Sen, Berkeley Sanjay
Musicians:Samar Das, Sudakshina Alagia, Radha Prasad.

Krishnagi Wari
Invited show in City heights Dance Festival, San Diego

Manipuri Dance Visions Ensemble performs at
City heights Dance Festival
on Friday August 7, 2008
City heights Weingart Library and Performance Annexe
San Diego, California.

Krishnagi Wari: Stories of Krishna in Manipuri Dance

Department of Cultural Affairs, City of Los Angeles
In collaboration with
Heritage Empowered Artists Legacy Inc. (HEAL)
Presents
Krishnagi Wari (Stories of Krishna)
Performed by Manipuri Dance Visions Ensemble
Directed by Sohini Ray
On Friday May 23, 2008 at 8 pm
At Barnsdall Gallery Theater
4800 Hollywood Boulevard
Hollywood, CA 90027

(Near the intersection of Hollywood and Vermont)
Tickets $10, www.bgttix.com

Invited show in Wichita, Kansas

Manipuri Dance Visions Ensemble performs in
The Spring performance series of The Asian Association
at the Twentieth Century Theater
On April 27, 2008 at 6 pm
Wichita, Kansas

Guest Artist at Archana 2008
Manipuri Dance Visions Ensemble performs in Archana 2008
On April 26, 2008 at 8 pm
Presented by India Friends Association
Fred Kavli Theatre in Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza,
Thousand Oaks, California.

Bhaktirasgi Mangal-Khonjel: sounds and lights of devotion

Sohini Ray performs
Bhaktirasgi Mangal Khongel at University of Hawaii show
As a keynote event
On April 9, 2008 at 6 pm
in the 25th Annual South Asia Symposium
"The Body in South Asia" at
South Asian Studies Center at the University of Hawaii at Manoa

Naitom Jagoi series - Inauguration

Manipuri Dance Visions – Institute of Manipuri Dance
Inaugurates its Naitom Jagoi (solo Dance) series with a new solo work

Bhaktirasgi Mangal-Khonjel: Sounds and lights of devotion
(a multi-media presentation in classical Manipuri Dance)

By Sohini Ray
On March 8 2008 at 8 pm
At the Magnolia Dance Space
4 Esther Street, Pasadena CA 91103
Tickets $ 7, Students, Senior and DRC members $5.
More information call Sohini Ray (626)7964784 or e-mail sohiniray@yahoo.com
Tickets at the door

Pasadena Dance Festival

Pasadena Civic auditorium
February 23, 2008 at 4:30 pm
Produced by Lineage Dance Company www.lineagedance.org

Anatomy Riot

on January 14, 2008
in The Open Space, 209 S. Garey St., LA, CA 90012
Produced and Curated by noted choreographer Meg Wolfe