CULTURAL DANCE BLAST 2009 18TH April 2009 7.30pm De Montfort Hall, Leicester Ticket Box Office: 0116 233 3111 A new and exciting dance production from Leicester's leading dance organisation, Nupur Arts. Showcasing Leicester's very own talent, experience dances full of spectacular energy, visually stunning costumes and great new choreography. The show promises to present a variety of dance styles, from Contemporary to Bollywood dance, from the old to the new, offering an enjoyable evening for all of the family. Tickets: £10 (£8) Family Ticket Offer £30.00 available from De Montfort Hall. Web: www.demontforthall.co.uk For further information contact Nupur Arts Tel: 07801 365779 Email: info@nupurarts.org.uk
Enjoy an eclectic mix of Indian Classical dance, Hip-Hop, Folk dance and Bollywood all rolled into one amazing evening, celebrating Leicester's diverse cultures of dance. With beautiful costumes, lavish energy and extraordinary music, this show has something for everyone! Includes Leicester City Schools' Raas Garba Competition 7.00pm 14th April 2008 DE MONTFORT HALL, Granville Road, Leicester LE1 7RU Tickets: £10 (£8) £30 Family TIcket Tickets available from Nupur Arts staff Tel: 07801 365 779
NUPUR ARTS PRESENTS BEYOND THE FIVE SENSES A South Asian Contemporary Dance production exploring the experience, strength and imagination pertained through the loss of one of the human senses. Posing questions of what it is to dance without one of the five senses, and what may be beyond these five senses, the dance work looks at experimenting with new conventions and movement ideas. The production will present innovative work from young British Asians that reflect the contemporary age in which they live and operate. Choreography by Chitraleka Bolar and Jade Yeow Directed by Smita Vadnerkar
PERFORMANCES Every year Nupur Arts hold a major production in which all students partake, in order to show their talents to the community. Information and pictures of present and previous projects are shown below: 27th / 28th October 2006 at Leicester Haymarket Theatre BOMBAY VIBES 2: A Vision of Bollywood A multi-media dance production depicting Britain's love affair with the Bollywood industry. The experience of Bollywood is brought to the stage, spiced up with lavish film dance sequences, dynamic choreography, and colourful costumes. Promising to be bigger and better than Bombay Vibes 1, this is a show not to be missed!!

 

	BOMBAY VIBES at Watersmeet 3.00pm Sunday 8th October 2006 in aid of Hospice Charity High Street, Rickmansworth Hertfordshire WD3 1HJ Box Office Tel: 01923 727391
Nupur Arts representing Leicester at NATIONAL YOUTH DANCE PERFOMANCE - 10 JULY 2005 Nupur Arts Youth Group were selected to perform in the regional events that took place across the country in Feb'05, from which only 11 groups would get to perform and participate in workshops at the Birmingham Hippodrome and Birmingham Royal Ballet and DanceXchange studios. Nupur Arts Youth Group got through to the final eleven by presenting a high quality Bharat Natyam dance piece, and will be representing Leicester at the National Youth Dance Performance on 10 July 2005. Date: 10 July 2005 Time: 7pm Venue: Birmingham Hippodrome Tickets: £7.00 (£5.00 concessions) Group Discount: Buy 10 Tickets Get 1 Ticket FREE Box Office: 0870 730 1234

TUE 15 - WED 16 MARCH NUPUR ARTS took part in "DIVINE" a Leicester Haymarket Theatre production celebrating the faiths of Leicester. This spectacular event directed by Paul Kerryson featured Gospel choirs, rhythmic drumming,dance and storytelling. Nupur Arts presented three new pieces as part of the 'Divine' performance, representing different Indian faiths of Leicester - Punjabi, Marathi, Gujarati, as well as presenting a professional Bharat Natyam dance piece. Nupur Arts also joined Leicester's Studios of Performing Arts, teaching students of Ballet, Tap, and Modern dance a Bhangra piece, which they performed along with the Nupur Arts Youth Group.

The Trick of the Crow. This production will bring to you a powerful adaptation of stories from the "Panchtantra," a collection of old stories full of wisdom and morals dating from nearly twenty two centuries ago. Stories from the Panchtantra reflect the importance of high moral values coupled with worldly wisdom, teaching people about trust, loyalty, friendship, intelligence and wit, with the use of animal characters of the forest. This project also involves bringing a diverse community together through workshops, storytelling and of course community performances, all leading up to final theatre productions. Through these old fables of India, all people of the community, young and old can learn how to tell stories through dance, introducing them to another form of expression. This scheme will also help promote fitness through dance within the community. Nupur Arts want to spread the fun and goodness of dance and these stories, to all people of the multicultural society, and aim to bring different cultures to together. To do this, we are available for workshops in dance and storytelling in and around Leicestershire, and would also like to give people a preview of the final show. A powerful South Asian Dance production based on moral fables from The Panchatantra. A performance punctuated with exquisite dance, colour and music For further information, or to book us for workshops and additional shows, please contact Smita Vadnerkar (Artistic Director) on 07801 365 779.

The Jungle Book was a production involving 50 children from the age of 6 and above. This colourful South Asian dance adaptation of The Jungle Book, was performed three times in 2003/2004, and was produced in collaboration with many schools of Leicester. The productions took place at Abbey Primary School, Rushey Mead Secondary School and The Y Theatre, and were all a great successs.

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