Venue: Dance City, Temple Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 4BR
Date: 18th February 2006
Time: The performance starts at 7.30pm
Tickets: £10 for adults and £5 for concessions, to purchase tickets please call
Dance City Box Office: - 0191 261 0505
For further info – 0191 4404124 or visit our website www.GemArts.org
Sonia Sabri is amongst the brightest and most inspirational of British born Indian dancers working today. This February GemArts and Dance City are bringing her new performance ‘RED’ to the North East. The show marks the first South Asian dance event to take place at the newly opened venue.
Sabri is part of a new generation of professional Kathak artists. Derived from the word ‘katha’, meaning the ‘art of storytelling’, Kathak dancing employs a combination of dancing, acting and singing making it one of the most dynamic performing arts in the world. Her work revisits the traditional structures of this classical North Indian dance, while integrating it with contemporary ideas and modern movement.
‘...a fine dancer, intense and intelligent...with her own drive and powerful personality...brimming with promise...make sure you catch her.’ The Times, UK
Through a combination of vigorous dance, arresting visual design and evocative music, her new show explores the cultural significance of the colour RED. The performance opens up our interpretations and associations with fire, heat, ritual and passion by breathing music and movement into language.
“…RED is a first class show…Sabri’s choreography climbs to extraordinary heights…cool, sharp brilliance...one of the greatest talents of contemporary Indian dance" Ballet Tanz
The Sonia Sabri Company was formed in 2001 with a desire to present classical Indian dance in a new light, without diluting its essential purity and integrity. The re-awakening of classical dance has proven exciting and relevant to audiences of all ages and cultural backgrounds from around the world.
RED unites mesmerising spins, rapid footwork and exquisitely detailed hand gestures alongside the driving rhythms, evocative trance beats and subtle melodies of a live musical accompaniment. A unique blend of musical genres such as Indian classical, Indian folk, Sufi, jazz and blues are employed to resonate the emotional and symbolic significance of the colour RED. The integration of dancers and musicians within the physical performance space is rare.
‘...such incredible musicality, it was impossible not to gaze in wonder and adoration…an uplifting crescendo of music and dance.’ Dance Europe
Performed by three dancers RED is both a physical and emotional expression of the human condition. Recognised for her enchanting stage presence, grace and musicality Sonia Sabri has been hailed by international critics as the 'leading light in the revival of Indian classical dance’.
Previous projects have included collaborations with Bivouac Dance Company, Kathak Collective, Utsaha and Brumhalata Intercultural Storytelling Company. Sonia has also performed Kathak to a diverse range of compositions by renowned and well-loved composers such as J.S. Bach, Thelonious Monk, Stevie Wonder and others based on Fusion music.
The creative team includes Sonia (choreographer); her husband Sarvar Sabri; composer and World Class Tabla Artist; designer Jaqueline Gunn and lighting designer Charles Balfour. In addition to performing and choreographing her own productions, Sonia is a teacher of Kathak dance and regularly undertakes various workshops, lecture demonstrations and residencies nationally and internationally.
Dance Workshops
Sonia will also be hosting dance workshops before the event where participants will have an opportunity to try Kathak under her guidance and skill. The workshops will be free and open to everyone who would like to be involved. (details below)
‘A dynamic performer with her own spin on the Indian classical tradition … makes you live it in the here and now.’
Metro, UK
The performance; organized by GemArts and hosted by Dance City, marks the start of an exciting partnership between the two organizations.
Vikas Kumar
Projects Manager
GemArts - Creating and Profiling Diverse Arts
Address: GemArts, Old Town Hall, West St, Gateshead, NE8 1HE
GemArts Presents RED by Sonia Sabri
Venue: Dance City, Temple Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 4BR
Date: 18th February 2006
Time: The performance starts at 7.30pm
Tickets: £10 for adults and £5 for concessions, to purchase tickets please call
Dance City Box Office: - 0191 261 0505
For further info – 0191 4404124 or visit our website www.GemArts.org
Sonia Sabri is amongst the brightest and most inspirational of British born Indian dancers working today. This February GemArts and Dance City are bringing her new performance ‘RED’ to the North East. The show marks the first South Asian dance event to take place at the newly opened venue.
Sabri is part of a new generation of professional Kathak artists. Derived from the word ‘katha’, meaning the ‘art of storytelling’, Kathak dancing employs a combination of dancing, acting and singing making it one of the most dynamic performing arts in the world. Her work revisits the traditional structures of this classical North Indian dance, while integrating it with contemporary ideas and modern movement.
‘...a fine dancer, intense and intelligent...with her own drive and powerful personality...brimming with promise...make sure you catch her.’ The Times, UK
Through a combination of vigorous dance, arresting visual design and evocative music, her new show explores the cultural significance of the colour RED. The performance opens up our interpretations and associations with fire, heat, ritual and passion by breathing music and movement into language.
“…RED is a first class show…Sabri’s choreography climbs to extraordinary heights…cool, sharp brilliance...one of the greatest talents of contemporary Indian dance" Ballet Tanz
The Sonia Sabri Company was formed in 2001 with a desire to present classical Indian dance in a new light, without diluting its essential purity and integrity. The re-awakening of classical dance has proven exciting and relevant to audiences of all ages and cultural backgrounds from around the world.
RED unites mesmerising spins, rapid footwork and exquisitely detailed hand gestures alongside the driving rhythms, evocative trance beats and subtle melodies of a live musical accompaniment. A unique blend of musical genres such as Indian classical, Indian folk, Sufi, jazz and blues are employed to resonate the emotional and symbolic significance of the colour RED. The integration of dancers and musicians within the physical performance space is rare.
‘...such incredible musicality, it was impossible not to gaze in wonder and adoration…an uplifting crescendo of music and dance.’ Dance Europe
Performed by three dancers RED is both a physical and emotional expression of the human condition. Recognised for her enchanting stage presence, grace and musicality Sonia Sabri has been hailed by international critics as the 'leading light in the revival of Indian classical dance’.
‘…graceful…charming…an absolute electrifying performer.’
Pikomalan Sanomat, Finland
Previous projects have included collaborations with Bivouac Dance Company, Kathak Collective, Utsaha and Brumhalata Intercultural Storytelling Company. Sonia has also performed Kathak to a diverse range of compositions by renowned and well-loved composers such as J.S. Bach, Thelonious Monk, Stevie Wonder and others based on Fusion music.
The creative team includes Sonia (choreographer); her husband Sarvar Sabri; composer and World Class Tabla Artist; designer Jaqueline Gunn and lighting designer Charles Balfour. In addition to performing and choreographing her own productions, Sonia is a teacher of Kathak dance and regularly undertakes various workshops, lecture demonstrations and residencies nationally and internationally.
Dance Workshops
Sonia will also be hosting dance workshops before the event where participants will have an opportunity to try Kathak under her guidance and skill. The workshops will be free and open to everyone who would like to be involved. (details below)
‘A dynamic performer with her own spin on the Indian classical tradition … makes you live it in the here and now.’
Metro, UK
The performance; organized by GemArts and hosted by Dance City, marks the start of an exciting partnership between the two organizations.
Vikas Kumar
Projects Manager
GemArts - Creating and Profiling Diverse Arts
Address: GemArts, Old Town Hall, West St, Gateshead, NE8 1HE
Telephone: 0191 440 4124
Mobile: 07957 668 774
Email: vikas@gemarts.org
Website: www.GemArts.org
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