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Archived events:
July 6, 2018, Museum of Civilization, Ottawa: Kathak performance as part of ‘Aashirvad’ program in honour of Pt. Birju Maharaj
July 29, 2018, 1:00 p.m., Waterfront Neighbourhood Centre Dance Studio:
Celebrate the 30th anniversary of Bageshree’s Arangetram with a special program of favourite dance pieces
August 9, 7:00 p.m., Toronto Music Garden:
Performance of ‘Satyam,’ as part of the Summer Music in the Garden Series. With Vineet Vyas on Tabla and Rajib Karmakar on Sitar
Sept. 23, 4 p.m., Ross Citadel Centre for Dance, Toronto:
First in a three-part audience outreach series as part of Pratibha Art’s Diasporic Dance Initiative
Oct. 27, 8 p.m., Ismaili Centre, Toronto:
‘Dhamaar’ — a Kathak dance performance with Vineet Vyas on Tabla
Dec. 1, 8 p.m., Aga Khan Museum, Toronto:
World premiere of ‘The World of Jahanara,’ a new dance-theatre piece in homage to the late Jahanara Akhlaq
Archived events for 2017:
FRIDAY, AUGUST 11:
A Canadian Dream: Hockey Night in Indo-Canada: performance at the Festival of India Ottawa, City Hall, Ottawa, 8:00 p.m.
*In partnership with Sampradaya Dance Creations
www.festivalofindiaottawa.org
Saturday, August 12:
In My Indian Dream: performance at Aroha Fine Arts Festival, Shenkman Arts Centre, Ottawa, 7:00 p.m.
Featuring Joy Anandasivam (guitar), Simon Cote-Lapointe (keyboards), Sundar Viswanathan (saxophone/flute), and Derek Gray (drums).
A special Outreach Event also takes place Saturday, May 13, 2017 at 1:00 pm and 3:00 pm, QEP Community and Cultural Centre, 2302 Bridge Road, Oakville, featuring a free dance workshop.
May 26-27, 2017:
Satyam, an Indian opera commissioned by Opera Nova Scotia, Dunn Auditorium, Halifax, Nova Scotia
www.nsopera.org
ARCHIVED EVENTS:
TARANA — a concert in tribute to the late Pandita Veena Sahasrabuddhe
Presented in collaboration with the High Commission of Canada to commemorate the 150th anniversary of Canada
This concert will feature performances by Bageshree Vaze (Kathak dance), Vineet Vyas (Tabla), Guru Pt. Jaikishan Maharaj, Shri Deepak Maharaj (Kathak), Nasir Khan (Sarangi), and Sami Ullah Khan (Vocal/Harmonium), and dancers Irina Biryakova and Artur Przybylski
Featuring address by His Excellency Nadir Patel, High Commissioner of Canada
Venue: Stein Auditorium, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi
Date: Wednesday, March 15, 2017
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Tuesday, June 7, 2016: Remount of Paratopia at the Canada Dance Festival, La Nouvelle Scene, Ottawa, 8:30 p.m. For more info visit www.canadadance.ca
PARATOPIA – 21st century Kathak Dance production presented by DanceWorks
DANCEWORKS presents Indian and urban dance styles in an exciting new production choreographed by Bageshree Vaze. The program will feature excerpts from past works such as Tarana, Avatar (9), and the CanAsian Dance Festival commissioned-work In My (Dis)Place, along with a new commissioned group work entitled Paratopia.
Inspired by The Matrix movies (which were inspired by Indian philosophy), Paratopia combines Kathak rhythms and dance with Urban/Hip Hop beats and choreography, featuring Toronto dancers Bageshree Vaze, Danny McArthur, Daniel Gomez and Samantha Schleese, tabla drum artist Vineet Vyas, Dora Award-winning composer Phil Strong, video/animation artist Elysha Poirier, and Human beat-box artist KillaBeatz. Kathak Dance Star Anuj Mishra from Lucknow, India will also perform in the production.
Date and Time: April 23-25th, 2015, 8 p.m.
Venue: The Harbourfront Centre Theatre (formerly known as the Enwave Theatre), 231 Queens Quay West, Toronto (parking available on site).
Tickets: $19-37, can be purchased through the Harbourfront Centre Box Office at (416) 973-4000 and online at www.harbourfrontcentre.com
For more info please visit www.bageshree.com and www.danceworks.ca
Archived Events:
*Friday, Nov. 14th, 8 pm, Maja Prentice Hall, Burnhamthorpe Library Theatre, Mississauga: Bageshree performs Kathak dance, accompanied by Vineet Vyas on Tabla and Rajib Karmakar on Sitar. Details at www.iccclub.ca
* Saturday, Dec. 6th, Theatre Rouge du Conservatoire, Montreal: Performance of Kathak dance by Bageshree, Vineet Vyas on Tabla, Rajib Karmakar on Sitar. Hosted by the Kabir Cultural Centre. Details at www.centrekabir.com
Archived events:
Saturday, July 5, RedPath Stage, Harbourfront Centre, 6 pm: Bageshree performs Kathak dance along with Vineet Vyas on tabla and Qais Khan on Rebab, as part of the South Asia Calling Festival. A Kathak dance workshop will also take place in the daytime.
Thursday, July 24, Toronto Music Garden, 7:00 pm: Bageshree performs a vocal Hindustani classical concert ‘Music from the Gardens of India,’ as part of the Harbourfront Centre’s Summer Music in the Garden series, with Vineet Vyas on Tabla.
Saturday, August 9, Festival of India Ottawa: Bageshree and Raagini Dance company members perform at the Festival of India in Ottawa
Archived Events from Fall 2013:
Friday, Sept. 21 and Saturday Sept. 22, 5 pm: Bageshree performs her Kathak dance work ‘Twilight’ as part of Dusk Dances’ collaboration with the Fort York ‘Common Ground’ festival, Toronto
http://duskdances.ca/en/season2013_Fort_York.php
Saturday, Sept. 28, 4 pm, Yonge-Dundas Square, Toronto: Bageshree Vaze’s Global Bollywood as part of the Small World in the Square music festival
www.smallworldmusic.com
Saturday, Oct. 19: Pratibha Arts produces and presents ‘Diwali — A Night to Remember’ in aid of the Toronto General Western Hospital Foundation, Carlu Hotel, Toronto
Sunday, Oct. 27: Bageshree Vaze’s Global Bollywood as part of the Sound Symposium’s World Sound Festival, LSPU Hall, St. John’s, NL, featuring an all-star cast of Newfoundland/East Coast musicians: Bill Brennan (keyboards), Scott Mansfield (Drums), Brad Jefford (guitar), Mark Peddle (Bass), Chris Harnett (saxophone/flute) and Vineet Vyas on tabla.
www.soundsymposium.com
Archived Summer 2013 Events:
Sunday, June 30 —
2:00 pm — ‘In the Darbar': Bageshree performs Kathak dance with tabla by Vineet Vyas, Harbourfront Studio Theatre, as part of Canada Day Weekend celebrations
www.harbourfrontcentre.com
4:30 pm — ‘Mudra’ an exciting performance and collaboration of Indian classical dance performed by Raagini Dance with street dance artist Lady Fly Di, choreography by Bageshree Vaze, Diana Reyes and Sean Frederick, RedPath Stage, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto
July 29-Aug. 4 — Bageshree performs as part of the World Alliance Dance festival and conference, Scotiabank Dance Theatre, Vancouver
Friday, Aug. 9 — Bageshree and ensemble perform as part of the Festival of India, Ottawa
2012 Archived Events:
Sat. Nov. 17 — ‘Global Bollywood’ music show and Kathak Dance performance, featuring Vineet Vyas, Raya Bidaye, Sundar Viswanathan, Kevin Laliberte, Chris Gartner, Rakesh Tiwari and Andrew Kesler, Marathi Mandal Diwali Dhamaka, Michael Power School, 105 Eringate Drive, Etobicoke, 4:30 pm
Sept. 22 — Workshop on Indian classical dance, Yonge-Dundas Square (as part of Small World in the Square festival), 1:45 p.m., Toronto
Sept. 29 — Regina, Saskatchewan
Oct. 16 — Performance of Kathak dance and ‘Global Bollywood,’ as part of the Women’s Film Festival, Arts and Culture Centre, St. John’s, NL
Oct. 23 — Lecture demonstration on Indian classical arts, as part of the ‘South Asian Performing Arts’ Course, University of Toronto (Scarborough), 12-1:30 p.m.
July 31-Aug. 5, Dusk Dances, Withrow Park — featuring a new Kathak dance piece ‘Twilight’
www.duskdances.ca
“Ragas and Rhythms; Global Bollywood” CD Release Concert — Thursday, Aug. 23 at 8:00 p.m. onwards, at Hugh’s Room, 2261 Dundas Street West. Tickets are $10 advance/students/seniors, and $15 at the door, and can be booked by calling (416) 531-6604. For more info visit www.hughsroom.com and www.bageshree.com.
July 2, 3:30 p.m., Redpath Stage, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto: Bageshree performs as part of ‘Global Bollywood,’ a musical extravaganza highlighting Indian film music from the 1950s until now. Featuring Vineet Vyas (tabla), Dylan Bell (keyboards, vocals), Chris Gartner (Bass), Kevin Laliberte (guitar), Alex Mine (drums), and Jaron Freeman-Fox
July 6, Burnhamthorpe Library Theatre — Classical Dance and Music
July 15, Toronto Music Garden — From the Gardens of India, also featuring Vineet Vyas on tabla, and Joy Anandasivam on guitar
‘DAMARU | MUDRA’
May 25-26, 2012, Enwave Theatre, Harbourfront Centre
Toronto, ON (April 2012) – Indian dance and contemporary movement join forces in an exciting new production, ‘Damaru|Mudra’, premieres at Toronto’s Enwave Theatre, Harbourfront Centre (231 Queens Quay West), May 25 and 26, 2012 at 8 pm.
A part of Harbourfront Centre’s 2011|12 Next Steps Dance Season, ‘Damaru|Mudra’ is a dance- music-theatre production exploring the theme of ‘Tandava|Lasya’ or the masculine vs. feminine in Indian culture. The masculine is embodied through rhythmic footwork, and the damaru, the cosmic drum of the Hindu God Shiva. The feminine is featured through lyrical movement and mudra, or the stylized hand gestures unique to Indian dance.
Choreography|Performance: Bageshree Vaze & Andrea Nann Music: Phil Strong (Mudra) and Vineet Vyas & Bageshree Vaze (Damaru) Lighting Design: Roelof Peter Snippe Dramaturgy|Costume Design: Peter Chin
Enwave Theatre, Harbourfront Centre, 231 Queens Quay West, Toronto May 25-26, 2012, at 8 pm
$28 or $25 (Next Steps package), $18 (Seniors), and $15 (Students|CADA). Tickets may be purchased through the Harbourfront Centre Box Office at 416- 973-4000.
www.bageshree.com www.harbourfrontcentre.com
Events Archive (2011 and earlier):
Oct. 2011 — remount of Avatar (9) as part of NewWorks Season, Roundhouse Theatre, Vancouver
AVATAR (9)
CONTEMPORARY KATHAK CHOREOGRAPHY
MAY 27-28, 2011 – ENWAVE THEATRE, HARBOURFRONT CENTRE
AS PART OF THE NEXTSTEPS DANCE SEASON, A DANCEWORKS COWORKS SERIES EVENT
www.harbourfrontcentre.com
7th Annual Anokhi Magazine Gala
Bageshree is part of the magazine’s ‘Sexy and Successful’ honor roll, and performs as part of the Awards gala
Feb. 4, 2011, Liberty Grand Theatre, Toronto, 8 p.m.
www.anokhimagazine.com
10th Annual CanAsian International Dance Festival
Feb. 24-26, 2011, 8 p.m., Fleck Dance Theatre, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto
www.canasiandancefestival.com
KalaNidhi Contemporary Indian Dance Festival
March 18, 2011, 8 p.m., Fleck Dance Theatre
www.kalanidhifinearts.org
Bollywood Divas :
Luminato – Toronto festival of arts + creativity
http://www.luminato.com/2010/events/202
June 11th, 2010
Fusia Magazine Launch @ Veritas Lounge – Toronto
March 20th & March 21st, 2010:
Kalanidhi Fine Arts of Canada presents Kathak Weekend in Toronto
http://www.kalanidhifinearts.org/files/knfa.htm
April 11th, 2010:
Passage to India re-visits Vankleek Hill, Ontario
http://www.prescott-russell.on.ca/tourism.jsp?section=tourism
May 1st, 2010:
Carleton University, Ottawa – 7pm
Kalaashram presents Vasantostav – Kamani Auditorium, New Delhi – Featuring Bageshree Vaze and Vineet Vyas – Feb .7th, 2010
“PASSAGE TO INDIA”
Strings and Rhythms of North India
World premiere of ‘Yoga’ video :
at Lula Lounge, – 1585 Dundas St. W.,Toronto November 1, 2009, 7:00p.m. onwards.
‘Passage to India’ will feature the release of Bageshree’s new video ‘Yoga,’ from the Tarana cd, which has received rave reviews. The cd is a breakthrough display of music for Indian dance, and the video features yoga postures and Kathak choreography. Featuring a special ‘squishy lens’ to artistically enhance the choreography, the video is directed by Erica Shallow, and the cinematography is by award-winning Arthur E. Cooper. Vaze’s first video ‘Deewana’ won Outstanding Canadian music video at the 2006 ReelWorld Film festival.
May 30th 2009:Halifax, NS – Maritime Conservatory, Chebucto Rd:
concert with Pt Ramesh Misra – Sarangi, solo and Kathak dance with Vineet Vyas on Tabla
May 31st 2009:St. John’s NL – Petro- Canada Hall, Memorial University
concert with Pt Ramesh Misra – Sarangi, solo and Kathak dance with Vineet Vyas on Tabla
June 20th – Kitchener – Waterloo Multicultural Festival
June 21st – Westben Barn Theatre
June 28th – Burnamthorpe Library Theatre, Mississauga
Aug. 1st – Collingwood Music Festival – Collingwood, ON
Aug. 4th – Westben Barn Theatre, Campbellford, ON
Aug. 9th – Music in the Garden – Harbourfront -Toronto
CBC RADIO 1
SOUNDS OF THE SEASON
WITH BAGESHREE VAZE, VINEET VYAS AND SHRI VIJAYA VYAS
DEC 5TH, 2008 – 4PM
FOLLOWED BY BARENEAKED LADIES
LIVE AT GLENN GOULD THEATRE
“IN AKBAR’S PALACE”
Kathak dance and choreography by Bageshree Vaze
In a Dance Works CoWorks’ series event :
November 29, 2008, at 8:00 p.m. and on Nov. 30th at 2:00 p.m. at the Studio Theatre, Harbourfront Centre, as part of the 2008/09 Dance Works CoWorks Series.
The concert will feature the new works set to Tarana in the first half, and a traditional Kathak dance presentation accompanied by live music in the second half. “IN AKBAR’S PALACE” takes place Saturday, Nov. 29th at 8:00 p.m. and Sunday, Nov. 30th at 2:00 p.m. at the Studio Theatre, York Quay Centre, 235 Queens Quay West. Admission is $17 advance/students/seniors, and $20 at the door.
For tickets contact Harbourfront Centre Box Office:
(416) 973-4000
Free Lunchtime Concert Series:
Oct. 1, 2008
Richard Bradshaw Ampitheatre, C.O.C
A Tapestry of Indian Rhythm
Vineet Vyas and Bageshree Vaze
http://www.coc.ca/performances/concerts_october08.html
Debut Atlantic Concert Series
performances across the Atlantic provinces:
Oct. 18th -Oct. 30th, 2008
http://www.debutatlantic.ca/pages/current_season.html
Masala! Mehndi! Masti!
Headliner on opening night: Main Stage
7pm at Bandshell Stage CNE Place
25th July, 2008
featuring special guests artists:
Joy Anandasivam – Guitar, Rich Brown – Bass
Varun Vyas – Drums, Catherine Potter – Flute
Vineet Vyas – Tabla
and special dancers
Niagara Folk Arts Festival
May 24th, 5pm
Montebello Park, St. Catherines, On
Bageshree Vaze : Kathak, Vineet Vyas: Tabla
Raya Bidaye: Harmonium, Adam Duncan: Sitar
2nd Annual CSICM Asian Heritage Month Concert
May 30th, 8pm
101 Centrepointe Drive, Ottawa, Ontario – $15 Students, $20 Adults
“IN THE DARBAR”
MAY 4TH, 2008
Studio Theatre, Harbourfront Centre
An Intimate Evening of North Indian music and dance Toronto on May 4, 2008, at 5:30 p.m. at the Studio Theatre, Harbourfront Centre, the first concert in Small World Music’s May South Asian Music Series. This evening will feature Steve Oda on Sarod, Vineet Vyas on Tabla and Bageshree Vaze will perform Kathak dance. Please see Press Release for more details.
For tickets: 416 973 4000
Tickets: $15 advance/students/seniors
$20 at the door
‘Taal Works’ — An Evening of Dynamic Rhythms and Dance from North India
Featuring Tabla Solo by Shri Vineet Vyas
Kathak by Smt. Bageshree Vaze
You are cordially invited to a unique evening of tabla by Vineet Vyas, disciple of legendary tabla maestro Padma Vibhushan Pt. Kishan Maharaj, and Kathak by Bageshree Vaze, disciple of Jai Kishan Maharaj.
Also Featuring Shri Ajay Joglekar on Harmonium and
Smt. Aparna Deodhar on Sitar
Venue: The Mysore Association Hall, Bhadaji Road, Near Maheshwari Udhyan, Matunga (CR), Mumbai 400019
Date and Time: January 30, 2008 at 7:00 p.m.
Come and witness the ‘Benares’ Gharana of tabla, and the Lucknow style of Kathak, by these two Indo-Canadian talents for the first time in Mumbai.
Info: 9323191539, 9890871825
Nov. 18th, 2007
Pratibha Arts Presents:
TARANA — Cd Release Concert for the New Breakthrough Album by Bageshree Vaze
Enwave Theatre, Harbourfront Centre, 231 Queens Quay West
Tickets: $12 advance/students/seniors, $15 at the door
Come and celebrate the launch of an exciting album of ‘visual music’ featuring songs adapted and arranged for Indian classical dance, sung by one of the country’s finest dance and music artists Bageshree Vaze, also an MTV India ‘rising star’ The show will feature choreography of songs from the album, and live Kathak, featuring Vineet Vyas on tabla Guest artists include Hemant Panwar, Reshmi Chetram, Mohan Singh and Ron Allen.
Events Archive cont.:
Sept. 27th, 2007
Vocal music and Kathak dance by Bageshree Vaze, and tabla by Vineet Vyas
University of Toronto, Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Building
12:10 p.m.
Accompaniment by Gurinder Singh
Aug. 18, 2007
Festival of South Asia, Toronto
March-May 2007 — touring and teaching in various schools in Ontario as part of the ‘Artists in Education’ program
March 29, 2007 — University of Toronto, Scarborough
Aug. 19-20, 2006 — Festival of South Asia, Toronto
July 29, 2006 — Sivananda Ashram, Val Morin, PQ
May 26, 2006 — Al Green Theatre, Toronto, as part of the Small World Music May festival
Aug. 13, 2006 — Toronto International Dance Festival
April 9, 2006 — Varanasi, in front of the esteemed Pt. Kishan Maharaj Jun, 5, 2004
April 16, 2007 — ‘Red Festival,’ Lula Lounge, Toronto
Jun, 12, 2004
Showcase of Kathak and Chhau dance, the Yoga Studio, Toronto (416) 516-9246 for information
Jun, 14, 2004
Bharatha Natyam dance as part of the Annual Anandam Theatre Fundraiser, Cervejaria, Toronto
Jun ,16, 2004
Showcase of dance as part of the Red Cabaret, an eclectic evening of Toronto’s multicultural artists, Lula Lounge.
Jun, 19, 2004
Showcase of Kathak and Chhau, the Downward Dog Yoga Centre, Toronto
Jul, 3, 2004
Collaboration of Kathak and Flamenco dance, Harbourfront Centre, Toronta
Aug, 7, 2004
Showcase of dance and music as part of Masala! Medndi! Masti! festival, Harbourfront Centre Mainstage,
Aug.10-14, 2004
‘Jahanara’ a new choreography, the Artword Theatre Alternative Space, Toronto
Mar. 27, 2004
Classical Kathak as part of the Kala Nidhi International Dance Festival, Premiere Dance Theatre, Toronto.
Feb. 27, 2004
Showcase at ‘Velocity’, Mumbai
Feb. 21, 2004
Appearance at Planet M, Mulund, Mumbai
Feb. 11, 2004
Planet M, Jaipur
Feb. 10, 2004
Bageshree makes an appearance at Planet M, New Delhi
Feb. 7, 2004
Pune (location TBA)
Feb. 6, 2004
Bageshree performs songs from her album at Velocity Club, Tardeo, Mumbai. The performance will be
telecast on ‘etc’ channel
Jan. 31, 2004 — Mikano’s, Mumbai
Bageshree performs live.
Jan. 25, 2004 — Aurangabad
Classical Bharata Natyam performance
Jan. 23, 2004 — Pune
Dance performance by Bageshree
Jan. 22, 2004– Planet M, Pune
Bageshree performs for the first time in India songs from her self-titled debut album just released by Crescendo Music, in her hometown of Pune.
Sept. 15, 2002 — Brampton Heritage Theatre, 5 p.m.
Bageshree performs music from her CD and Kathak dance. Bageshree performs new choreography featuring the stories of strong women in history.
Aug. 31, 2002 — York University, Burton Auditorium
Bageshree performs Bharata Natyam as part of the Kala Nidhi Fine Arts festival.
Aug. 18, 2002 — Harbourfront Centre, 4 p.m.
Bageshree performs music from her CD.
Aug. 17, 2002 — Cumberland Auditorium, Ottawa
Bageshree performs Bharata Natyam, Kuchipudi andKathak. Organized by the South Indian Cultural Association of
Ottawa.
Aug. 16, 2002 — Harbourfront Centre’s Brigantine Room
Bageshree releases her debut CD Bageshree.
Aug. 10, 2002 — Downward Dog Yoga Studio, 735 Queen St. West
An evening of Kathak by Bageshree, accompanied by Ravi Naimpally on tabla. By donation.
Aug. 2, 2002 — Fly Club, 8 Gloucester Street
Bageshree performs as part of Funkasia.
July 10-13, 2002 — St. John’s, Newfoundland
Bageshree performs with popular fusion group TASA as part of the Sound Symposium, and debuts her new choreography ‘The Cosmic Rhythm of Time’.
June 28, 2002 — Centennial College
Bageshree performs an array of Indian dance styles: Bharatha Natyam, Kuchipudi and Kathak.
June 23, 2002 — 805 Dovercourt House
Bageshree talks about her ongoing choreography projects as part of a Kala Nidhi Fine Arts symposium.