Dance Performances

Dance has the power to explore and share ideas, emotions, and experiences These performances feature a variety of dance styles, each inspired by an element of health, healthcare, or medicine.

Two of the dancers, Shreya Srivistava and Monica Shah, are fellows with the Aseemaka Initiative, a group of artists and scientists who use different forms of traditional dance to tell stories relating to healthcare injustice.

Two of the performers, Kisara Nonaka and Sumire Ishige, are dancers with Barkin/Selissen Project, a New York-based contemporary dance company that develops choreography inspired by complexities of human nature, science, linguistics, and mathematics alike.

The fifth performer, Chloe Chaudhury, is a fourth-year medical student at NYU Grossman School of Medicine who is passionate about community health, advocacy, and dance

Following the performances, we will invite all the performers, joined by choreographer Kyla Barkin, to the stage for a brief talkback. During this time, we will ask for questions from the audience.

We invite everyone to join us in the Schwartz lobby for dessert.

Program:

Shreya Srivastava: Imbalance

Chloe Chaudhury: Study of Reminiscence

Barkin/Selissen Project: Hot Knife in Cold Butter/Flo Through Me (excerpts)

Performed by Kisara Nonaka and Sumire Ishige

Monica Shah: In the Strength of Stillness

Barkin/Selissen Project: Resonant Imaging

Performed by Sumire Ishige

Panel Discussion & Audience Questions Reception