About this Event
EastSide Arts Alliance and NAKA Dance Theater present…
Ghadar Geet: Blood and Ink
by Joti Singh
March 21 at 7 pm
March 22 at 3pm with ASL interpretation
March 23 at 3pm with audio description. Haptic tour begins at 2pm)**
Eastside Cultural Center - 2277 International Blvd. Oakland, CA
Joti Singh will present excerpts of Ghadar Geet: Blood and Ink plus exciting new material in development with 8 dancers and 4 musicians. Singh's Ghadar Geet: Blood and Ink merges dance, poetry, and live music to chronicle the Bay Area's Ghadar Party, a revolutionary force in India's fight for independence from British rule. Rooted in Bhangra and Giddha, traditional Punjabi dances embodying both celebration and resistance, Singh intertwines her diverse dance vocabulary to describe the enduring legacy of anti-colonial struggles.
Drawing inspiration from her great-grandfather, Bhagwan Singh Gyanee, a prominent Ghadar leader and prolific poet, Singh collaborates with singer Ishmeet Narula to compose a distinctive soundtrack. Infusing her own poetry with her ancestor's verses, Singh illuminates the personal inheritance of her family's legacy of art, revolution and resistance. Ghadar Geet: Blood and Ink serves as a bridge connecting generations through the rhythm of struggle and the enduring quest for liberation, revealing the living connections that bind our history to the present.
ACCESSIBILITY:
*Eastside Cultural Center is wheelchair accessible.
*ASL Interpretation offered on Saturday, March 22 only
*Live Audio Description and Haptic Access Tours by Gravity Access Services for visually-impaired audience members on Sunday March 23 only. Haptic tour begins at 2 pm.
*For audience members who are blind or low vision, listening devices are issued which transmit a trained describer’s description of what is happening on stage during pauses in dialogue.
*The 2 pm haptic access tour (20-30 minutes) is a live pre-show tour that allows patrons to experience—through touch and their own movement—the space, performers, costumes and objects in addition to key movement elements in the performance.
*Haptic Tour and audio description headset reservations:To reserve a headset for audio description, please select RSVP w/ Audio Description Headset
*Reservation on EventBrite: HERE
*Or call the EastSide Arts Alliance Box Office, MWF 11-5pm - 510-533-6629.
Photo by Amal Bisharat
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The Gerbode Foundation Special Award in the Arts program, East Bay Community Foundation, California Arts Council and the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Eastside Cultural Center, 2277 International Boulevard, Oakland, United States
