About this Event
5/2 Rowdies in Love @ Jacob’s Pillow: Queer Modern Indian Dance (Becket, MA)
Saturday, 7:30-9:00pm
Doris Duke Theatre at Jacob’s Pillow
358 George Carter Road,
Becket, MA 01223
Hari Krishnan and his company inDANCE return to Jacob’s Pillow to present ROWDIES IN LOVE, a vibrant, sensual work for eight male contemporary dancers that was developed in part during a 2024 Pillow Lab residency. His inventive and rigorous movement vocabulary unites the Indian classical dance form Bharatanatyam with contemporary dance, reflecting queer and global perspectives. This program is an exploration of love is set to an innovative modern soundscape by award-winning composer Niraj Chag.
There is a pre-show talk with a Pillow staff member/scholar that happens 20 minutes before each performance in the Doris Duke Theatre's Jameson Family Lobby.
After the Saturday evening performance only, there is a free post-show moderated Q&A with the artists, so Q-MoB will be meeting for the performance on Saturday May 2 at 7:30.
TICKETS:
$61.50 ($55, plus $6.50 fee), but note special code for Q-MoB:
General Admission, In the round seating, so come early.
USE PROMO CODE: QMOB2026 for 25% off tickets. Note: You must apply the promo code before you add tickets to your cart. So Q-MoB price (with fee) is about $48.
YOU MUST BUY YOUR TICKET(S) USING THIS LINK:
https://www.jacobspillow.org/whats-on/events/hari-krishnan-indance/
inDANCE is a progressive dance company whose works span a large range of choreographic styles, from Bharatanatyam to contemporary dance from global perspectives. Led by artistic director Hari Krishnan, inDANCE provokes and entertains, disrupts the familiar, and pioneers work that is unique, eccentric, sensual, and virtuosic.
Hari Krishnan, a professor of dance at Wesleyan University in Connecticut, is a choreographer, dancer, scholar, and educator. He is a Bessie and Dora Award-nominated dance artist whose choreography is technically rigorous, subversive, political, and fused with contemporary sensibilities. He recently received a Guggenheim Fellowship (2024), a Jacob’s Pillow Lab Residency (2024), Wesleyan’s Provost Research Award (2023) and a National Dance Project Grant (2022).
"Scorching... a raucous blend of classical steps, both Western and Indian.” New York Times
A “maverick gadfly [who] scoffs at tradition, turns things upside down and shakes out all the cobwebs.” Toronto Star
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Jacob's Pillow, 358 George Carter Road, Becket, United States
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