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Devendra Sharma

  • October 29, 2010

    The Audience Reacts to Devendra Sharma’s “Mission Suhani”

    12:06 AM ByShamsher
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  • October 28, 2010

    Performing Diaspora: Devendra Sharma

    8:00 PM ByErica Dixon
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    Nautanki, a traditional folk musical theater from rural north India, is marked by lively dancing, pulsating drumbeats, and full-throated singing.

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  • September 8, 2010

    Performing Nautanki in Paris, reconnecting to roots in India, and enhancing Mission Suhani

    11:40 PM ByDevendra
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    I spent the last three months in Europe and India, traveling and performing Nautanki to diverse audiences. I also worked with my father on Nautanki Mission Suhani to expand the script and add new scenes for our performance at CounterPULSE this October. I first traveled to Paris, where I stayed at the Théâtre du Soleil […]

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  • November 6, 2009

    Devendra Sharma for Performing Diaspora: Helpful Feedback from a Sympathetic Audience – An Artist’s Wish Come True!

    7:29 PM ByDevendra
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    Devendra Sharma is a Performing Diaspora Resident Artist at CountePULSE. See him at weekend 3 of Performing Diaspora, November 19-22. Buy tickets now! After coming back from India in late August, I have been working hard with my group on the rehearsals of “Mission Suhani.” As soon as I landed in America, I had to […]

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  • September 23, 2009

    TALKS! From India to the Bay Area

    12:21 AM ByChris
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    Wed. Sept. 23, 7:30pm, Free Devendra Sharma & Jaysi Chander (physician & kathak dancer/tabla player/poet & activist) share short performances & discuss important issues surrounding the Bay Area Indian community. Topics include: immigration politics, women in forced marriage, Indian Invitro industry, political economy of Silicon Valley and Indian outsourcing industries. Photo of Devendra Sharma by […]

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  • August 31, 2009

    Devendra Sharma for Performing Diaspora: “Mission Suhani”- Reflections from India!

    11:34 PM ByDevendra
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    Hi friends! I spent last three months living in India, co-writing the new Nautanki performance script for the “Performing Diaspora” with my father– the renowned Nautanki artist, Pundit Ram Dayal Sharma, I loved my time in India. It was so much fun, and a learning experience, working with my father on this script that focuses […]

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  • June 2, 2009

    Devendra Sharma for Performing Diaspora: Let us reclaim the respect for the indigenous folk artist

    5:23 AM ByDevendra
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    Colonialism does strange things to a culture. Ignoring one’s own indigenous “ordinary” culture, and blindly imitating others’ “legitimate” culture is one of them. It takes years and a lot of efforts before a culture realizes its self-worth during the post-colonial journey. At present, urban culture in India and Indian diaspora around the world is undergoing […]

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