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December 1, 2018 8:00PM
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The World of Jahanara explores the inner life of Jahanara Akhlaq, a 24-year-old Kathak dancer, who, in her brief life, had fearlessly begun to make her mark in the dance world and envisioned a career in Canada.
Rhythmic and lyrical, Kathak is an elegant dance form that revolves around the concept of storytelling.
Choreographed and performed by Bageshree Vaze, this dance-theatre work interweaves Kathak dance, music, text, and visuals to re-imagine Jahanara’s world on the morning of January 18, 1999, in the hours before her tragic death.
Jahanara’s creative potential and love for dance was never fully realized. She was killed in 1999 along with her father, the famous painter Zahoor ul Akhlaq in their family home in Lahore, Pakistan.
This season, performing arts presentations have been curated to feature acclaimed artists who have transcended fear through their art. Under the banner of “the other side of fear,” we explore the definition of fear, what it means to face fear, and how we attempt to define, confront, and conquer fear in ourselves and others – or, in the case of Jahanara, fearlessness in performing.
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