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BARDO - A Contemporary & Kathak Dance Production

Help us get to India and showcase the Canadian talents of Chhandam Dance Company and FadaDance!

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BARDO - A Contemporary & Kathak Dance Production

BARDO - A Contemporary & Kathak Dance Production

BARDO - A Contemporary & Kathak Dance Production

BARDO - A Contemporary & Kathak Dance Production

BARDO - A Contemporary & Kathak Dance Production

Help us get to India and showcase the Canadian talents of Chhandam Dance Company and FadaDance!

Help us get to India and showcase the Canadian talents of Chhandam Dance Company and FadaDance!

Help us get to India and showcase the Canadian talents of Chhandam Dance Company and FadaDance!

Help us get to India and showcase the Canadian talents of Chhandam Dance Company and FadaDance!

Joanna de Souza
Joanna de Souza
Joanna de Souza
Joanna de Souza
1 Campaign |
Toronto, Canada
$3,933 USD $3,933 USD 80 backers
113% of $3,476 Flexible Goal Flexible Goal
Overview
Kathak and contemporary dance forms meet in BARDO: a powerful collaboration between Toronto's M-DO/Kathak Toronto and Regina's FadaDance. The Tibetan word "bardo" signifies the states between death and rebirth. The production weaves through these states as they relate to culture, original choreography, music and narrative. Please help our team of 13 dancers and live musicians bring this uniquely Canadian work to India!

 

BARDO

 

BARDO, M-DO/Kathak Toronto and FadaDance’s latest collaboration, is a full-length production weaving classical Kathak and contemporary dance with live original musical accompaniment and mixed-media animation/design. This gripping performance showcasing 13 dancers and live musicians is directed by award-winning choreographers Joanna DeSouza and Misty Wenzel.

We’ve dreamed big this time and we need your help: In January & February of 2018, BARDO will be showcased in six major cities across India, including Panaji (Goa), New Delhi, Jaipur, Mumbai, Bengaluru (Bangalore), and Kolkata (Calcutta). Drawing on cultural-contemporary practices from across Canada, BARDO showcases a uniquely Canadian effort that harnesses the kathak tradition as a catalyst for freedom, possibility of form, and the creation of provocative new work. This is a shining opportunity for Canadian talent to go global!

 

What We Need

In order to realize this dream, we are reaching out to our amazing community of artists and dance lovers across the globe to help generate the necessary funds for BARDO. Kathak Toronto and FadaDance need to raise $5,000 to bring BARDO to India. Your donations will help pay for our travel, both international and internal! We have plenty of experience in managing both national and international tours, and together with your support will make this a huge success!

The Canadian Council has awarded our team with funding in recognition that BARDO will act as a powerful ambassador for Canadian talent – but we still have a ways to go! For our local friends, we have planned a number of fundraising live art performances in Toronto to look forward to in the fall.

 

What You Get

Tutorials, postcards, jewellery, tickets, our eternal thanks, free hugs, and more!!

 

Why Bardo?

The internationalization of India’s arts scene in recent years has fostered a genuine grassroots interest in how Indian art manifests abroad. Kathak in particular, is a dance tradition that has become increasingly transnationalized, yet there is a marked under-representation of Canadian kathak in India.

BARDO represents a next stage in this transnational journey, returning kathak to the roots while offering a Canadian interpretation. Traditionally, kathak has always worked with live music, where the two disciplines have never been categorically distinct. Recent work in and outside of India have shown otherwise, where fewer performances involve live music. Breaking away from the tendency to use recorded music, de Souza and Wensel create dance choreographies where musicians are their collaborators. Canadian composer-musician Ian de Souza, percussionist Santosh Naidu, and producer Orion Paradis have years of experience crafting music for kathak and contemporary dance. Their refined technical knowledge, interpretive gifts, and collaborative spirits are an inspiration and driving force for BARDO’s movement and vocabulary.

Together, the touring artists represent Canada, India, Hungary, the Ukraine, China, Romania, Scotland, Uganda, Kenya, South Africa, and the UK, showing that our interpretation of collaborative art, while grounded in the Canadian lived experience, is truly global in scope.

 

What is M-DO?

M-DO, a charitable arts organization, has been operating in the city of Toronto since 1988. Our mandate is one of cultural inclusivity, specifically to increase cultural receptivity and knowledge through arts programming. M-DO has presented workshops, masterclasses, and performances with culturally diverse artists from Canada and international visiting artists. As a teaching institution, we educate in classical north Indian kathak dance at the highest artistic level throughout the Greater Toronto Area.

 

There is no amount too small - every dollar counts. We thank you in advance for helping make this dream a reality! Share this campaign with friends, at work, with social media circles, and loved ones. Thanks so much!

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Arts Supporter

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You are a supporter of the arts! This video bundle gives you two video tutorials, a program mention, an autographed BARDO postcard plus an exclusive video interview with our program director, Joanna deSouza!
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  • Autographed BARDO postcard
  • Thanks in our BARDO program
  • Recitation Video Tutorial
  • Footwork Video Tutorial
  • Director Video Interview
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November 2018
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Our eternal thanks!

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xoxo
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Signed BARDO Postcard

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A beautiful signed BARDO postcard!
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  • Signed BARDO Postcard
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October 2017
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1 Video Tutorial + Postcard

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An exclusive video tutorial presented by one of our dancers. Learn how to recite a basic but very groovy taal (beat) - PLUS a signed BARDO postcard!
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  • Recitation Video Tutorial
  • Signed BARDO Postcard
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October 2017
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2 Video Tutorials + Postcard

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2 exclusive video tutorials presented by one of our dancers. Learn a basic but very groovy taal (beat) plus accompanying footwork! Top it off with a signed BARDO postcard.
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  • Recitation Video Tutorial
  • Footwork Video Tutorial
  • Signed BARDO Postcard
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October 2017
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2 Tutorials, Postcard & Cred!

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Two video tutorials, a signed postcard, PLUS a thank you acknowledgement for supporting our art in the BARDO program!
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  • Thanks in our BARDO program
  • Recitation Video Tutorial
  • Footwork Video Tutorial
  • Signed BARDO Postcard
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August 2017
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Class, Tuts, Postcard & Cred!

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Quite the bundle! Receive the two tutorials described above, a postcard, acknowledgement in our BARDO program AND access to one Kathak class with Joanna De Souza!
Included Items
  • Autographed BARDO postcard
  • Recitation Video Tutorial
  • Footwork Video Tutorial
  • Signed BARDO Postcard
  • Class with Joanna De Souza
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Tickets to our annual recital!

Tickets to our annual recital!

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2 tickets to our annual recital, Traditions Alive! Come see our students and senior company perform on Saturday December 9th, 2 pm at Fairview Library Theatre.
Included Items
  • Thanks in our BARDO program
  • Recitation Video Tutorial
  • Footwork Video Tutorial
  • Signed BARDO Postcard
  • 2 Tickets to TRADITIONS ALIVE
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October 2017
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Bells, Tutorials, Card & Cred!

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Your very own set of Kathak ghungroo (bells) to adorn your beautiful ankles! Plus tutorials described above, postcard, and mention in our BARDO Program!
Included Items
  • Thanks in our BARDO program
  • Recitation Video Tutorial
  • Footwork Video Tutorial
  • Signed BARDO Postcard
  • Ghungroo (bells!)
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November 2018
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Hire us for a private event!

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Hire us for a private event! One of our dancers will perform a solo piece for your event - PLUS tutorials, postcard, and program mention described above!
Included Items
  • Thanks in our BARDO program
  • Recitation Video Tutorial
  • Footwork Video Tutorial
  • Signed BARDO Postcard
  • Private event solo
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October 2018
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Artisan Jewellery, Card, Cred!
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Artisan Jewellery, Card, Cred!

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October 2017
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Watch our final rehearsal!
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Watch our final rehearsal!

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December 2017
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