Great performing arts experiences for students of all ages! Our weekday Student Discovery series provides opportunities to see professional dance, theatre and music artists, expanding minds and making connections across life, curriculum and the arts. Performances are approximately one-hour long, and most feature a post-show conversation with the artists.
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Nrityagram Dance Ensemble
A Dance Village Odyssey Nov 5 @ 10:30 AM Nrityagram, the renowned and “most exciting Indian classical dance ensemble" (Fjord Review), returns to our stage with A Dance Village Odyssey. This engaging lecture-demonstration introduces young audiences to Odissi, one of the oldest dance traditions in the world, known for its rapt facial expressions, lyrical movement and precise gestures. Featuring excerpts from Nrityagram’s vast repertoire, this magical journey to Eastern India illustrates the dance form’s beauty and highlights its connections to motifs from ancient Odisha temple sculpture as well as the poetry of Oriya music. |
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Black Grace
Feb 19 @ 10:30 AM “With innovative flair and theatricality,” New Zealand’s Black Grace returns to our stage for the first time in 12 years, after wowing audiences worldwide with “a carefully constructed form of rigor and sophistication” (The Boston Globe). Masterfully blending contemporary and Samoan dance, the company embodies “incredible speed and stamina, and exhilarating, seemingly inexhaustible energy” (The New York Times). The program features highly physical works rooted in the rich storytelling traditions of the South Pacific and performed with raw finesse, beauty and power. |
Student Discovery tickets are only $6 per ticket for student groups! All performances include one complimentary chaperone ticket for every 10 tickets purchased.* Additional adults pay the same price as students.
For more information and to order tickets, fill out our interest form or contact Anne-Marie Mulgrew at 215.462.7720 or amulgrew@upenn.edu.
Student Group Sales Policies:
To secure your seats, a 50% non-refundable, non-transferable deposit is required exactly two weeks after you place your order. The remaining 50% will be due three weeks prior to the performance date. Full payment is required if the order is placed within three weeks of the performance date. Reservations may be cancelled if payment is not received by due dates. All sales are final. We do not offer refunds or exchanges on student group sales.
*Complimentary tickets for the Children’s Festival based on availability. Some restrictions apply.
“They absolutely had a great time and were totally engaged.”
“The show and activities were wonderful. I will be bringing my new students next year. Thank you for a great day and experience.”
“Thank you for the opportunity to attend. Would love to come back next year. Awesome opportunity.”
“Children were thoroughly engaged and said that they loved the music and dancing.”
Nrityagram Dance Ensemble performances are part of the Arts of India Festival, which is co-presented with Sruti, The India Music & Dance Society, Philadelphia.
The 26/27 season dance series is co-sponsored by Arthur Kaplan, C’67 and Duane Perry alongside Lynn Jerath, W’95 and Kunal Jerath.
