Join us in celebrating the work of 22 brilliant artists from INDIA and CANADA!

Our festival is now available online for viewing from August 8 - August 16, 2021.

This year, our festival includes 8 new creations by our “Artist Date Series” participants. In this series, we paired 8 artists from India with 8 artists from Canada to work together during the month of July 2021. Our artists include dancers, visual artists, writers, theatre artists, filmmakers and photographers - and all the pairings are interdisciplinary (eg. a Kathak dancer from India has been matched with a poet from Canada).

In addition, we will also be showcasing the work of 6 phenomenal dance artists from India in a series called “Moved,” to pay special tribute to our dance community in India. This series includes Tribal fusion bellydance, Bharatnatyam, contemporary dance, and physical theatre.

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Pay What / If You Can:

Please consider making a donation to our festival. All proceeds will go directly towards supporting the incredible number of artists we are working with!

You can also donate at:https://milaap.org/fundraisers/support-nautanki-creations

or

via e-transer to ankita.kumarratta@gmail.com with the subject "Nautanki Creations Festival."

Without you, our patrons, this kind of work would not be possible; thank you for your support - we look forward to seeing you!

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In recognition of what a challenging year it has been for the arts and culture sector - this summer our team at Nautanki Creations has worked hard to rejuvenate our artist communities through our programming.

A sincere thank you to the following artists and organisations, for making this festival possible:

Nautanki Creations Team: Ankita Alemona, Nidhi Baadkar, Shelby Machado, Kriti Baadkar, Nidhil Vohra, Aaloka Mehndiratta

Artist Date Series Facilitators and Consultants: Paula Wing, Amrita Kumar-Ratta, Jothi Saldhana

Artist Date Series Participants: Sahil Sen, Sania Khan, Sangram Mukhopadhyay, Hemangi Shroff, Manasvini S, Celia Saroya, Sayli Kulkarni, Tee Kundu, Joshua Sailo, Zahra Badua, Maithri Rao, Karen Roberts, Vibhanshu Doshi, Purawai Vyas, Nidhil Vohra, Esha Nanal

Moved Dance Series Artists: Lakshmy Ramakrishnan, Pintu Das, Shruti Suresh, Soti Rpd, Nivetha Shree, Melitta Dsouza

Community Partners: Malton Women Council, Shades of Brown Girl, Citizens of Stage Co Lab, HERSpace, Regatta Kala Kendra, Dance Immersion, Drishti Art Centre, Nautanki Bazaar