Saturday, October 5, 2024
Rovaco Dance Party 2024
Company: Rohan Bhargava / Rovaco Dance Company
Venue: CPR - The Center for Performance Research
Location: Brooklyn, NY
![The image shows two South-Asian dancers, one male and one female, performing on stage, wearing traditional Indian attire.](/images/users/13113/Edited_5X4_RDP_2024_Poster_Compressedevent_image.jpg)
Event Overview
5:00 PM | Social Hour + Complimentary Snacks & Drinks
6:00 PM | Live Music + Dance-Theater Performances + DJ Party
Event Description
Rovaco Dance Company presents their sixth annual Rovaco Dance Party. This evening of live music, dance, theater, and cultural exchange begins with an informal social hour inspired by Indian hospitality traditions. Guests are served delectable Indian snacks prepared by Chef Ashmita Biswas alongside complimentary Lunar Hard Seltzers, an award-winning Asian American brand. After the social, transition into the theater for live music and dance performances, curated and MC’ed by Rovaco Artistic Director Rohan Bhargava. The evening ends with a DJ dance party for all!
About Rovaco Dance Company
Rovaco was founded in New York City in 2015 by Artistic Director Rohan Bhargava. Over the years, the company has produced a unique form of narrative dance-theater, which blends floorwork, release, ballet, bollywood, street jazz, bhangra, and contemporary partnering into one fluid whole, in multimedia collaboration with designers and composers. Repertory has been presented by Provincetown Dance Festival, Dance NYC, Battery Dance Festival, Rhythmically Speaking, Little Island NYC, and Create:Art. The company has been a Resident Artist at Dancewave, the James Jay Dudley Luce Foundation, and the CUNY Dance Initiative at LaGuardia Performing Arts Center. Commissions have come from Mannes School of Music, Mare Nostrum Elements, Making Moves Dance Festival, and The Dance Gallery Festival.
Tickets
Online Sales: $35 General Admission | $25 Artist/Students (Limited Availability)
At-the-Door Sales: $40
Donor Tickets: $50
Link: https://rovacodanceparty2024.eventbrite.com/
Support & Contact Information
Rovaco Dance Party is sponsored, in part, by the Greater New York Arts Development Fund of the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, administered by Brooklyn Arts Council. The event is supported by the @CPR Performance Series as part of CPR – Center for Performance Research’s Subsidized Space Rental Program.
Unable to attend, but would like to donate? General donations to Rovaco Dance Company can be made through Fractured Atlas and are fully tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law. If you are unable to attend the event but would like to support, you can make an online donation HERE.
For any inquiries about the event please email: rovacodance@gmail.com
Rohan Bhargava / Rovaco Dance Company
361 Manhattan Avenue
Brooklyn, NY, 11211
https://rovacodanceparty2024.eventbrite.com/
Schedule
October 5, 2024: 5:00pm