SOLD OUT | Fierce: Aaja Nachle presents Fierce Fairytales

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SOLD OUT | Fierce: Aaja Nachle presents Fierce Fairytales
SOLD OUT | Fierce: Aaja Nachle presents Fierce Fairytales

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This event is sold out.

 

Celebrate all things FIERCE, empowered and magical with us this March.   

 
Aaja Nachle presents the premiere film screening of Fierce Fairytales. This Bharatanatyam Classical Dance Troupe depicts modern twists on traditional fairytales, where damsels in distress are reframed as heroines: strong, powerful and intelligent.   

Enjoy being enveloped in our version of a fairy tale, and soak in the innovative music, classical and contemporary choreography and colourful costume. Fierce Fairytales showcases Classical Indian Dance while telling universally relatable stories and empowering us all to recognise our inner strength and value.  

Each screening will be followed by a half hour panel discussion with cast, crew and community members. Hear the Kiwi-Asian stories behind the production and explore perspectives on patriarchy, culture and art.   

Performances based on ‘Two Misunderstood Stepsisters’, ‘An Older Wiser Little Mermaid Speaks’, ‘Of Kings And Queens’ © Nikita Gill, poems from Fierce Fairytales: & Other Stories to Stir Your Soul (2018)  

 

Producer: Jignal Bhagvandas  

Director: Ahalya Sathiyaselvan  

Lead Choreographer: Ishara Dhambagolla  

Assistant Choreographer: Natasha Trilokekar  

Costume: Maaru Senthil   

 

Friday 18 March 2022: 7–8.30pm. Entrance through the Art Gallery clocktower corner of Wellesley and Kitchener Streets  

Saturday 19 March 2022: 2–3.30pm 

Sunday 20 March 2022: 2–3.30pm  

 

Entry is free, however visitor capacity is limited. Please register for tickets on the links below.  

At the Red and Orange settings of the Covid-19 Protection Framework, we can welcome a maximum of 60 people with 1-metre distancing.  

 

Image credit: David St George 

Date
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Friday 18 March 2022: 7–8.30pm. Entrance through the Art Gallery clocktower corner of Wellesley and Kitchener Streets

Saturday 19 March 2022: 2–3.30pm   

Sunday 20 March 2022: 2–3.30pm 

Location
Auditorium
Cost
Free - bookings essential

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