Rogue Gestures/Foreign Bodies is a bharatanatyam, experimental movement, and live music production that explores the history, labor and lived experiences of women and immigrants in the US, and how these fractured experiences inform our identities now. Initially inspired by the oral histories of Indian nurses who arrived as a result of the 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act, choreographer Nadhi Thekkek, and her collaborators find universality in the heavy and enduring work of immigrant women and the worlds they traverse between.

The Battery Dance Festival is New York City’s longest-running free public dance festival. Each year, the Festival draws a combined audience of over 12,000 in-person and over 35,000 virtual viewers. Nava Dance is thrilled to be presenting an excerpt from Rogue Gestures/Foreign Bodies in its New York Premiere.

Join us on Saturday, August 15th for an amazing lineup with Jeevika Bhat, Tanveer Alam, Mesma Belsaré, and Sindoor Natya Navarasa.