Lamps on Lilypads – A Dance for Peace in Celebration of Divali

with Jaysi

Friday, October 24, 8:30PM

Subterranean Arthouse, 2179 Bancroft Way, Berkeley, 510-508-3492

$10-$15 sliding scale

http://subterraneanarthouse.org/events/friday-october-24th-830pm-celebration-divali-lamps-lilypads

http://jypsyjays.net/productions/lamps-on-lilypads

http://jypsyjays.net/about/bios/jaysi

“This Divali, I would like to once again share with you my personal call for peace on the planet. I created Lamps on Lilypads a decade ago when the USA was considering invading Iraq. Now the US is supporting the Israeli war on Gaza and re-bombing Iraq. I cannot sit silently. There has to be a better way, including prevention. My inner minister insists I speak now or forever know no peace. I will continue to dance this piece until we have peace in the world. Please join me on the evening of October 24 at the Subterranean Arthouse in Berkeley as I say my prayers with my body, voice, and heart through dance, music, story, poetry, and song. Happy Divali. May Peace Prevail in All the Worlds.

Jaysi was born in Chandigarh, India and raised in Plover, Wisconsin, the town with love in its heart, the home of Plover Potatoes. She took her first ballet class at the age of two and has been dancing ever since. Besides the usual childhood ballet, tap, jazz, and gymnastics, she has had extensive training in classical Indian dance and contemporary dance. She studied bharatnatyam with Shrimati Hema Rajgopalan for ten years and kathak with Pandit Chitresh Das for ten years. She also has been training in contemporary dance for over two decades and contact improvisation for several years. In the past couple years she has added tap, tango, and flamenco to her regimen. Lately she has been recognized as an emerging choreographer in the Bay Area. Internationally, she had the honor of performing at the Nehru Centre in London in 2010 and opening the Festival of the Arts for Non-violence and Tolerance 2011 at the prestigious Darpana Theater in Ahmedabad.”