Performing Arts Program
The Performing Arts Program at the Mittal Institute aims to uncover how South Asian performing arts, such as music, dance, and theater, evolve and remain resonant in a rapidly changing, globalized world. The program is planning to create experiential residencies, provide opportunities for public engagement, and support scholarship on this topic.
How do traditional South Asian performing arts evolve and remain resonant in a rapidly changing, globalized world?
Recent Engagement with Performing Arts
In 2024, the Mittal Institute hosted Ustad Bahauddin Dagar, a renowned rudra veena player, as a Distinguished Artist in Residence. During his residency, Dagar performed as part of university-wide arts initiatives, addressed ethnomusicology students, and interacted more closely with a broader community through a workshop.
Flagship Initiative in Progress: The Creative Accelerator
The Creative Accelerator is a program currently in development in collaboration with leading arts administrators and cultural innovators. The Creative Accelerator will be a pioneering residency for high-potential performing artists working within traditional South Asian art forms. It will offer artists an additional lens through which to develop work, one that allows them to honor the frameworks of their genre while considering contemporary audiences in the creative process.
Distinguished Indian classical musician Bahauddin Dagar on campus in Fall 2024, accompanied by tanpura player Shraddha Aggarwal and percussionist Tejas Tope.
Learn more
For more information about Performing Arts at the Mittal Institute, contact Vani Krishnamurthy.