The Mandala South Asian Performing Arts organization, which is celebrating 10 years of connecting audiences with the variety of traditions from South Asia, will hold its seventh Mandala Makers Festival later this year.
This annual platform for supporting multidisciplinary South Asian performing artists takes place September 5–7 at the Athenaeum Center for Thought and Culture, Chicago. The Mandala Makers Festival is known for encouraging artists who progress and challenge traditions of the South Asian diaspora, a press release from the organization said.
The three programs this September include classical and contemporary dance; classical, folk, and contemporary music; Bollywood dance; and, for the first time, EDM. Major funding for the Mandala Makers Festival has been provided by the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation.
“As a new generation of the South Asian diasporic population matures in the U.S., this year’s Mandala Makers Festival reflects on the aesthetic and creativity of these artists and the audience,” said Artistic Director Pranita Nayar. “The festival reveals how they honor the traditions they were born into and new works they are making as they encounter new cultural, social, and global influences.”
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