Sari to Skin, A Cross-Cultural One-Woman Show

Convergence

Submitted by Andrea on March 22, 2010 - 9:09pm

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1801 N Quaker Lane

Alexandria, VA 22302

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Sari to Skin
March 27, 2010, 7-9 pm

A Powerful One-Woman Performance
Featuring Neelam Patel

In Celebration of Women's History Month

In Partnership with

Date: Saturday, March 27, 2010
Time: 7-8 pm, Performance
8-9 pm, Artist Reception
Location: Convergence, free parking

Tickets
Advanced tickets are $15 each or two for $25 and can be bought through our Network for Good page; please make sure to write "March 27 - Sari to Skin" in the designation box. Tickets at the door will cost $20 each.

*Remember to RSVP
By emailing Events@ewint.org and please include the full name of event attendees so that we can assure you are on the guest list.

Neelam Patel in Sari to Skin

Empowered Women International is proud to present local writer and performing artist Neelam Patel in her third solo production, entitled "Sari to Skin." In this new performance, Patel fuses dance and poetry with storytelling to explore the complexity and confusion of her interwoven Indian American experience. A reception to meet the artist and with the opportunity for Q&A will follow the performance.

Patel's first solo production was the critically-acclaimed and sold out presentation Sensual Reflections (2006), which The Washington Post called "powerful poetry." Reviewer Pamela Squires noted, "Far from bemoaning how difficult it is to be bicultural, [Patel] is energized by it and uses it to break out as an artist in the Western mode." Her second show, Stripping Borders, was presented in June of 2008 for her Arlington County Grant for Individual Artists. Both resulted in sold-out performances.

In her performances, Patel challenges herself and her audience to develop a single identity despite the conflicting influences that life brings. Trained in Indian dance, the rhythms of her movement are paired with reflective poetry about everydayliving. Her words are charged with the vulnerable intimacy of personal relationships, the grand power of feminine sexuality, and the spiritual awakening resulting from deep questioning.

Neelam Patel has performed her unique brand of performance art at dozens of venues in the DC metropolitan area and New York City. She has appeared in The Vagina Monologues at Cramer Theatre in Manassas, VA, several short films, and the pilot for the upcoming ABC series "20 Questions." She received her Bachelor's Degree from Rutgers University and further training at the Studio Theatre Acting Conservatory.

This program is made possible in part with support from the Alexandria Commission for the Arts and our partner organization, Convergence.

Have questions? Want to attend "Sari to Skin"?
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