ROWDIES IN LOVE at Doris Duke Theatre

Hari Krishnan and his company inDANCE return to Jacob’s Pillow to present ROWDIES IN LOVE, a vibrant, sensual work for eight male contemporary dancers that was developed in part during a 2024 Pillow Lab residency. Featuring an inventive, rigorous movement vocabulary that unites the Indian classical dance form Bharatanatyam with contemporary dance from queer, global perspectives, the evening-length exploration of love is set to an innovative modern soundscape by award-winning composer Niraj Chag.

ABOUT HARI KRISHNAN/inDANCE Hari Krishnan is a choreographer, dancer, scholar, and educator who is currently a professor in the department of dance at Wesleyan University in Connecticut. Described as a “maverick gadfly [who] scoffs at tradition, turns things upside down and shakes out all the cobwebs” (Toronto Star), Krishnan is a Bessie and Dora Award-nominated dance artist whose choreography is technically rigorous, subversive, political, and fused with contemporary sensibilities. He recently received a Guggenheim Fellowship (2024), a Jacob’s Pillow Lab Residency (2024), Wesleyan’s Provost Research Award (2023) and a National Dance Project Grant (2022).

inDANCE is a progressive dance company whose works span a large range of choreographic styles, from Bharatanatyam to contemporary dance from global perspectives. Led by artistic director Hari Krishnan, inDANCE disrupts the familiar and pioneers work that is unique, producing eccentric, sensual, and virtuosic dance that provokes and entertains. The New York Times has described the company's “scorching” performances as “a raucous blend of classical steps, both Western and Indian.”

Watch Hari Krishnan/inDANCE's Inside the Pillow Lab on Jacob’s Pillow On Demand.