Rovaco Dance Party 2024 at The Mark O'Donnell Theater at the Entertainment Community Fund Arts Center

PROGRAM 5:00 PM | Doors Open + Social Hour 6:00 PM | Music, Performances, Dance Party Rovaco Dance Company presents their sixth annual Rovaco Dance Party. This evening of live music, dance, theater, and cultural exchange begins with an informal social hour inspired by Indian hospitality traditions. Guests are served delectable Indian snacks prepared by Chef Ashmita Biswas alongside complimentary Lunar Hard Seltzers, an award-winning Asian American brand. After the social, transition into the theater for live music and dance performances, curated and MC’ed by Rovaco Artistic Director Rohan Bhargava. The evening ends with a DJ dance party for all! CREDITS Rovaco Dance Artists Choreography: Rohan Bhargava in collaboration with dancers Performers: Nico Gonzales, Devika Chandnani, Siddharth Dutta, Karma Chuki, Isabele Rosso, and Jihyun Kim Resident Dramaturg & Script Consultant: Mahima Saigal Resident Composer: Saúl Guanipa

Guest Artists Viola: Dudley Raine IV Ghazals & Guitar: Ria Modak DJ: Cameron McKinney/DJ KAZVMA Chef: Ashmita Biswas Rovaco Dance Company was founded in New York City in 2015 by Artistic Director Rohan Bhargava. Over the years, the company has produced a unique form of narrative dance-theater, which blends floorwork, release, ballet, bollywood, street jazz, bhangra, and contemporary partnering into one fluid whole, in multimedia collaboration with designers and composers. Repertory has been presented by Provincetown Dance Festival, Dance NYC, Battery Dance Festival, Rhythmically Speaking, Little Island NYC, and Create:Art. The company has been a Resident Artist at Dancewave, the James Jay Dudley Luce Foundation, and the CUNY Dance Initiative at LaGuardia Performing Arts Center. Commissions have come from Mannes School of Music, Mare Nostrum Elements, Making Moves Dance Festival, and The Dance Gallery Festival. TICKETS & SUPPORT Advance Artists/Students: $25 (limited availability) Advance General Admission: $35 At-the-Door: $40 Donor Ticket: $50 Purchase Tickets Rovaco Dance Party is sponsored, in part, by the Greater New York Arts Development Fund of the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, administered by Brooklyn Arts Council. In-kind donations have been provided by Lunar Seltzer, an award-winning craft hard seltzer made with real fruit from Asia. Baraat by Rovaco Dance Company is supported by the NYU Artist Development Program for Dance and The Choreography Pilot Program 2024 of Danse Mirage Foundation, Inc. General donations to Rovaco Dance Company can be made through Fractured Atlas and are fully tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law. If you are unable to attend the event but would like to support, you can make an online donation HERE.