Nava Dance Theater presents Rogue Gestures/Foreign Bodies
Fri, Mar 13
|Dance Mission Theater
Rogue Gestures/Foreign Bodies is a bharatanatyam, experimental movement, and live music production that explores the history, labor, and lived experiences of women and immigrants in the US, and how these fractured experiences inform our identities now.
Time & Location
Mar 13, 2026, 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM
Dance Mission Theater, 3316 24th St, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA
About the event
The work shows that together we are stronger, inclusive of the nuances and contradictions that we all hold in our bodies. Initially inspired by the oral histories of Indian nurses who arrived as a result of the 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act, choreographer Nadhi Thekkek and her collaborators find universality in the heavy and enduring work of immigrant women and the worlds they traverse between. Rogue Gestures is an ensemble work of 6 dancers with a live original score by Roopa Mahadevan, Kalaisan Kalaichelvan, and others. Rogue Gestures is created and produced by Nava Dance Theatre.
Performed with live music.
Founded in 2012, Nava Dance Theatre is a dance company which uses bharatanatyam, experimental movement, and live music to navigate place, identity, and politics through the lens of lived experience. Led by Artistic Director, Nadhi Thekkek, Nava’s work delves into unheard refugee voices, the #MeToo movement, and other social issues. Through…