Seventh-floor tenant natyadancetheatre celebrates their 50th anniversary later this month! 🎉🥻👏 This critically acclaimed Indian dance company preserves and perpetuates the classical form of Bharata Natyam through performances, classes, and community outreach. Artistic Director Hema Rejagopalan (seen in the last 2 slides) arrived in Chicago in 1975 from India. She performed for a small Indian community and was asked to teach, and Natya Dance Theatre was born! Since then, NTD has been regularly celebrated for their artistic excellence as both a professional company and a training academy. They’ve performed near and far, including at a concert with Yo-Yo Ma at Millenium Park and at the 2002 Winter Olympics! The Bharata Natyum dance form originated over 2,000 years ago in southern India and is known for its subtle, graceful, and sophisticated style. Dancers communicate through abhinaya, an art of expression incorporating facial expressions, gestures, body language, footwork, and more...