1994 – The MONK, The COURTESAN and The CHARIOTEER, commissioned by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, in conjunction with a special exhibition “PEACEFUL LIBERATORS”. This work has been performed in eighteen cities around the world.
OUR REPERTOIRE:
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JANAK KHENDRY DANCE COMPANY has a very extensive repertoire of more than one hundred and twenty-five innovative and traditional works that have been created by the Artistic Director, Janak Khendry .
SELECTED CHOREOGRAPHIC WORKS:
1961–BASANT – Hyderabad, India. 1965–SHYAMA – New York City. 1968–DANCE of SHIVA – New York City.
1970–KUMARASAMBHAVAM – New York City. |
From 1971 to 1993 Janak Khendry devoted time to the creation of traditional Bharatnatyam repertoire of ninety important works.
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1994 – The MONK, The COURTESAN and The CHARIOTEER, commissioned by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, in conjunction with a special exhibition “PEACEFUL LIBERATORS”. This work has been performed in eighteen cities around the world. |
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1995 – MOODS Of The RHYTHMS |
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2005 – MOODS Of The RHYTHMS |
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Mexico City |
Calgary |
Toronto |
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International Dance Day - Mexico City |
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1995 –
SURYA
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1997 – PANCHAKALYANAKA In 1999 this work was performed in Philadelphia at the international JAINA conference for the record audience of nine thousand people. |
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1998 – GAYATRI This work had nineteen performances in Canada and India and was sponsored by the Department of South Asian Studies, University of Toronto. |
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2005 – GAYATRI |
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| 1999 – SOUNDS of the HILLS |
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2000 –
WOMEN LIBERATED This work was sponsored by the Department of South Asian Studies, University of Toronto. |
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2001 - RAIN OF NECTAR
ADORATION OF SHIVA
VISHNU IN VAIKUNT
2002 - GAURI PUTTRA
THREE GODDESSES
A GOD IS BORN
SPRING IN HEAVEN
2003 - DANCING TO THE FLUTE
The innovative repertoire of
JANAK KHENDRY DANCE COMPANY
has more than fifty works from fifteen minutes to two and half hours in length.
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2001 - RAIN IN HEAVEN |
2002 - THREE GODDESSES |
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2004 - UPANISHAD
The word Upanishad
literally means “come sit besides me” or to sit at the feet of a teacher.
The Upanishads are essentially dialogues in the form of questions and
answers between a student who desires spiritual knowledge and the teacher
who leads him on the path of knowledge. The Upanishadic thought is
considered to be one of the most original thoughts in the history human
thought. Taken in its entirety it bears a startling resemblance to
understanding of the cosmos, particle physics, quantum mechanics and theory
of evolution. The most important direction the Upanishads point
is the spiritual unification of ATMAN and BRAHMAN. |
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DREAM of a DRUNKEN GOD,
idea was developed from the work of Heinrich Heine. At the banquet
of the gods, our god gets drunk and falls asleep on a lonely star and in
his dream creates the images of his imagination. When he wakes up,
rubbing his sleepy eyes, he smiles and his creation sinks into oblivion,
as if it never existed. |
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2006 -
CHANDRAKAUNS
Chandrakauns is one of the most beautiful Ragas in the Indian music
system. The word Chandra means the moon. Chandrakauns has
the gentleness and brilliance of the full moon. We have given the
Moon, the Moonlight and the Moon Rays, human characters and presented
them in a dance work. The moon, because of its beauty, is the envy
of all gods. The Moon Light, his beautiful wife and the Moon Rays,
his children, are the like between heaven and earth. They carry
his light, filling the space and earth. |
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OUR ARCHIVES:
JANAK KHENDRY DANCE COMPANY has very extensive and well documented archival records of all the works created by the Artistic Director Janak Khendry since 1961. Each work is fully documented and notated. All records are being transferred on the computer and video for the use of future dancers.
