Rowdies in Love (2024)

Rowdies in Love (2024)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0V9r6j4BSnE

“Love is a four-letter word..”

In the rousing full-length dance work, Rowdies in Love, eight male dancers blaze through an inspired and inventive movement vocabulary, integrating Bharatanatyam and contemporary dance from global perspectives.

Choreography/Rhythmic Vocals: Hari Krishnan

Dancers/Collaborators:  Claudio Caverni, Demetris Charalambous, Robert Ciszak, Eury German,

Henry Leef, Elijah Mack, William Pettigrew and Spenser Stroud

Music Composition: Niraj Chag 

Female Vocals: Japjit Kaur

Spoken Text: Dancers

Rehearsal Director: Jennifer Kjos

Dance Captain: Eury German

Lighting Design: Chelsie McPhilimy

Stage/Company Manager: Anna Adams Stark

Costume Styling: Rex (Rajavairan Rajendran

Premiere: December 6-7, 2024 at Wesleyan University’s CFA Theater (Middletown, CT, USA)

Rowdies in Love was also performed on Jan 12, 2025 as part of APAP (Association of Performing Arts Professionals) at the Martha Graham Dance Studios (New York City, USA) and on April 11, 2025 at University of Chicago’s Logan Performance Hall (Chicago, IL, USA)

The first iteration of Rowdies in Love was developed in the Spring of 2024 through a generous

Pillow Lab residency (Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival). Additional Dancers/Collaborators during creation process: Rocco Duranti and Robert Weatherington.