Jason Samuels Smith/Pandit Chitresh Das: India Jazz Suites- Kathak Meets Tap May 1, 2010

India Jazz Suites is an explosive collaboration between Pandit Chitresh Das, one of India’s foremost Kathak masters, and Jason Samuels Smith, the Emmy Award–winning tap dancer renowned for hisamazing footwork in Bring in ‘Da Noise, Bring in ‘Da Funk. Indian classical musicians and a stellar jazz trio perform live to complete this powerful artistic exchange. The result is high entertainment that crosses all boundaries of age and culture—a blast of incredible speed and power, grace and beauty, epic storytelling and the pure joy of dance.

Free preperformance talk with dance critic Debra Cash, 45 minutes prior to performance.

Official Website: http://www.worldmusic.org/concerts_event_indiv.php?p_seq=799