Svāhā!

Svāhā! is a vibrant dance experience that celebrates movement as a powerful, shared ritual, blending music, colour, and emotion. Created by award-winning choreographer Nova Bhattacharya, the performance brings together more than 20 diverse artists to explore individuality, community, and the transformative power of dance. Through dynamic movement and rich cultural expression, Svāhā! invites audiences to reflect on how we can be better together. 

Created by award-winning Nova Bhattacharya, Svāhā! embodies the transformative power of dance, expressing the uniqueness of the individual and the value of community. Dancers surrender themselves, sparking the imagination, conveying a range of thoughts and sensations through movement and creating rhythm with their entire beings. 

With a cast of over 20 performers selected from a diversity of dance forms and cultural backgrounds, Svāhā! brings differences together in a collage of moving images, offering metaphors, recitation, pulsating rhythms and intense emotions, reveling in simplicity and embracing complexity, Svāhā! asks, how can we be better together?

Join us for more! Nova Dance's award-winning dancer and choreographer Nova Bhattacharya invites Kingston dancers to participate in a free workshop series. Click here to learn more.