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. 

Join us for even more! Immediately following the performance, stay for a talkback with the artists. Post-show talkbacks give you the opportunity to ask questions and learn more about the performance. The talkback will be moderated by Camille Spencer.

Camille Spencer is an Independent Dance Artist, Choreographer, and Teacher. Hailing from the USA, she has traveled to many countries to find purpose in the artistic scene of Kingston, Ontario. With 20 years of experience her work focuses on adapting dance for non-traditional communities, engaging young dancers in professional opportunities, and furthering the exposure of dance to a wider audience. You can find Camille at H'art Centre, Kingston School of Dance, local independent dance projects, and summer festivals sharing her work. When not dancing she is working at her homestead, with her family of boys.   

Camille was a Kingston Grand Theatre Local Artist-in-Residence in 2021.

Camille was the recipient of a Mayor's Arts Award in 2025.