Wild Project presents
International Human Rights Art Festival- 2021
Aseemkala Initiative
Saturday, December 11, 2021 at 2:00PM
Wild Project
195 East 3rd Street
New York,
NY
10009
Between Ave A & B
F train to 2nd Ave, 24 hour parking garage located on Essex (Ave A) just south of Houston
December 6-12, 2021
The International Human Rights Arts Festival began in 2010 under the auspices of Amnesty International. It has now grown to an annual week-long event, offering hundreds of visual and performing artists the stage to showcase their work, share their stories and inspire social influencers, policy makers, cultural leaders and the general public to support their causes.
COVID Safety protocols at wild project
Upon entry all audience members must show proof of full COVID-19 vaccination. We welcome the NYC Covid Safe App and the New York State Excelsior Pass, which provides secure, digital proof of COVID-19 vaccination. For more information on Excelsior Pass, visit: https://epass.ny.gov.
To help us ensure a fast and efficient entry, we ask that guests using the Excelsior Pass Wallet app download the app in advance and log in prior to your visit so you have access to your documentation before arriving at the venue.
Audience members will be required to wear masks at all times within the theater. There will be no food or drink permitted within the theater.
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 11th, 2:00pm
ASEEMKALA INITIATIVE (GLOBAL TRADITIONAL DANCE PIECES AND WORKSHOP)
Aseemkala Initiative, The Stories Our Bodies Speak. Each dancer will perform a traditional dance piece that reflects on how women use their bodies to narrate their stories through diverse beats, movements, and meditations. The stories will explore a gamut of topics, ranging from the political rights of female bodies, the spiritual mythologies surrounding female bodies to the relationships are women have with their own physical selves. Aseemkala Initiative is a group of female artists and physicians who use our traditional dances to perform stories of healthcare inequity. They are activists who believe that diversity in healthcare stories should be represented by diverse women through diverse traditional dances, empowering unique women while reminding medicine of the shared goal of improving the human condition equitably. Our dancers include Isha Parupudi, Leila Mire, Rhoda Moise, Srivastava, Shreya, and Suwodi Dutta Bordoloi. Please see our work at aseemkala.org.
