Sat
7
NOV
Featuring
Rasika Kumar
View ProfileRasika Kumar is an accomplished Bharatanatyam performer and choreographer, and principal artist of the Abhinaya Dance Company of San Jose. Trained by her mother Mythili Kumar, she blends classical tradition with contemporary sensibilities.
KOLAM: At the Threshold - Abhinaya Dance Company
Kolam: At the Threshold, choreographed by Abhinaya Principal Artist and Choreographer Rasika Kumar, is a new full-length 80-minute Bharatanatyam dance work that explores ritual, inheritance, and cultural memory through the South Indian practice of kolam - daily rice-flour drawings made at the threshold of the home. The piece integrates Bharatanatyam movement, Carnatic music, spoken text, and spatial design inspired by kolam's geometric structures.
Show Time
Sat, Nov 7 · 4:00 PM
Doors
30 min before
Venue
Mexican Heritage Plaza
1700 Alum Rock Ave, San Jose, CA
Accompanying Artists
Sindhu Natarajan
TBD
Roopa Mahadevan
TBD
Ananya Ashok
TBD
Malavika Walia
TBD
Saturday, November 7, 2026 · 4:00 PM
About this concert
Kolam: At the Threshold, choreographed by Abhinaya Principal Artist and Choreographer Rasika Kumar, is a new full-length 80-minute Bharatanatyam dance work that explores ritual, inheritance, and cultural memory through the South Indian practice of kolam - daily rice-flour drawings made at the threshold of the home. The piece integrates Bharatanatyam movement, Carnatic music, spoken text, and spatial design inspired by kolam's geometric structures. Save the date for November 7th at Mexican Heritage Plaza. The show begins at 4 PM!