Illuminating Arts of India

Illuminating Arts of India comes to the Harold Prince Theatre on Saturday, November 14, as part of the Arts of India Festival. It's a morning that starts with a musical brunch at 10:30 AM and moves into a panel discussion at 11 AM, with performances from Penn student performing arts groups woven in. The whole thing is framed as a homecoming celebration of the creativity, culture, and community of the Indian community at Penn, bringing together alumni, students, and friends.

The panel is the center of the morning: Indian Penn alumni who've built careers in the performing arts and entertainment industry talk about their work and their paths. Alongside them, current Penn student groups perform, reimagining traditional Indian art forms for a new generation. It's a pairing that puts the established professionals and the students on the same stage, one group looking back at where they started and the other working with those same traditions in the present.

Behind the scenes, the morning is part of the Arts of India Festival, co-presented with Sruti, The India Music & Dance Society of Philadelphia, with lead support from the William Penn Foundation. It's co-sponsored by Alumni Relations, Penn Arts and Culture, Penn Live Arts, and the Platt Student Performing Arts House. The brunch starts at 10:30 AM, the panel follows at 11 AM, and an RSVP is requested by October 31.