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	<title>Dakshina &#124; Daniel Phoenix Singh Dance Company</title>
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		<title>Singh is Finalist for Mayor&#8217;s Arts Awards</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Daniel Phoenix Singh is a Finalist in the Innovation in the Arts category 
Daniel is a Finalist in the Innovation in the Arts Category for DC&#8217;s 25th Annual Mayor&#8217;s Arts Awards. As you may know Dakshina means “offering” in Sanskrit and in keeping with this spirit, Dakshina offers artists and communities the unique opportunity to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.dakshina.org/2010/03/10/singh-is-finalist-for-mayors-arts-awards/</link>
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		<title>Spring Open Rehearsal</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Come see what the dancers are working on
What: Open Rehearsal/Silent Auction
When: Saturday March 27, 7 pm &#8211; 9 pm
Where: Dance Institute of Washington, 3400 14th Street, NW.  Easily accessible via the Columbia Heights Metro Station, or if you are driving, park at the Giant Parking lot around the corner.  
Are you ready for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.dakshina.org/2010/02/01/spring-open-rehearsal/</link>
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		<title>Dance Place Concert</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What: Spring Concert with company premiere of Sokolow&#8217;s ROOMS
Venue: Dance Place, 3225 8th Street NE
Dates: May 1 at 8 pm and May 2 at 7 pm
Sarah Kaufman selects Dakshina’s Dance Place Show as one of the top picks for Spring
The Washington Post’s chief dance critic Sarah Kaufman selected Dakshina’s Dance Place show as one of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.dakshina.org/2010/01/26/dance-place-performance/</link>
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		<title>Leela Samson Workshop</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dakshina is bringing the award winning teacher and choreographer Srimathi Leela Samson to Washington DC Friday-May 28th through Tuesday June 1st (both days inclusive) to teach a workshop.  As many of you know, Leela akka is known for her astute teaching style, and innovative choreography for both soloists and groups&#8211;he many talents were recognized [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.dakshina.org/2010/01/15/leela-samson-workshop-2/</link>
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		<title>Suresh Desai&#8217;s Review</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Voice of Expression 
Times of India, January 5th, 2010
Performance Date: December 29th, 2009 at Darpana, Ahmedabad.
Taste and clarity of expression within parameters of high aesthetic standards set Dakshina from Washington DC apart as a dance company exploring communication through choreographed movement, powerfully highlighted with dominantly expressive silence and complementing sparse creative music. Its gifted [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.dakshina.org/2010/01/06/suresh-desais-review/</link>
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		<title>Guest Yasmin Nair</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This article is the first in a series looking at systemic, structural problems in the arts community.  Nair explores the very real problems of undervaluing artists and their labor, privatization of the arts, and the structural problem of shifting social justice work from the state to artists.  Please email suggestions for future topics [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.dakshina.org/2009/12/14/guest-yasmin-nair/</link>
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		<title>Crafty Bastards</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The New York City Ballet performed at the Kennedy Center Opera House this week showcasing works by George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins, Christopher Wheeldon and Peter Martins.  NYCB was created as a vehicle for George Balanchine&#8217;s movement preference for abstract black and white ballets (so called because of the stark costumes of black/white tights and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.dakshina.org/2009/12/11/crafty-bastards/</link>
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		<title>South Asia Tour</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dakshina will be touring and performing at the following cities:
With generous support by the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation, Board Members and Donors of Dakshina, we&#8217;re very happy to announce our tour dates and venues.  Please do join us if you happen to be in the area.  
Chennai, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.dakshina.org/2009/11/26/south-asia-tour/</link>
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		<title>Baltimore Theatre Project</title>
		<description><![CDATA[November 20 and 21 at 8 pm
45 West Preston Street
Baltimore MD 21201
Box Office: 410-752-8558 or www.theatreproject.org
Dakshina will showcase Anna Sokolow’s pivotal work Dreams at the Baltimore Theatre Project, along with their signature program featuring several Bharata Natyam dances, and their signature blend of both Modern and Indian dance styles on November 20—21, 2009. The performance [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.dakshina.org/2009/11/06/baltimore-theatre-project/</link>
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		<title>Guest Aniruddhan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Why I dance
Talking of the &#8220;inner impulse&#8221; called &#8220;inspiration,&#8221; my most favourite poet Wislawa Szymborska says this in her 1996 Nobel Prize acceptance speech: &#8221; It&#8217;s just not easy to explain something to someone else that you don&#8217;t understand yourself.&#8221; Notwithstanding the fact that I am light years away from being half as inspired or [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.dakshina.org/2009/10/06/guest-aniruddhan/</link>
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