Friday 9th October
7:30pm
This brand-new work from the award-winning Sonia Sabri Company aims to capture the feeling of ‘home’ through the intricate movements and melodies of dancer and musician. Just as plants come to life in the daylight but wither away in the dark, ‘NIDA’ explores how a true home can nourish us, how the loss of home might break us and how to find home wherever we find ourselves.
Weaving together Classical Indian Dance and Music forms, audiences are taken on a candlelit journey through wordless storytelling, beatboxing, mime and percussive dance. The music is inspired by Qawwali and Sufi music and features a santoor, a rare hypnotic Indian instrument with its roots traced back to Persia and Central Asia.
Sonia Sabri is multi-award winning and one of the foremost Kathak dancers of her generation. She is known for her precise, graceful technique, command of rhythm and repertoire, plus an enquiring approach to developing the art form. SSCo’s productions feature a seamless relationship between music and dance, refined over 15 years of artistic collaboration between Directors Sonia and Sarvar Sabri. Sonia was associate choreographer for The Opening Ceremony of the 2022 Commonwealth Games and was appointed an MBE for her Services to Dance in the 2025 King’s Birthday Honours.
Artists
Sonia Sabri MBE – Artistic Director, Choreographer and Kathak Dance Artist.
Sarvar Sabri – Musical Director, Composer and Tabla Maestro.
Gulfam Sabri – Vocals, Santoor and Harmonium.
Pulkit Sharma – Duff and Chendra drums
Presented by Milap.
Funded by Arts Council England.