Surabhi Bharadwaj - Siddhi Creative Fundraiser
A fiscally sponsored project of Dancers' Group
Empower South Asian Artists!
About: Siddhi Creative is an artistic space for collaboration and creative exploration founded by Surabhi Bharadwaj. Our mission is to make art accessible through Education, Self-Expression, and Community Building.
Join Us To Bring Social Change And Enrich Community Connections Through:
Two Folds - A Siddhi Creative Double Feature
Celebrating the richness of shared human experiences, we welcome you to join hands in creating a meaningful connection between the art, artist, and audience. Two Folds Brings the world premiere of two productions - ‘The Maze’ & ‘Finding Joy’.
We seeking to raise $35,000 for The Maze Residency at ODC Theater (September 10-15) and the World Premiere of The Maze and Finding Joy at ODC Theater (September 20-22)
A little more about the two works:
‘The Maze’: The Maze is a devised multidisciplinary solo performance with live music, blending movement, theater, poetry, text, and technology to challenge conventional notions of womanhood. Drawing inspiration from lived experiences and the stories of women navigating patriarchal structures, the work engages the audience with an aim to ignite dialogue in the community about women, body autonomy, and agency.
The Maze has been recognized by the Izzies with an award for Outstanding Achievement in Music, Sound, and Text for its work-in-progress showcase at the Studio 210 Summer Residency.
While the performance itself is kid friendly, the content is best understood by patrons 13 and up.
Concept | Choreography | Text | Performance: Surabhi Bharadwaj
Direction | Text | Prop Design: Veena Basavarajaiah
Music Composition | Live Performance: Roopa Mahadevan & Collaborator - Jessica Ivry
Animation & Projection Design: Mrinaalika Sivakumar
Costume Design: Nikitha Satish
‘Finding Joy’: Finding Joy is an ensemble work that celebrates the beauty of everyday life, sharing individual experiences of navigating the modern world. This work brings contemporary relevance to Bharatanatyam practice and presentation. Through themes of love, nostalgia, community, and art that bring joy amid the constant pressure of a competitive world, the performance becomes a mirror through which the audience may see parallels with their own lives and experiences.
Credits:
Choreography | Direction - Surabhi Bharadwaj
Musical Direction - Maya Rau-Murthy & Vishnu R
Musical Collaboration - Conal Sathi
Music from "Ashrutam - The Unheard Voice" composed by Rohith Bhat & Sharat R Prabath is also incorporated in Finding Joy.
Writing for Spoken Word - Deepika Potdar Panchamukhi
Prop Construction - Subashinee Krishnamurthy
Movement Collaboration and Performance:
Akshaya Arunkumar
Anusha Sreenivasan
Radhika Karandikar
Shruthi Aravindan
Sukanya Kumar
Surabhi Bharadwaj
Surya Ravi
Cameo - Students of Siddhi Dance Academy
Kruthika Sarathvally
Mihika Rao
Nikitha Sashidhar
SynergyArts Community Festival: Central Park, San Ramon (May 2025):
Seeking to raise $25,000
The SynergyArts Community Festival is a celebration of Indian dance, crafted to bring the Bay Area community together in an interactive and collaborative space. The festival offers a community dance workshop, dance related games for practitioners, students, and the audience. Through SynergyArts, we also support South Asian dancers creating professional work in their development process and present them at the festival bringing proscenium art forms closer to the audience in a park.
Packed with fun contests, community dance workshops, performances, student-led dance stalls, and stalls offering Indian regional cuisine, the festival is set to leave a lasting impression on the Tri-Valley community and beyond.
Total Budget across three initiatives - $173,549
Seeking donor support to raise - $60,000
Your donations will support all three initiatives by facilitating:
- Payments for dancers, musicians, designers, and entire creative team ($54,000)
- Payments for the curatorial, and management teams ($12,400)
- Production costs and technical labor ($22,278)
- Theater and Studio rental for rehearsals and performances ($25,150)
- Costumes, prop, and scenery expenses ($14,770)
- Marketing, PR, videography, photography ($21,050)
- Travel, per-diem, general operational costs, insurance, subscriptions ($23,901)
Your Support Matters:
Your support isn't just a donation; it's a catalyst for transformation, empowerment, and celebrating the arts. Your generosity fuels our vision for a vibrant and accessible world of art and dance education. Our goal is to raise $60,000 by Sep 10, 2024. Please help us make that a reality. But kindly prioritize donating to Palestine’s Child Relief Funds, Middle East Children’s Alliance, United Palestinian Appeal or other organizations that are working hard to help the civilians in the middle east during this dark humanitarian crisis. Stand with us in solidarity and call for #CEASEFIRE.
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