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Family Day Arts Fest 2022
We are excited to share with you that we will be celebrating the Family Day weekend by doing what we love most - immersing ourselves in the arts and bringing back a sense of homecoming by sharing with you, our audience through an in-person experience.
The festival, a free event, will feature some of the most important names in and around the City of Mississauga and the GTA.
- All Nations Indigenous group
- Frog In Hand (Contemporary Dance)
- Kaleidoscope Centre of Performing Arts
- Adishankara Academy of Performing Arts (Mala Pisharody),
- Regatta Kala Kendra (Harikishan Nair)
- Tanveer Alam & Group
- Canadian Arabic Orchestra
- Sampradaya Dance Creations
Download the Program Brochure here
About Us
Dance Creations
Described by the New York Times as 'a dance company of rare vitality', SAMPRADAYA Dance Creations is an award winning Canadian professional dance company specializing in the creation and production of classical and contemporary dance works rooted in the Indian Classical dance form of bharatanatyam. SAMPRADAYA's strength lies in its pursuit of excellence in the creation of a stunning range of solo and ensemble works that are infused with the creativity of Indian dance vocabularies, while inspiring audiences with the its innovative approaches to traditional movement.
SAMPRADAYA Dance Creations’ maintains a strong presence in the Canadian dance scene through its national tours and festival participation. SAMPRADAYA Dance Creations has toured across Canada and internationally to India, the United States, Indonesia and Ireland.
Programming
Lata Pada, Artistic Director
Dancer, Choreographer, Teacher & Cultural Consultant, Lata Pada is recognized as one of Canada’s leading artists and arts advocates. An award-winning artist, she holds the distinction of being the first South Asian artist to receive the prestigious national honor of the Order of Canada in 2009. In January 2011, she was awarded the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman by the President of India. In 2012, she was honored with the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal for her contribution to the community as a Canadian citizen. More recently, Lata was inducted into the 2013 Inaugural Mississauga Legend’s Row as well as being named one of the Most Influential Individuals of the City of Mississauga.
As Artistic Director of SAMPRADAYA Dance Creations, Lata’s choreographic vision is compelled by her desire to redefine bharatanatyam in the ‘here and now’ as it navigates new and uncharted territory resulting in a stunning range of solos, ensemble works and multi-disciplinary productions.
Lata has trained under India’s eminent gurus Kalaimamani Kalyanasundaram and Padmabhushan Kalanidhi Narayanan. Originally from Bangalore, India, she has made Canada her home since 1964. She holds an MFA in Dance from York University and is an Adjunct Professor in their Graduate Program.
“Her clear direction in dance makes her one of the few who can successfully translate a thousand-year-old tradition into 21st century realities “
– Toronto star