Event Title:

Organization:

  Performing Arts

  San Francisco

Start Date:

  3/13/2026

End Date:

  3/13/2026

Start Time:

  8:00 PM

End Time:

  10:00 PM

Event Info: 

  Rogue Gestures/Foreign Bodies is a contemporary dance theatre and live music production that celebrates the labor and lived experiences of immigrant women in the US. The work weaves bharatanatyam, dance theatre, and raaga-based music to show that we are stronger together, transforming our joy, labor, and grief into collective power.

Initially inspired by oral histories of community aunties who arrived to work as nurses after the 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act, Rogue Gestures celebrates the breadwinning, culture-bearing, determined generosity of our femme elders, insisting that the only way forward is together. These are lessons needed now more than ever!

Tickets $24-40 sliding scale | Limited seats!

Dancers: Nadhi Thekkek, Shruti Abhishek, Janani Muthaiya, Aishwarya Subramanian, Abhirami Murugappan, Priya Govindarajan, Soundarya Daliparthy, Anjali Shankar
Musicians: Roopa Mahadevan, Preethi Ramaprasad, Aarti Shankar, Aditya Iswara, Conal Sathi, Matt Small
Co-Music Directors: Roopa Mahadevan and Kalaisan Kalaichelvan
Choreography: Nadhi Thekkek

https://dancemissiontheater.org/2025/12/18/march-13-rogue-gestures-foreign-bodies/

Location:

  Dance Mission Theater

Room:

Address:

  3316 24th St

Phone:

City:

  San Francisco

State/Province:

  CA