First Friday: Usiloquy Dance Designs & Rini Raghavan

Name: First Friday: Usiloquy Dance Designs & Rini Raghavan
Start: 2025-05-02T18:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-05-02T21:00:00-04:00
Location: 2025 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy, Philadelphia, PA

Schedule

Fri May 02 2025 at 06:00 pm to 09:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

2025 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy, Philadelphia, PA | Philadelphia, PA

May First Friday at the Barnes: Usiloquy Dance Designs & Rini Raghavan ✨🎶
A rhythmic footfall. A cascading melody. A story unfolding in motion. Through movement and music, "Memory Futures: Desi Transcendence" bridges past and present, tradition and innovation. This premiere performance— a collaboration between Usiloquy Dance Designs and Grammy-nominated composer Rini Raghavan—blends Indian classical dance with contemporary expression. Raghavan’s compositions weave together the intricate rhythms of Carnatic music and the improvisational soul of jazz, creating a soundscape as layered as the narratives it represents.
📆 Friday, May 2
🕕 6–9pm
🎵 Performance: 6:30–8pm
🍸 Cocktails and light fare available for purchase
🪑 Seating is limited—arrive early!
First Friday at the Barnes includes access to the collection and "Cecily Brown: Themes and Variations". Want to make a night of it? The Garden Restaurant is open for dinner—reserve your table between 6 and 8pm!