Mansee Singhi (Cultural Connections)

Name: Mansee Singhi (Cultural Connections)
Start: 2025-04-05T19:00:00-04:00
Location: Peggy R. McConnell Arts Center of Worthington

Schedule

Sat, 05 Apr, 2025 at 07:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

Peggy R. McConnell Arts Center of Worthington | Worthington, OH

Cultural Connections: At the MAC, we’re bringing the world to you! Join us for a series of events where you will experience multicultural music and dance. Build connections in your culture or immerse yourself in new experiences as we offer an expressive mosaic of passionate artists and the arts.
About Mansee:
Mansee Singhi (she/her) is a South Asian choreographer, performer, teaching artist and member of the United Nations Dance Council based in Columbus, Ohio. She is the artistic director of Manm Koham Dance Company (MKDC) where she has been training and helping students grow in the field of Indian Classical dance form – Kathak.
Mansee is an active member of the arts community in Columbus and is a board member of Ohio Dance. Since 2009, Mansee has presented her work at various venues in and around Ohio and also produced end-to- end performances based on Indian and Contemporary styles in collaboration with other performing artists. She has been trained in Classical and Folk arts from India, Yoga and Contemporary style with ongoing Neoclassical training. In her work, she strives to balance the elements of her cultural background with her skills of story-telling and movements to find intersections between art and oneness.
“To Dance is to Express!”- the mantra of Mansee’s life. Mansee Singhi is a Columbus, Ohio based Indian classical dance performer, choreographer, and teacher. For 35 years, Mansee has fully devoted herself to this North Indian classical art form – Kathak. Kathak has an innate cultural, social, religious, and historical roots; these roots do not bind, but rather deepen the possibilities to create resonance and curiosity within both artist and viewer. The strength of her work begins with decades of dance training. Her teachers / Gurus have spent countless hours to uphold the balance between technical rigor, physicality, grace, and expressive authenticity that is the hallmark of this dance form. Mansee has been a member of the United Nations Dance Council since 2012 and more recently joined the Ohio Dance Board and the Ohio Teaching Artist Roster. Through the years, diverse influences have inspired her to immerse herself in pure dance, cross art form collaborations, and innovative partnerships. Mansee has been an active arts citizen in Columbus and nearby communities and has showcased and presented her work at various schools, universities and a variety of Indian cultural events. Her life’s mission as an artist is to create awareness and knowledge about Kathak, the creations from cross disciplinary collaborations and tell stories to audiences. Her vision is to elevate and encourage the innovative performances and collaborations to grow a wider audience for Indian classical dance and the intersections with diverse art styles.
Tickets: $30 Adult, $10 Student