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Ensemble Amedyez and Kalanidhi Dance

This groundbreaking program seeks to examine the question of “who owns culture?” with a sensual exploration of 19th-century Eastern-inspired French music’s origins.

Featuring the North American debut of Algerian early music group, Ensemble Amedyez, and a returning collaboration with Opera Lafayette fan-favorite, Kalanidhi Dance

Productions / Tickets

Washington, DC Productions

New York City Production

OCTOBER 24, 2024, 7:00p.m.
BUY SINGLE TICKETS
Museo del Barrio
New York, NY
Pre-Show Discussion 6:00p.m. & Post-Show Talkback

Run time: 90 minutes, including intermission

About the Production

Who owns culture? This question is forefront in this groundbreaking program that examines the national origins of 19th-century Eastern-inspired French music. The internationally acclaimed Algerian early music group Ensemble Amedyez makes its North American debut with Opera Lafayette to present a program of traditional Algerian melodies, first as they were interpreted by French Romantic composer Francisco Salvador Daniel, and then in their original, authentic form. Sharing the stage will be longtime Opera Lafayette collaborator Kalanidhi Dance, presenting both traditional Indian classical dance and ballets from Félicien David’s Lalla Roukh, a love story set in Kashmir.

 Art historian Gülru Çakmak will give a Pre-Show Discussion on the Turkish painter Hamdi Bey and host a Post-Show Talkback with soprano Amel Brahim-Djelloul (Ensemble Amedyez) and choreographer Anuradha Nehru (Kalanidhi Dance).

Featuring:

Ensemble Amedyez
Amel Brahim-Djelloul, soprano 
Nicolas Jouve, piano 
Rachid Brahim-Djelloul, violin
Dahmane Khalfa, percussion
Abderraouf Ouertani, oud 
Kalanidhi Dance

*This performance season is an external rental presented in coordination with the Kennedy Center Campus Rentals Office and is not produced by the Kennedy Center.