Author: Utpalasia

  • UMW Multicultural Festival 2018

    Mark the date on your calendar – April 14, 2018 – for the next University of Mary Washington Multicultural Festival to celebrate the richness of diversity. Utpalasia will be performing a varied cultural program of Buddhist, Classical Kathak, Bollywood, and Folk dance on the promenade of Lee Hall between 2:15 and 2:45pm. The performance participants…

  • International Women’s Day 2018

    Today we celebrate and honor not only women and their inspiring contributions to our lives – past, present, and future – but all those who are a part of the continuous challenge of ensuring gender parity across the globe, from our own backyards to far off places. Achieving social, economic, cultural, and political equality is…

  • Dance and GIS

    Discover how science is helping to track the creative process and spatial relationships in dance using GIS. Tracking allows dancers to see only themselves or where they are in the group during performances. Storylines can be analyzed, refined, and improved with this system, and hotspot mapping can avoid dancers overusing given space on stage. Check…

  • Celebrate Holi with Utpalasia!

    Come celebrate Holi Festival with us at Durga Temple this coming Saturday, March 3 as some of our junior dancers present Bollywood and Kathak items in the cultural program, which begins at 1:30. Holika Dahan will be from 5:30 to 5:30pm. Details are available here: https://goo.gl/CnD2Fm