Rhythm artist Jin Won explores the sonic and visual possibilities of rhythm through dance and music through Pradhanica Dance and Music Company. Pradhanica introduces world percussion and a contemporary presentation to make this ancient tradition entertaining and accessible to audiences of all ages and backgrounds. With it's conversational and interactive segments where the audience claps and recites pieces drawn from the kathak repertoire, Pradhanica provides a rare opportunity to directly participate in the art-making process. Led by artistic director and choreographer Jin Won, composed by Indian rhythm maestro Pandit Divyang Vakil, Pradhanica features a diverse group of artists and performers.
While equally adept at traditional and contemporary presentations of kathak and tabla, Won’s latest endeavors are explorations of rhythm as a unifier across cultural expressions.
Leap of Faith is an experiment for percussionist and dancer Jin Won. The piece is her first choreographed and musical composition that steers away from her traditional Kathak training. Leap of Faith weaves new classical music with electronic beats with contemporary dance. The narrative is in development but aims to musically and visually confront the impermanence of life in an accessible and palatable performance.
Pradhanica Dance and Music Company introduces world percussion and a contemporary presentation to make this ancient tradition entertaining and accessible to audiences of all ages and backgrounds.
“The treasure was Pradhanica. Fleet-footed choreography, along with music which illuminated Indian rhythms in enticingly off-beat ways. (Jin) Won’s musicality transformed her dancing into something primal. The tension between wildness and control was a hallmark of Pradhanica.”
— Gia Kourlas, New York Times
