In the White Moonlight: An Exploration of Tamil Poetry, Music, & Dance

The Center for the Art of Translation presents "In the Long White Moonlight," a unique program featuring music, dance, and literary translation in an exploration of the poetry of South India Sunday, June 3, 2001 at 5pm at the Gershwin Theater, 2350 Turk (West of Masonic), University of San Francisco. Selected poems composed in Tamil will be translated not only into words but also into music and dance, bringing the poems off the printed page in a vibrant performance. World-renowned Carnatic musician and composer CHITRAVINA N. RAVIKIRAN has traveled from India for the world-premiere of his composition "In the Long White Moonlight." Bay Area dancer ARCHANA VENKATESAN will perform her original choreography and vocalist KALA GANAPATHY will perform with musicians from the BHARATAKALANJALI ORCHESTRA (Madras).