Nava Dance Theatre

Nava Dance Theatre is based in Yelamu, also known as San Francisco, on the ancestral, traditional, unceded territories of Chochenyo and Ramaytush Ohlone peoples, who have continuously lived upon this land since time immemorial. Bharatanatyam is a dance form from the South of India, originally practiced by hereditary dance practitioners who were and are in large part invisibilized in the dance industry today. We acknowledge the continued contributions of hereditary dancers, musicians, and their families to this form as well as the erasure of their contributions throughout history. This acknowledgement is a work in progress.