CLARKS SUMMIT — Kala School of Indian Classical Dance will present “Ancient Legacies Modern Lands – Erasing Borders” from 4 to 5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 28 in Shapland Hall at the Scranton Cultural Center.

Kala School was established in 1995 in Clarks Summit and has been training students in Indian classical dance for the past 20 years. This project is supported in part by the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency funded by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency. It is also supported by a Lackawanna County Community Arts and Culture Grant, a program of Lackawanna County Commissioners.

The program is based on the 21,00-year-old classical dance form of India called Bharata Nat yam. It showcases how the ancient Indian art form has adapted to its new home, the United States. Transplanted into a new and different environment, it had to make subtle adjustments to survive and flourish.

The professional dancers from Kala School of Dance will be joined by young dancers from New York, all of whom are working to ensure the continuity of the art form. All the dances will highlight this aspect of change and adaptation.

The dances will be interspersed with detailed explanations using a slideshow presentation.

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Information provided by the Kala School of Indian Classical Dance.