World premiere coming to The O’Shaughnessy at St. Kate’s Oct. 10-11. Tickets on sale now!
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Rang-E-Ishq – Colors of Love explores the universal power of love in all its iterations (divine, earthly, and in between) via classical North Indian Kathak dance and Sufi poetry. Choreographed by Rita Mustaphi and heavily influenced by Sufism, Colors of Love follows the journey of an unnamed narrator on his journey toward inner peace as…
Katha Dance Theatre (KDT) is excited to announce the upcoming world premiere of Rang-E-Ishq – Colors of Love, coming to the O’Shaughnessy at St. Catherine University October 10-11, 2026. The evening-length performance is a Sufi/Kathak dance-theater meditation on the transformation of the human heart. It follows an unnamed narrator’s journey toward inner peace. Colors of…
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