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CURRENT
EVENTS
More upcoming events coming soon...
 
RECENT FEATURES
Taal featured in The Hollywood Reporter

Taal featured in Say Anything's MTV MUSIC VIDEO
Directed by Shane Drake
(Directed the 2006 MTV Music Video of the Year)
Dance Choreographed by Erica Duff
Say Anything Music Video Link

Taal recently featured in the Los Angeles Times
LA Times West Magazine
*Photograph by Shay Peretz
Stay tuned for more upcoming shows and
events...
 
ARCHIVED
EVENTS
Saturday, July 28 , 2007
Chebi Sabbah & 1002 Nights present ASIAN MASSIVE
with DJ sets by Gaurav (Midival Punditz) & Janaka (Dhamaal)
Temple Bar, 1026 Wilshire Blvd, Santa Monica, CA
$15 cover, 9 pm-2 am
www.templebarlive.com
Thursday, July 26, 2007
Fundraiser at Von Dutch
819 La Brea Blvd in Los Angeles, CA
To Taal has been invited to perform at O'Bhangra Featuring DJ Rekha (from NYC / Basement Bhangra) and hosted by D'Lo! To confirm your place at this special evening of music and dance, please donate at least $25 to the Obama campaign through the following link by WEDNESDAY, JULY 25th:
donate.barackobama.com
You may also pay at the door, though space is limited. In addition to the evening's activities, a bone marrow drive will be held on behalf of HelpVinay.org
Thursday, July 12 , 2007
Taal with Chebi Sabbah at the Levitt Pavilion
Levitt Pavilion in Pasadena , CA
www. levittpavilionpasadena.com
Sunday, April 22, 2007
Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles, CLOSING Night Gala
Taal performs alongside Bombay Dub Orchestra (UK)
West Hollywood, CA
www.indianfilmfestival.org
www.bombaydub.com
Tuesday, April 17, 2007
Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles, OPENING Night Gala
West Hollywood, CA
www.indianfilmfestival.org
Friday, March 23, 2007
Walt Disney Concert Hall - Fundraiser Event
Los Angeles, CA
Friday, December 15, 2006
Henna Gardens Gala Event
San Francisco, CA
Saturday, December 9, 2006
Performance with Naked Rhythms
Los Angeles, CA
November 11-16, 2006
Taal Dance Co. Workshops
Various Venues in Houston, TX
Saturday, October 28, 2006, Evening
American India Foundation Gala, AIF 5th Anniversary
"Bow ties & Bangles"
Anaheim Marriott Hotel in Anaheim , CA
The American India Foundation (AIF) is a leading international
development organization charged with the mission of accelerating
social and economic change in India.
www.aifgala.org

Saturday, October 28 , 2006, Daytime
Venice Carnivale
Winward Circle in Venice, CA
www.carnevale.us

Saturday, October 21, 2006
Diwali Celebration
Stunning Spanish Fork Krishna Temple in Spanish Fork, Utah
Sunday, September 10, 2006, 1 pm and 4 pm
Yoga Fest 2006
Bergamot Station Arts Center in Santa Monica, CA
Saturday, September 2, 2006, 8 pm
Blue 13 Dance Company presents KARISHMA
An Enchanting Evening under the Stars
Ford Amphitheatre in Hollywood, CA
Jaya of Taal Dance Co. joins Blue 13 in a spectacular night of dance.

Summer 2006
PEPSI COMMERCIAL RELEASE
International Exposure
Taal Dance Company members exclusively
commissioned for Pepsi Commercial with
Christina Aguilera
www.downloadchristina.com
Monday, August 28, 2006, All week
Burning Man - Radical Self-reliance & Art Collide
Burning Man in Black Rock City, NV
Taal Dance joins "Camp Krishna" for one week of nonstop dance.
Friday, Saturday & Sunday , August 25, 26 & 27, 2006
Hooray for Bollywood!
Alex Theater, 216 North Brand Blvd., Glendale (Los Angeles), CA
See Taal dancer Monica Bhatt in "Hooray for Bollywood!" featuring world famous Bellytwins Neena and Veena. "Hooray for Bollywood!" captures the excitement of Bollywood from its songs & lavish costumes to its spectacular dances. This show has 40 dancers, specialty acts, including fire, swords, aerial gymnastics, musicians and much, much more.
www.alextheater.org
www.bellytwins.com
Saturday, August 5, 2006, 6 pm
Nataraja Mela
Golden Bridge Yoga in West Hollywood , CA
Trance dance event with yoga teacher Shiva Rea and
headliner DJ Cheb i Sabbah
Friday, August 4 , 2006, Evening
STREET SCENE 2006
Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego , CA
Taal Dance Co. joins Cheb i Sabbah at the 2006 Street Scene featuring other artists such as Kanye West, AFI, Wu Tang and Bad Religion.
www.street-scene.com
Sunday, July 30, 2006, Afternoon
LA Ratha Yatra
Venice Beach at Winward Circle, Venice, CA
Monica and Sri of Taal Dance Co. join the Festival of the Chariots, ain stage classical Indian dance performance to live music featuring vocals of Gopal Krishna Das and fusion Bhagavad Gita dance to music of the MIDIval PunditZ.
Saturday, July 22, 2006
CENTRAL PARK SUMMER STAGE NYC
with Cheb I Sabbah
Central Park, New York, New York
In 2006, Central Park SummerStage, proudly enters its third decade of presenting free, eclectic, and thoughtful programming for all. In keeping with Summer Stage tradition, the 2006 season includes a wide range of music, dance, film and spoken word, by renowned and emerging artists.
http://www.summerstage.org/

Sunday, July 16, 2006, 7 pm
AR Rahman & Musafir at the Hollywood Bowl
with Bollywood Step
Hollywood Bowl
2301 N. Highland Ave., Hollywood, CA
India's movie music and dance spectacular comes to the Bowl with the genre's premier composer and musical genius, AR Rahman. Infectious Hindi song, breathtaking dance, and colorful movie clips on the Bowl's side screens make for a night of wonder, surprise and spectacle. Monica of the Taal Dance Co. joins Bollywood Step in dancing alongside AR Rahman & Musafir.
www.hollywoodbowl.com/bollywood

Friday, June 23, 2006, 10:30 pm
Amma in Los Angeles - Summer Tour 2006
Hilton Los Angeles Airport
5711 W. Century Blvd., Los Angeles, CA
The performance is pure classical Mohini Attam from Kerala, Ammaji's home in India. This is a part of Ammaji's retreat in Los Angeles. Sri of the Taal Dance Co. will join Supriya and Guru Radha Carmen of Kerala Dance Theater.
Retreat Info: June 22-24
Includes special classes, renowned musical guests, meditations and dinner served by Amma herself. Pre-registration is required.
lasatsang.amma.org/tour/la-tour.htm
Sunday, June 18 , 2006, 1:30 and 3 pm
NBC Travel & Leisure Expo
LA Convention Center
1201 S. Figueroa St. , Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles Travel & Leisure Expo featuring Taal Dance Co.
representing Indian Tourist Bureau
www.lacclink.com
www.nbc4.tv/86865/page.html
June 15 & 17, 2006
New Vrndavan - Kuli Mela
Moundsville, WV 26041
Music, fashion show and
dance performance by Sri of Taal Dance Co.
Friday, June 16, 2006, 10 pm
Naked Rhythm's "Frequency" Record Release Party
The Derby
4500 Los Feliz Blvd. (at Hillhurst), Los Angeles, CA
Mesmerizing dance performance by Astha of Taal Dance Co.

Thursday, June 15, 2006
New Vrndavan - Kuli Mela
Moundsville, WV 26041
Contemporary application of
classical Indian dance workshop by Sri of Taal Dance Co.
Wednesday, June 14, 2006
Amore for Kids Wednesdays
to Aid Abused Childredn
Cafe Bellissimo
22458 Ventura Blvd., Woodland Hills, CA
For reservations, call 818.225.0026

Sunday, April 23 , 2006, 9 pm
Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles
Closing Night Gala
Ivar in Hollywood, CA
www.indianfilmfestival.org
Friday, May 19, 2006, 9 pm
Project Ahimsa Benefit Party
111 Minna San Francisco, CA
www.projectahimsa.org
Tuesday,
March 14 ,
2006,
7
pm
Speednews
Global Reception
Private Jonathon
Club Society
Downtown Los Angeles, CA
March
2006
SAN
MIGUEL BEER COMMERCIAL
Taal
Dance Company members
commissioned for San Miguel Beer Commercial
Spain Exposure
Saturday,
February 25 ,
2006,
8 pm
Universal
Studios World Event
with Satnam (Alien Chatterji)
Universal
Studios, CA
Saturday, October 8, 2005, 8 pm
Craigslist Nonprofit Boot Camp Reception
Civic Center Auditorium
99 Grove St., San Francisco, CA
www.craigslistfoundation.org/reception.html
Saturday, October 8, 2005, 1 pm
Walt Disney Concert Hall Festival
1325 North Grand Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90012
September
2005
PEPSI
COMMERCIAL
Taal
Dance Company members exclusively
commissioned for Pepsi Commercial with
Christina Aguilera
International Exposure
Friday, September 30, 2005
XENII - Private Hollywood Society
Sunset Studio in
Hollywood, CA
Sunday, September 25, 2005
Cafe of Dreams - Magicopolis Theater
Cafe of dreams is an imaginary cafe, sometimes used as a cabaret, other times as a concert hall, continuously attracting people of different cultural backgrounds, creating a universal collage of music, dances, acrobatics, and other varieties of entertainment.
http://www.cafeofdreams.us/tickets.html
Magicopolis Theater
1418 4th St., Santa Monica, CA
www.cafeofdreams.us/cafe.html
Saturday, September 17, 2005, 7 pm
Project Ahimsa's 4th Anniversary in Tampa, FL
Salvador Dali Museum
St. Petersburg, FL
Project Ahimsa (which means non-violence in Hindi), a global effort to empower youth through music, is dedicated to fostering unity and peace through arts exchange and education. By creating opportunities for youth to explore multi-cultural artistic expression, Project Ahimsa found they could empower youth in isolated, poor
and fragmented communities.
http://www.projectahimsa.org/dali
Sunday, September 18, 2005
PRIMETIME EMMYS, HBO RECEPTION
Pacific Design Center
8687 Melrose Ave. West Hollywood, CA
Thursday,
September 8, 2005
MIDIval PunditZ with
Cheb i Sabbah, Taal Dance and DJ Nihal
Temple
Bar
1026 Wilshire Blvd., Santa Monica, CA
www.chebisabbah.com
www.punditz.com
Thursday, August 4, 2005,
6:30 to 9 pm
Japanese American National Museum
presents Cheb i Sabbah
with special guests:
Adam
Basma Dance Company
Amir
Sofi
Dhol Nation
Taal Dance Company
Japanese American National Museum
369 East 1st Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012
Event
is free and open to the public
www.janm.org
Saturday,
July 23, 2005
Living on the Edge of the World Benefit Concert
Hollywood
Landmark Momart Theater
(across from the Kodak Theater)
6757 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, CA 90015
Living on the Edge of the World is
a benefit that is being presented by Green Dog Films and Johnnie
Walker in association with Harmonic Productions and The Artist
Movement.
Proceeds will go to Casa Amiga (www.400portraits.com), a rape
crisis center in Mexico for the women and children of Juarez
and Chihuahua City and to Amazon Watch (www.amazonwatch.org),
which protects the rights of the indigenous people from corporation
toxins like Chevron & Texaco.

Saturday,
June 25, 2005
Annual Venice Carnevale Festival
Masquerade
at Club Carnevale
3224 Thatcher Ave. Marina del Rey, CA
www.carnevale.us
Sunday, June 19, 2005
KNBC Travel & Leisure Show
Los
Angeles Convention Center
1201 S Figueroa St, Los Angeles, CA 90015
Saturday,
June 18, 2005
KNBC Travel & Leisure Show
Los
Angeles Convention Center
1201 S Figueroa St, Los Angeles, CA 90015
Saturday,
June 11, 2005
Harmony World Festival
Napa
Valley , CA
5:30
pm Gaia Stage
8:30 pm Mystic Beat Lounge
www.harmonyfestival.com
http://www.mysticbeatlounge.com/ttd.html
Friday,
June 10, 2005
Chakra
presents...
MIDIval PunditZ - San Francisco
111
Minna Art Gallery, San Francisco, CA
www.chakrasf.com
Chakra proudly presents the west coast
summer tour of the MIDIVAL PUNDITZ (gaurav & tapan), celebrating
the release of their newest album on Six Degrees Records,
Midival Times.
www.punditz.com
Thursday,
June 9, 2005
Chakra presents...
MIDIval PunditZ - Los Angeles
Tantra
- 3705 Sunset Blvd.
SilverLake, CA 90026
www.chakrasf.com
Chakra
proudly presents the west coast summer tour of the MIDIVAL
PUNDITZ (gaurav & tapan), celebrating the release of their
newest album on Six Degrees Records, Midival Times.
www.punditz.com


Saturday,
June 4, 2005
Himalayan
Festival
Salt
Lake City, UT

Friday,
June 3, 2005
Project Ahimsa Global Sight & Sound
San
Francisco, CA
www.kingstonmassive.com/Metreon/GSS4
Project Ahimsa's goal is to foster unity
and peace through progressive media and music education.
www.projectahimsa.org
Wednesday,
May 25, 2005
Boeing Cultural Heritage Week Luncheon
Huntington
Beach, CA
Sunday,
May 22, 2005
LA Sister City International Festival
The
Gardens of Page Museum
5801 Wilshire Blvd., adjacent to the LA County Museum of Art
www.lasistercityfestival.com/home.html
The Los Angeles Sister City Festival
is a fun-filled, all-day event celebrating the twenty-one
sister cities to Los Angeles. This exciting international
cross-cultural celebration reflects the culture, the language,
the food, the arts, the people and the essence of Los Angeles'
sister cities.
Saturday,
May 14, 2005
TiE Conference 2005
Westin
Hotel and Conference Center
Santa Clara, CA
www.tiecon.org
TiE
(talent, ideas, enterprise) is a global not-for-profit network
of entrepreneurs and professionals dedicated to fostering
entrepreneurship. For more information about TiE please visit:
www.tie.org.
Saturday,
May 7, 2005
La
Dolce Vita - The Sweet Life
A
Passage to India
Sonoma Country Day Fundraiser
Sonoma, CA
www.ldvauction.com/
La
Dolce Vita is one of the premier fundraising parties in the
wine country. The event, scheduled for May 7, 2005, raises
funds to benefit academics, enhancement programs, and campus
development at Sonoma Country Day School. This year, Sonoma
Country Day Parents are creating their most spectacular party
ever with A Passage to India party featuring outstanding silent
and live auctions, extraordinary entertainment, dining and
dancing. Guests will journey to the land of gods, goddesses,
rajas, elephants, tigers, curries, scholars, ragas, and Bollywood
moguls, where celebrations are colorful feasts and rituals.
Sunday, April 24, 2005
Indian
Film Festival of Los Angeles - Closing Night
SIR
- 6465 Sunset Boulevard
Hollywood, CA 90028
www.indianfilmfestival.org
Indian
Film Festival of Los Angeles adds Music Beats this year
During
the entire festival, LIVE performances include: L Shankar
& Gingger and Tej Gill on Opening Night; Amoeba Records'
DJ Jun, Arohi, blue13 dance company, Charanjeet "CJ",
Gabe (didJital.com), Magic Bhaila, Rashmi, Shaheen Sheik,
Shalini & Blu Soul, Sheetal, Sri and TAAL Dance Company
during ASIAN GROOVE 'N MOVES; Tej Gill, Girish and TAAL Dance
Company on Closing Night.
Friday,
April 22, 2005
Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles
Asian Grooves 'N Moves
ArcLight Cinemas
Courtyard
6360 Sunset Blvd. Hollywood, CA 90028
www.indianfilmfestival.org
Monday,
April 18, 2005
'In
The Face of Jinn'
Release Party
a novel by Cheryl
Howard Crew
Pacific Palisades, CA

Sunday,
February 20, 2005
Asian Tsunami Relief
Santa Monica, CA

Saturday,
February 19, 2005
dj Cheb i Sabbah and TAAL Dance Company
Visualmix: Museum of Traffic
Tantra
- 3705 Sunset Blvd. Silverlake,
CA

Friday,
February 4, 2005
Two
Shows, Two Cities, One Night
Taal
performs in San Francisco & Los Angeles

A
note: Congratulations and thanks to everyone who came out
for 'Heal: A Tsunami Fundraiser' on January 7th. After a match
from Project Ahimsa, over $15,000 was donated to the International
Federation of Red Cross Societies.
FEATURING:
KARSH KALE (sixdegrees, LA) www.karshkale.com
Riffat Sultana & Party (SF) www.riffatsultana.com
TAAL Dance Group (LA) feat. Neera, Monica
and Meena
www.taaldance.com
NIHAL (chakra , SF)
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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4 (LA)
TEMPLE BAR
Presents
dj Cheb i Sabbah
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Wednesday
Dec 22nd, 2004
Join Sri and Taal at Foundation Yoga
to celebrate the xmas season
Performances by Taal Dance Co.
Reading of "Parallel Earth" by Author Jeremiah Shanti
Images of the East-The beautiful work of photographer Laxmi
Indo-World beat Kirtan with Piyal - Tabla, Sura - Mrdanga,
Gary - Djembe, Sri - Harmonium'n beats and other guest musicians
www.srimusic.com
Friday
Nov. 12, 2004
CHAKRA - FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS
Bobby Friction (UK)
Taal Dance Company
Ali Akbar College of Music
111 Minna, San Francisco, CA
www.ethnicsessions.com
Sunday
October 24, 2004
TRADITIONAL
MEETS ELECTRONIC
dj
Cheb i Sabbah with
Taal Dance Company, Astha & Meera
and Riffat Sultana & Party
Knitting Factory
New York, NY
Saturday,
Oct 23rd, 2004
IN CONVERSATION WITH
dj Cheb i Sabbah with
Taal Dance Company, Astha & Meera,
and Riffat Sultana & Party
Massachusetts
Museum of Contemporary Art
MassMoca.org
Friday,
Sept. 10, 2004
Taal
Dance with Meera
performing at
Chakra
111 Minna San Francisco
feat. Cheb-i-Sabbah, Taal, Riffat Sultana, more
the coming together of two magical souls
performing a unique colorful expression
of classical indian body forms
flowing with creative unbounded energy
www.chebisabbah.com
Saturday,
August 21st, 2004
Taal Dance with Meera
One
Night For India
Aids Benefit Charity Concert
The coming together of two magical souls
performing a unique colorful expression
of classical indian body forms
flowing with creative unbounded energy
in prayer for the needy people of our country
feat.
Matt Malley of Counting Crows
DJ Cheb I Sabbah, Lili Haydn, Reggie Benjamin, Michelle
Branch,
Kimberley Locke, Nitin Sawhney, Karsh Kale, Tina Sugandh
www.onenightforindia.com
Thursday,
July 22nd, 2004
Art
Meets Beats in Washington DC
feat. Nitin Sawhney, Aref Duresh, Taal, Thunderball, more
www.sikhheritage.org/amb-thursday.html
Friday,
June 11th, 2004
Ahimsa
& Global Sight and Sound @ SONY METREON
feat. KK, Chebiji, Punditz, more
www.projectahimsa.org/metreon/
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