"Manifestations of Shiva", a documentary film, was created to celebrate the exhibition on depictions of the Lord Shiva in painting and sculpture at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Rather than focus on the static images in the museum, the film takes up the performance aspects of Shiva-worship: dance and music. That is particularly appropriate because Shiva is venerated as the "Lord of the Dance" (Shiva Nataraja) whose 108 sacred dances are used as the source for the art of dancing in India. Director, writer, and cinematographer Malcolm Leigh has allowed the music, the performances, and the scenery to speak for themselves. The result is a cinematic sense of the cyclical nature of existence, as nature and life seems to come around full circle, over and over again.

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All are cordially invited

Place: 86-06 Edgerton Blvd., Jamaica, NY
Date: Saturday, November 11, 2006 Time: 4pm

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