{"id":34753,"date":"2016-03-03T15:33:57","date_gmt":"2016-03-03T21:33:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?p=34753"},"modified":"2016-03-03T19:06:03","modified_gmt":"2016-03-04T01:06:03","slug":"bindis-and-bruises-a-dance-theatre-featuring-stories-of-abuse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/bindis-and-bruises-a-dance-theatre-featuring-stories-of-abuse\/","title":{"rendered":"Bindis and Bruises: A dance theatre featuring stories of abuse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Nikita Mandhani<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"dropcap\">The Chicago DanzTheatre Ensemble is set to start its new show, Bindis and Bruises on Friday, March 4. The show was conceived and choreographed by Priya Narayan who is a trained classical Indian dancer. Ellyzabeth Adler is the director, co-writer and co-choreographer for the performance.<\/p>\n<p>[vimeo 157640341 w=474]<\/p>\n<div class=\"featurecaption\">A video preview of the upcoming show, Bindis and Bruises (Nikita Mandhani\/Medill)<\/div>\n<p>Bindis and Bruises is part of the dance theater&#8217;s social justice mission of \u201cperformance with a purpose.\u201d The ensemble hopes the show will break the silence about \u201cdating and domestic violence\u201d in the country.<br \/>\nPerformances will run every Friday and Saturday from March 4-19 at the Ebenezer Lutheran Church at 8 p.m. Tickets are available on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.danztheatre.org\/bindis-and-bruises--encuentros.html\">danztheatre.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"featurecaption\">Photo on top: A dancer performs at the rehearsal of Bindis and Bruises at the Ebenezer Lutheran Church (Nikita Mandhani\/Medill)<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Nikita Mandhani The Chicago DanzTheatre Ensemble is set to start its new show, Bindis and Bruises on Friday, March 4. 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