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Uptown Rhythm Festival 2025
When: Sep 27, 2025
Where: Wilson Abbey, 935 W Wilson Ave, Chicago, IL 60640
Producers: Uptown Rhythms
URF 2025 Website
Set in Uptown neighborhood of Chicago, this festival unites and empower local and global communities to respect and restore the rhythms of nature through the experience and embodiment of dance and music
Henna. Dance. Cacao
When: August 9, 2025 @5 PM
Where: 4809 N Ravenswood Ave #118, Chicago, IL 60640
Producers: Uptown Rhythms
Together, we’ll journey through body, spirit, and intention:
✋ Henna to honor your body as canvas and create sacred adornment
💃🏽 Kathak Dance to tell your story through graceful footwork and expressive mudras
🌱 Cacao Ceremony to open the heart and plant meaningful visions for your lifeLearn the Techniques of Kathak from the legendary Sangeet Natak Academy Awardee, Pt Shri Rajendra Ganganiji
Past Events
Workshop - Rajendra Gangani Ji
When: May 18, 2025 @10 AM
Where: 4809 N Ravenswood Ave #118, Chicago, IL 60640
(Online Option Available)
Producers: Uptown Rhythms + Sargam Kathak
Learn the Techniques of Kathak from the legendary Sangeet Natak Academy Awardee, Pt Shri Rajendra Ganganiji
Beginner Master Class: 10 AM
0 -3 Years of Kathak
$75 (+$25 for class recording)
Intermediate / Advanced Master Class: 11: 30 AM
3+ Years of Kathak
$100 (+$25 for class recording)
Cosmic Comedy
When: May 17, 2025 @ 6 PM
Where: UIC Theater (1044 West Harrison, Chicago, I 60607)
Producers: Uptown Rhythms
Performed in Kathak, revisit the manifestation of our desires that do not always follow the script we write for them.
Uptown Rhythm Festival 2024
When: Sep 13-14, 2024
Where: 5100 N Simonds Drive, Chicago, IL 60640
Producers: Shiwali Tenner
Set in Uptown neighborhood of Chicago, this festival unites and empower local and global communities to respect and restore the rhythms of nature through the experience and embodiment of dance and music
Ehsaas: A Realization
When: April 15, 2023 @ 6PM (1.5 Hours)
Where: Athenaeum Center For Thought and Culture
2936 N. Southport Ave, Chicago, IL 60657
Producers: Shiwali Tenner
A Traditional Kathak Performance comprising of
1. Solo Performance by Shiwali Varshney Tenner
2. Performance by Illinois Center for Kathak Ensemble
3. Performance by ReinventAbility
4. Solo Performance by Guru Sandip Mallick
Ehsaas: A Realization
When: April 15, 2023 @ 6PM (1.5 Hours)
Where: Athenaeum Center For Thought and Culture
2936 N. Southport Ave, Chicago, IL 60657
Producers: Shiwali Tenner
A Traditional Kathak Performance comprising of
1. Solo Performance by Shiwali Varshney Tenner
2. Performance by Illinois Center for Kathak Ensemble
3. Performance by ReinventAbility
4. Solo Performance by Guru Sandip Mallick
Earth Day Celebration
When: April 22, 2023
Where: Winthrop Garden (4628 N. Winthrop, Chicago, IL 60640)
Producers: ICA, Uptown Chamber of Commerce, ICkathak
Dance, Food, and Mindfulness about our impact on Earth.
Juneteenth (2021)
Where: Uptown Rainbow Ring
When: June 19, 2021
Artists: Shiwali Tenner, ChiBrown, Gery Joyful Moore
Producer: Shiwali Tenner (Illinois Center for Kathak)
Our annual celebration to celebrate the emancipation of the enslaved African Americans. We celebrated with Abolition Institute the organization dedicated to fighting modern-day slavery.
We recognized Representative LaShawn Ford for his attempts to making Juneteenth a holiday.
Still, We Dance (2020)
Where: Various Locations in Chicago
When: June, 2020
Artists: Shiwali Tenner, ChiBrown, Gery Joyful Moore
Producer: Shiwali Tenner (Illinois Center for Kathak)
As pandemic hit the world and cries for social justice widened. Seven dancers from Chicago came together to reflect on a new view for city -kinder, cleaner, supportive.
The video won an award for the most at Raqs Festival in LA as the best medley video.
Satya (2019)
Where: The Wilson Abbey
When: April, 2019
Artists: Shiwali Tenner, Colin Mascarenhas, Laksha Dantram, Various Artists
Producer: Shiwali Tenner (Illinois Center for Kathak)
Satya celebrated the Asian LGBTQA+ community. Fund raised went to support LGBTQ performers.
Human Migration (2017)
Where: Norris University Center
When: October 2017
Artists: Shiwali Tenner, Rie Katayam, Michael, Ipsita Sathpathy
Producer: Shiwali Tenner (Tribhang)
Exploring the stories migrants, three dance forms and three perspectives. We explored how giving space to other perspectives and cultures could create a beautiful discordant harmony.
The Heroine (2016)
Where: The Vittum Theater
When: August, 2016
Artists: iRadha Group, Sanskriti Foundation, Utkala Center of Odisi
Producer: Shiwali Tenner (Tribhang)
In this program we explored the stories of women from three different eras in three different dance forms.
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