Archive · 23 Aug 2025
Mesma Belsaré's Jatayu: Art and Transformation on Stage
Mesma Belsaré is an artist who combines dance and art.
She will perform a play about Jatayu, a bird from an old Indian story, who sacrifices himself.
Belsaré also paints and makes collages.
Her art mixes old stories with new ideas, like technology.
She wants to show that everyone is different.
She is also a trans artist and wants to support others who feel different.
Her art shows that it's okay to be in-between things and to change.
Mesma Belsaré, a trans artist, will perform as Jatayu in a dance-theater piece at the New Brunswick Performing Arts Center.
The performance blends Bharatanatyam with theater, exploring themes of transformation.
Belsaré is a painter, dancer, choreographer, and actor whose work explores the intersection of ancient mythology and modern technology.
Her art reinterprets mythological narratives from gender-non-conforming perspectives.
Belsaré is the only recognized trans Bharatanatyam artist in North America, championing South Asian trans and queer voices.
- Who
- Mesma Belsaré, under the direction of Maya Kulkarni.
- What
- A dance-theater performance by Mesma Belsaré as Jatayu.
- When
- August 23rd
- Where
- New Brunswick Performing Arts Center in New Jersey
- Why
- To explore themes of transformation, myth, and modern identity through the fusion of Bharatanatyam and theater.
- Performance
- Jatayu (Dance-Theater)
- Artist
- Mesma Belsaré
- Location
- New Brunswick Performing Arts Center, NJ
- Director
- Maya Kulkarni
- Artistic Style
- IndoFuturist, Shilpa Natanam
- Art Mediums
- Painting, Collage, Dance
