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Pacific Rasa Festival

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Embodied arts.
The science of emotions.

Natya Theater, a dialogue between psychology and the arts, and a guided movement experience.

Rasa means essence: what we feel through art, emotion, and taste.

Founded & curated byDr. Dimple Kaur Malhotra

Psychologist & Natya Theater artist

October 16, 2026

Friday · Founding Edition

6:00–8:30 pm PDT

Lake Forest Performing Arts Center

100 Civic Center Dr
Lake Forest, CA 92630
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The evening

Three ways to experience rasa.

The Orange County premiere of Absolutely No Bruises. A live Natya Theater performance at the heart of the Founding Edition.

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Make yourself at home in the Founding Edition.

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