Memories of Water
Live Show (2025)
Run Time: 30min
The duo of percussionist/electronic musician Ravish Momin (aka Sunken Cages) and choreographer Ishita Mili takes ancient to the future in this multidisciplinary collaboration. “Memories of Water” weaves narratives of forgotten histories, resistance and healing rituals through live music and movement. Ravish and Ishita draw on street-rhythms from Mumbai to Cairo, and dance styles that blend traditional Indian Classical (bharatnatyam) and tribal styles (chhau) with Hip-Hop and beyond. “Memories of Water” is loosely inspired by the forgotten histories of the Siddhi people.
This piece is currently in development to add a live video projectionist and seeks further development residencies and touring opportunities.
Presented at:
The Egg // NY, 2024
Lincoln Center // NYC, 2021
Live Photos From The Egg Center For the Performing Arts, March 28, 2025 (photographed by Kiki Vassilakis)
“Audiences can expect “heart-grabbing rhythm” and “to feel feelings of prayer, feelings of release, feelings of loss, feelings of survival, of fighting, of resistance.”
About Ravish
Ravish Momin is an Indian-born drummer, electronic music producer and educator residing in New York City. A Structural/Civil Engineer by training, he quit his engineering practice in 2003 to become a professional musician. He has worked as a sideman with a wide array of musicians including pop star Shakira and US Jazz legend Kalaparush Maurice McIntyre (AACM/Chicago). In the past, he also led ‘Turning Jewels Into Water’ (with Haitian electronic music pioneer Val Jeanty) and Tarana, a global-Jazz trio, on international and domestic stages.
His current projects include duos with dragonchild (DA Mekonnen of Debo Band) and Faraway Ghost (Iranian singer/songwriter Kamyar Arsani). As Sunken Cages, Momin plays electronic drums. While rooted in Indian and Black Music traditions, he is also influenced by the street sounds of underground dance music from Sao Paolo to Durban to Mumbai. He is signed to OnTheCorner Records (UK) and Akuphone Records (France).
ABOUT ISHITA
Ishita Mili is a Bengali-American director, choreographer, educator, and iconoclast. She founded IMGE (”image”) as a dance company that unravels cultural roots to thread together global stories with artists of diverse backgrounds. IMGE’s holistic movement vocabulary encompasses dynamic imagery, mudra storytelling, and percussive footwork to confront social and cultural constructs. Ishita’s work has reached inter/national stages (New Victory Theater, Lincoln Center, World Arts West), commercial campaigns (NBCuniversal, IndoWarehouse), and theater (Broadway Bares, Asolo Rep’s “Hair”).
Ishita was awarded Artist of Exceptional Merit by the Asian American Arts Alliance and has taught at Princeton, Duke, and Gonzaga University. Ishita was selected into the LabWorks '24-'25 cohort at New Victory Theater. Ishita received a 2025 Individual Artist Fellowship award from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts.
““The piece planned for The Egg is a “modern folk narrative” that goes from the “familiar to the unfamiliar,””