Sri Mahalakshmi Temple of Atlanta - Shakti - The Confluence - October 2017

28th October 2017
Saturday

Soujanya Madhusudana & Hema Shilpa Uppala

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Antar Yatra - Sharmila Biswas - VA - October 2017

By Sharmila Biswas
October 27th, 2017
Friday

Venue - Northern Virginia Community College
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Bharatanatyam Performance - Anjana Ramesh Sarma - October 2017 - The Cultural Centre of Vijayawada & Amaravati, Natya Swara & Srinivasa Hatcheries

28th October 2017
Saturday

Venue - CCVA


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Divya's Bharatanatyam Performance - Kochi - October 2017

Divya Devagptapu
October 27th, 2017
Friday

RLV Music College Festival of Music & Dance


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A Indian Classical Fusion Recital - Pancha Pandakas - Patruni Chidananda Sastry - October 2017

29th October 2017 - Sunday
QAAF Bangalore

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A Video Presentation - Guru Smt Bragha Bessell - Award Presentation - October 2017 - Bangalore

29th October 2017
Sunday

Sevasadan


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Siddhartha by Art Vision - October/ November 2017

29th & 31st October 2017 - Sunday & Tuesday
2nd November 2017 - Thursday

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Nakshatra Dance Festival - NCPA - Mumbai -

This year NCPA proudly presents #Kathak by Parwati Dutta and MAHAGAMI GURUKUL - PARWATI DUTTA, #Odissi by Aruna Mohanty and Orissa Dance Academy, #Bharatanatyam by Chitra Visweswaran and Chidambaram, An amalgamation of classical and folk dance by Daksha Mashruwala’s Kaishiki and Kalanjay, #Kathak by Kumudini Lakhia’s Kadamb
27-29th October 2017
Friday, Saturday & Sunday

National Centre for the Performing Arts, NCPA Marg, Nariman Point, Mumbai 400 021. INDIA, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400021

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Performance art theatre
022 6622 3737
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Tix@ http://bit.ly/NCPANakshatraDanceFestival2017
#DanceAtTheNCPA #DanceForAll #IndianClassicalDance

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8th Swathi Thirunal Festival 2017 - New Delhi - IIHC

Stein Auditorium, IIHC

Smitha Rajan

Vasudeva Iyengar

Sammohanam - An Amalgamation of Indian Classical Dance

23rd October 2017
Monday


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Silamboli Kshetram Dance Company - NADI - Presentation by Leela Samson & Spanda Dance Company - Ontario - October 2017

P.C. Ho Theatre
Ontario
Canada

22nd October 2017
Sunday


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Bharatanatyam Recital - Dr Debaldev Jana - Golden Jubilee Celebration of Sangeet Sattra - Guwahati - October 2017

October 22nd, 2017
Sunday

Madhavadeva International Auditorium
Srimanta Sankaradeva Kalakshetra
Panjabari, Guwahati - 781 037

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HTCS - Sri Venkateswara Temple (Balaji Mandir) and Community Center - Deepavali Cultural Program - Tanya and Nrutya - October 2017 - NJ

21st October 2017
Saturday

Dancers:
Tanya Saxena
Nrutya Madduri
(Student of Ajantha Jonnalagadda)

Kalyanamandapam,
HTCS - Sri Venkateswara Temple (Balaji Mandir) and Community Center,
NJ

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Natya Vriksha - Bharata Natyam - October 2017 - San Tiago - Chile - Geeta Chandran

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Nivedita Viswanathan- Kuchipudi Dance Performance - ICCR - RK Swamy Hall - Chennai - October 2017

Friday 20th, October 2017


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Natyanjali Trust - Kavya Ganesh - Disciple of Smt Rama Vaidyanathan - Natya Utsav - October 2017 - Chennai

22nd October 2017
Sunday

Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan
Chennai


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NCPA - August2017 - Dance Residency - Dr Kanak Rele's Nalanda - Mumbai

14th, 18th, 19th & 20th August 2017


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Series on Guru S.K.Rajaratnam - Nattuvanar Parambarai - Subramany Kavuttuvam - August 2017

Offering to Guru SK Rajaratnam Pillai 
- Bharatanatyam Dancer - Vidhya Subramanian





Guru S.K.Rajaratnam (Vadyar) was one of the last gurus who belonged to the Nattuvanar parambarai. I am very fortunate to have learnt from him and it is a loss to the Bharatanatyam field that he left this world prematurely. He taught the same pieces differently to each of us in our solo classes highlighting our strengths.

I decided to create a select few videos of his pieces, in his choreography, with his voice, a voice that most people came to listen to when attending his students' performances. 

These vintage pieces are hardly performed any longer except occasionally by the next generation that his students have taught to. I felt the need to record them for posterity.

Here is the first of this series, the Subramanya Kavuttuvam. This is a piece I learnt in the 1980s and have performed a zillion times as a teenager. In this video, I have performed this one with a few of my students Vivek Ramanan, Keerthi Venkat and Medha Narwankar. Thank you for the videography by Sri Thina and thank you for the beautiful space Mythili Sankaran.

A sort of passing down of the lineage... Roots

Subramanya Kavuttuvam - 1
Second:
The recording is unfortunately cut and I can't find the original :( but even this little snippet is worth it. Do not miss the AIR style announcement by Vadyar which somehow seems to set the mood for the piece along with the lovely drop of khamboji ragam. With just two ragams khamboji and shanmukhapriya, this composition is another remnant of a dying composition, the shabdam. https://youtu.be/X68ta6mHdi4 Again thank you for the videography Sri Thina and the beautiful space Mythili Sankaran. For those who missed the first of this series of recordings to preserve a few pieces from Vadyar's repertoire, here it is (the post pertaining to this video is on my timeline earlier):


 The third video in this series of compositions I learnt from Vadyar (Guru S.K.Rajaratnam) - pushpanjali. I have seen this pushpanjali performed by many of Vazhuvoor Ramiah Pillai's illustrious disciples as well as their students. Each school seems to have their own twists and turns in the music but the choreography has been mostly different. Therefore, I assume this version was choreographed by Vadyar (please correct me if I'm wrong).
 This is a pushpanjali I've performed so many times. That's the beauty of these old compositions - we performed them so often that they're etched in our memory. I don't have to try and remember them or record them.

 I learnt them when there were no cell phones and cameras weren't allowed. We didn't even write them down. Just muscle memory. I teach the same way as do other conscientious teachers. No recording devices, the human being has enough resources to tap into. More importantly, this is what develops a thinking dancer versus a copying dancer, feeling each movement in the mind and body rather than visually imbibing it which creates a copycat version.
  Along with me in this video are Vivek Ramanan, Keerthi Venkat, and Medha Narwankar. Thank you again for the space Mythili Sankaran and the videography Sri Thina
Pushpanjali:
******** Here's the 4th video in the Guru SKR series. Alarulu Kuriyaga is a composition of Annamacharya. I love the way vadyar choreographed this to highlight Alamelumanga's grace and beauty. Simple and direct, and there's something to be said for repeating movements so it registers in the spectator's mind. We don't see this much anymore. This recording is from a performance in Madurai, part of the Iyal Isai Nataka Manram scholarship triad, the other two being Karur and Tiruchi. Also enjoy the AIR style announcement in the beginning in that resonant voice. https://youtu.be/wsr6hZnGebw Alarulu Kuriyaga - 4 PriyaLasya, (C), Do Not Copy, Copyrights Acknowledged

Shivapriya School of Dance - Bharatanatya Rangapravesha - Disciple of Dr Sanjay Shantaram - July 2017 - Bengaluru

14 July at 18:00

Ravindra Kalakshetra

J C Road, Bangalore, India 560027

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Saila Sudha - Natya Rasaprabhandha - Presentation By Kalaimamani Sailaja & Disciples - July 2017

Kuchipudi
10th & 11th July 2017
Sivagami Pethachi Auditorium
MCTM School
Mylapore Chennai

Siva Shakthi - Bharatanatyam Group
Reminiscence of the Vempati Tradition - Kuchipudi Group

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Monthly Benchmark Classical Dance Festival 18 - Nruthya Bhanu - Bengaluru - July 2017

7th July 2017
Kappanna Angala

Kathak - Kavyashree Nagaraj - Disciple of Guru Mysore B Nagaraj
Bharatanatyam - Shruthi Gopal - Disciple of Guru Padmini Ramachandran
Executive Director - Sneha Kappanna

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