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23 January 2009
Yakshagana

Shri Idugunji Mahaganapathi Yakshagana Mandali was founded by Shivaram Hegde in 1934 in Keeremane, Honavar taluk in Uttara Karnataka.The troupe is now run and led by his son and his grandson – Shambhu Hegde and Shivananda Hegde. Their performances are inspired from the Mahabharata, the Bhagavatha Purana and the Ramayana. They will be performing as part of the Every Friday Cultural Programme initiative of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations, Bangalore.
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7 February 2009
Dance Theatre Ccadoo

The Dance Ccadoo represents the third generation of Korean modern dance. They merge traditional experiences of theatre and dance to create their own vocabulary of dance and movement to show the temporality of life. They will be performing a piece titled “The Murder in the Elevator”.
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7:30PM

20 February 2009
Bharatanatyam

Sandhya Prasad, a student of Vani Ganapathy will be performing as part of the Every Friday Cultural Evening Programme organised by the Indian Council for Cultural Relations. She will demonstrate the traditional repertoire of bharatanatyam. The varnam (central piece) will pay obeisance to Ganesha.
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6:30PM

8 March 2009
Alarmel Valli

Alarmel Valli has been researching Sangam poetry for the past 18 years and according to her, she finds these to be “a treasure trove of ideas that prove that brevity can speak volumes”. She will be performing selected poems from her previously-choreographed works based on the love, war and governance. She will also perform a padam (song), a javali (song that deals with the erotic) as well as a varnam (central piece) that she said, “allows for grandeur of expression, allowing the body to sing and not just dance”.
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6:30AM

27 March 2009
Bharatanatayam

Sree Lakshmi Ranganath has trained under Padmini Ramachandran in the Vazhuvoor School of bharatanatyam. She will be performing a traditional margam of bharatanatyam. This performance is part of the Every Friday Cultural Evening Programme initiative of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations, Bangalore.
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6:30PM

23 May 2009
Bharatanatyam

Ila Gokarn, student of Minal Prabhu will be performing a traditional margam of bharatanatyam starting with the pushpanjali. The central piece or varnam is titled “Kara Hara Priya” which is based on Shiva – it explores the many iconographic elements of the god and seeks to present the deity as an embodiment of tandav (masculine) and lasya (feminine).
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6:00PM

27 May 2009
Bharatanatyam & Mohiniattam

Rekha Raju of the dance school Nrithya Dhama and her students will perform pieces from the traditional margam. Raju will then perform a piece from the repertoire of mohiniattam. They will be dancing as part of the Yuva Saurabha series of the Kannada and Culture Department.
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6:30PM

10 September 2009
Bharatanatyam

Mahua Art Foundation presents Exploring great texts which brings together BN Goswamy, an art historian and Malavika Sarukkai, a bharatanatyam dancer. The two texts being explored will be the Bhagavatha Purana and Jayadeva’s Gita Govinda. Goswamy will look at the tradition of painting influenced by these texts, Sarukkai will use dance to explore similar concepts.
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6:00PM

26 September 2009
Odissi

Sharmila Mukerjee and her students will perform a piece celebrating Durga as part of Durga Puja festivities.
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7:30PM

12 March 2010
Bharatanatyam

Shweta Lakshman will perform a traditional margam.
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6:00PM

8 October 2009
Flamenco

The Indian Council for Cultural Relations will present an evening of flamenco dance and music. Farruco (his performing name) and his partner Mara Rey will pay homage to the flamenco legend Antonio Montoya Flores, who is Farruco’s grandfather. The two will pay particular attention to baile, a style of flamenco where the footwork is lightening-quick, the music complex and where the dancer uses props such a castanets, shawls and fans.
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7:00PM

11 October 2009
Kathak

Rohini S Prabhath will begin by paying obeisance to Krishna in her vadanam and follow this up with a chaturang, which is a composition in four parts; one part marked by slow movement and spoken words, the next in a different tempo with syllables, the third set to a very fast tempo and the finale in syncopated time with syllables that denote drum beats. The third piece is a dasarapada, a devotional piece. The final piece, the tarana, a pure dance sequence is choreographed to the raga Malkauns.
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7:15PM

24 October 2009
Bharatanatyam

Shantala Arts Trust will celebrate its silver jubilee with an evening titled Hari Hara Namana with two bharatanatyam dancers by Bangalore-based Pulakeshi Kasturi and Chennai-based Renjith Babu. Kasturi will perform pieces from the traditional margam dedicated to Vishnu, Krishna and Rama. Babu will perform pieces on Shiva.
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6 November 2009
Kalaripayattu

The performing unit of the Kalari Academy of Performing Arts will showcase Theekshna, which will present kalaripayattu in its traditional format. The troupe will begin with free-hand movements, animal postures and wooden weapons, and later use deadlier arms like the urmi, a flexible sword. The second performance is a production choreographed by Veena Basavarajaiah: it will seek to infuse romance into the movements of kalaripayattu. The show will end with a solo by Basavarajaiah that delves into the connection between kalaripayattu and Indian contemporary dance vocabulary.
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6:30PM

3 December 2009
Odissi

Sharmila Mukherjee, founder of Sanjali – Centre for Odissi Dance, will perform as a part of the fifth annual celebrations of the school. The centre’s students will present pieces from the traditional repertoire – these have been choreographed by the late Kelucharan Mohapatra, Mukherjee’s teacher. They will end with “Bande Mataram”, a piece that Mukherjee has choreographed.
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26 February 2010
FREE Bharatanatyam

Meenu Mohan, a student of Padmini Ramachandran, founder-director of the dance school Natya Priya, will perform a traditional margam as part of the Every Friday Cultural Programme. Mohan will begin with a pushpanjali, an invocatory piece and end with a thillana, a pure dance sequence.
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6:00PM

26 March 2010
Indian contemporary dance

Nritarutya, an Indian contemporary dance company based in Bangalore, will perform short choreographic works that explore the mythology surrounding ancient iconography such as Gandaberunda, the shifting balance of masculinity in Mars. They will also perform Tha, which is a piece that borrows movement vocabulary from classical dance and interweaves it with acrobatics.
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7:00PM

27 January 2009
Bharatanatyam

Rukmini Vijaykumar’s recital is titled “Krishna” a piece that weaves the stories of many kinds of love that people in mythology had for Krishna – Yashoda’s love as a mother, Radha’s love as his mistress, Sudhama’s love as a devotee who was his equal, Kanakadasa’s love as a devotee and finally, a spited gopika’s (milkmaid) hate for Krishna. “She [the milkmaid] thinks Krishna is silly and instead harbours a desire for Shiva because she thinks the destroyer is handsome and dances for him,” Vijaykumar explained. “But she sees that even Shiva has Krishna in his heart and decides that she too should love Krishna.”
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6:00PM

15 May 2010
Yakshagana

The Yakshakala Academy, led by Krishnamurthi Tunga, will perform the Sanskrit dance-drama Jambavati Kalayana written by the erstwhile ruler of the Vijayanagar Empire, Krishna Deva Raya. In the tale, the shamantaka mani, a precious stone that is said to produce riches every day, is stolen by Jambavatha, the King of Bears. As the story has it, Krishna pursues Jambavatha and after a 21-day battle, defeats the king and recovers the stone.
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29 May 2010
Bharatanatyam dance-drama

In 2009, Lakshmi Basavaraju completed her thesis from the Sanskrit Department of the Bangalore University on the malleability of Jayadeva’s Geeta Govinda – she proposed that it easily lends itself to the grammar of bharatanatyam as prescribed by the Natyashastra. This fortnight, Basavaraju will put her thesis to the test by actually choreographing a production called Jayadeva’s Geeta Govinda. Senior students from the Centre of Divine Arts will perform in the production.
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10 June 2010
Hip-hop and Fusion Jazz

In 2008, Siddanand Babbur Gudanda Mutt Renukumar formed the Aeolus Dance Company, a coming together of ten dancers from different backgrounds like salsa, hip-hop, contemporary and freestyle. This fortnight, they will present The Fission, a production that uses movement vocabulary such as lyrical hip-hop, new school hip-hop and fusion jazz. The soundscape will range from Hindustani music to tracks by Imogen Heap. The proceeds of this show will go to raise funds for DISHA, a non-profit organisation.
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7:15PM

28 May 2010
Bharatanatyam

Praveen Kumar is a former student of the well-known dancer, Narmada. He now trains under CV Chandrashekar in Chennai. He has learnt the Padanallur style of bharatanatyam, which he said has “great scope for stage movements and neatness in body lines while expressing the mudras [hand gestures]”. Kumar takes classes in three modules – beginners, intermediate and advanced. For fees and further details on the intermediate and advanced modules contact the school.
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6:00PM

28 May 2010
Kathak

Tushar Bhat has been training and performing in the Lucknow gharana style of kathak for the past 22 years. He has been a student of Dharmshibhai Shah and Kumudhini Lakhia, both of whom are from Gujarat. He mostly focuses on the grace, elegance and the innovativeness of abhinaya from the Lucknow gharana.
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28 May 2010
Odissi

Devjani Sen studied odissi at the age of eight at Amala Shankar’s Dance Academy, Kolkata. While there, she also learnt the basics of bharatanatyam, kathakali and Manipuri. In 1980, she began her rigourous and intensive training under the Late Kelucharan Mahapotra. She now teaches odissi in Bangalore.
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7 February 2009
Contemporary Dance

Moya Michael has trained in ballet. She came together with Hema Bharathy Palani and Diya Naidu to create a piece that draws its movements from the two dancers and content from Indian mythology. The pieces being showcased are “We Come for Conversations” and “Scratch”.
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7:30PM

15 February 2009
Physical Training

Francesco Scavetta will take a workshop that will deal with physical training. “By way of exercises and games and by focusing on attention and reaction, we will underline that the pathway to an interesting creative moment is rooted in mental relaxation and a physical openness: a willingness to play, being totally engaged in what we do and see a moment to its end,” said Scavetta.
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13 February 2009
Tarantismo

Arati Punwani, artistic director of the troupe Tarantismo, hopes that through her piece she will be able to talk about “how Bangalore, once a safe, large city has now become a claustrophobic, unsafe one”. This will be done with dancers exploring a large space and then coming together to navigate a small, claustrophobic space.
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9:00PM

12 February 2009
Parswanath Upadhye and Maja Drobac

Parswanath Upadhye is a bharatanatyam dancer and Maja Drobac a contemporary dancer who has learnt bharatanatyam. They will be performing a piece that is choreographed by Veena Basavarajaiah who said she hopes to discover if placing bharatanatyam in an art gallery and improvising using the space will change the movement of the dance form.
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12 February 2009
Performance

“Three” is a performance that will play with words: the spoken word, the played word and the performed word. Performers include Tom Alter (words), Pascal Sieger (he will play jazz standards) and Suresh Kaliyath (will use the classical Kerala performance art form Ottanthullal).
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5 June 2010
Mohiniattam

Vinaya Ravi, an exponent of mohiniattam , will present a solo recital of the dance form. She will lead audiences through the 40 basic movements, known as atavukals, using them in various combinations to tell us the story of a heroine in sringara rasa, or the erotic aspect of dance.
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6:00PM

9 June 2010
Hip-hop and Fusion Jazz

1 June 2010
Bharatanatyam

Mithun Shyam, a Bangalore-based bharatanatyam teacher, will present a performance by two of his students, Mrudhula Bhasker and Bharathi Kalappa Reddy. The duo will begin with a thodayam, a set of mnemonic mridangam syllables set to a raga and merged with a Ganesha stuti. They will then perform a varnam, a histrionic piece titled “Aadi Shivanai Kanavae” which dwells on “the search of the human soul to merge with the divine”. Bhasker and Reddy will each end with a solo performance.
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8 April 2009
Bharatanatyam

Chetan Gangatkar will perform the story of a devotee named Yamunacharya. This devotee, according to mythology, wrote a commentary on the Bhagavad Gita that tells of how when Krishna is asked to intervene at a time of crisis, he doesn’t appear in person, but instead sends a relative or a friend. To prove him wrong Krishna appears before him in person and Yamunacharya retracts his theory.
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11 June 2010
Kuchipudi Duet

As part of the Every Friday Evening Cultural Programme, Rajashree Holla and Archana Punyesh will perform the traditional repertoire of kuchipudi in the duet format.Yavanika, Directorate Of Youth Service Centre, Nrupathunga Road (2221-4911).6.30pm
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12 June 2010
Bharatanatyam.

Deepa Bhat, a Bangalore-based danseuse, will present at the K Dharmambal Endowment Bharatanatyam Recital. Bhat will perform the traditional margam of bharatanatyam.Kincha Auditorium, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Race Course Road (2226-7303).6pm
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27 June 2010
Maya to Matter

This is part of a monthly lecture-demonstration series by the famous teacher, choreographer and scholar Maya Rao. It’s an initiative by her students to create a means for her to pass on all that she has learnt, and to document her work. This month’s topic is: A Century of Kathak & Choreography in India.
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11:00AM

26 June 2010
Vyjayanthi Kashi’s Kuchipudi Workshop

At the workshop, which is part of the Celebrate Dance series, Vyjayanthi Kashi, a Bangalore-based kuchipudi dancer, will teach the entry sequence, or dharavu, from Amritha Mathanam, a dance-drama; a kirtana, a devotional song composed by Annamachari, a Telugu poet-saint; and techniques that differentiate the old school from the new. There will also be a media presentation on the evolution of kuchipudi from a group presentation to its present-day solo repertoire.
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10:00AM

9 July 2010
Bharatanatyam duet

Bhargavi Parsam and Shruti KP, students of Ashok Kumar, artistic director of Natyanjali School of Dance, Bangalore will perform a duet presentation of the traditional margam of bharatanatyam beginning with a pushpanjali, an invocatory piece, and ending with a thillana, a pure-dance sequence. Parsam will also render a solo recital of a Jayadeva ashtapadi which will deal with the love between Krishna and Radha, and Shruti will perform a javali that deals with the love between an unnamed pair of lovers.
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6:00PM

18 July 2010
Bharatanatyam

Sushma Mohan will lead the Shanthala Dance Ensemble in performing the dance ballet Sri Chakra.
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6:30PM

3 August 2010
Kuchipudi

Born as Manjula in 1950, this kuchipudi dancer and actress adopted the name Manju Bhargavi and gained national acclaim with her performance as the unglamorous dancer in the 1979 Telugu hit Shankarabharanam. She returned to films in 2008, playing Shivraj Kumar’s mother in Hodi Maga. This fortnight, Bhargavi will return to her first love – dance, with original choreographic work that uses the kuchipudi vocabulary.
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6:30PM

1 August 2010
Bharatanatyam and Kathak

For their performance at the festival, Mysore B Nagaraj and Suparna Venkatesh have decided to explore the mythical tales about herbs and plants in ancient Hindu texts. This month they will present Parijatha. Parijatha is a celestial flower that is known for its enchanting beauty and its “ability to bestow knowledge”. This ballet was choreographed by bharatanatyam and kathak dancer Pavan Kumar G.
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8 February 2009
Hema Bharathy Palani

Hema Bharathy Palani’s piece “Chaaya” will use dance as a cathartic tool to talk about the visceral memories of a child who has been sexually abused. The other dancer, Preethi Athreya will use porcelain as a musical instrument, inspiration and metaphor for the human body in her piece titled “Porcelain”.
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7:30PM

9 February 2009
Jonah Bokaer

Jonah Bokaer’s piece “Charade” will be a technology-influenced solo that has been designed by the dancer through the use of 3D animation. It will present a digital maquette (model) which is mimicked by the performer. As the moving human body is plotted in the built domain of technology, the performer expands the material from digital software into a three-dimensional solo in real time, situating Bokaer’s moving body in opposition to the animated double.
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6:30PM

8 February 2009
Improvisation/Release techniques

Park Hobin, the principal choreographer of Dance Theatre Ccadoo, considered a major force in the third wave of the Korean dance movement, will be holding a class on improvisation and release techniques.
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10:30AM

14 February 2009
Physical Training

11 February 2009
Tarantismo

7 February 2009
Against the Darkness

Jia Wu directs 23 artists and draws on 15 years of training in Beijing Opera, Tai Chi and Chinese folk dance to create biting social commentary using contemporary inter-media dance works. She said she hopes to expose the hypocrisy in international political relations and the changing roles of women in an era of rapid modernisation.
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3:30PM

1 August 2010
Bharatanatyam

Bhuvana G Prasad, daughter and student of Sita Prasad, will perform items from the traditional repertoire of bharatanatyam. She will begin with a pushpanjali, an invocatory item and end with a thillana, a pure-dance sequence.
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6:30PM

6 August 2010
Kuchipudi

Prateeksha Kashi, daughter and student of kuchipudi exponent Vyjayanthi Kashi, presents a solo recital titled Kuchipudi Traditions. The presentation will blend items from the traditional as well as modern choreographic aesthetics that have been incorporated into the dance form over the years. Vyjayanthi Kashi has conceptualised and choreographed the recital.
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6:30PM

3 September 2010
Mohiniattam

As part of the Bangalore chapter of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations’ initiative, the Every Friday Cultural Programme, Smita Varma, a student of Sreedevi Unni, will perform a traditional mohiniattam recital. Varma will begin with a Ganapathi vandana and conclude with a thillana, a pure-dance sequence. The other items as part of the recital are a padam, a piece where a dancer explores aspects of love; a thodi varnam, a histrionic piece which begins in a slow tempo and later speeds up and an asthapadi, set to a composition by the poet Jayadeva on the love of Krishna and Radha.
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6:00PM

5 December 2009
Opus à Kath’

Isabelle Anna, choreographer and director of Compagnie Kaléïdans’ Scop along with Quincy Charles, Aurélie Oudiette and Bénédicte Parvaz Ahmad will present a piece that is divided into four parts – “I speak Kathak”, “Toros”, “My Bolero” and “Trilogy”.
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7:30PM

19 June 2010
Bharatanatyam_

Rashmi Ravishankar, a student of B Bhanumathi and Sheela Chandrashekar, will present a traditional bharatanatyam recital. Ravishankar will begin with a pushpanjali, an invocatory piece, and end with a thillana, a pure-dance sequence. The varnam, the central, histrionic piece, is composed by Swathi Thirunal and is titled “Rama Neeve Ae Na Rakshakudavani”, where a devotee speaks of Rama as the protector. Another highlight of the show will be a piece titled “Snake Dance”, a rare item that showcases the flexibility of the dancer as she mimics the movements of a snake.Shivaratheshwara Centre, 8th Block, Jayanagar (2664-4540).5.30pm
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24 June 2010
Bharatanatyam_.

AD Ponnamma, a senior dancer with the Bangalore-based contemporary dance group STEM Dance Kampni, will make a comeback to the traditional bharatanatyam margam after 13 years. This fortnight, Ponnamma will perform her favourite items from her teacher Minal Prabhu’s repertoire in the recital titled Margollasam. The varnam, the central, histrionic piece titled “Samiyai Arai Thoriva”, will tell the story of a heroine waiting for her beloved. Anxious for his return, she sends her friend out looking for him. Seva Sadan, 14th Cross, West Park Road, opposite MLA School, Malleswaram (2334-7830).6.30pm
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6:30PM

25 June 2010
Bharatanatyam

Sathvika Shetty, a bharatanatyam danseuse, will perform a traditional margam as part of the Every Friday Cultural Programme initiative of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations, Bangalore.
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6:00PM

25 June 2010
Bharatanatyam.

Yamini Muthanna, a student of the Mysore-based dance teacher Vasundhara Doraiswamy, was initially not impressed with bharatanatyam because, being Coorgi, none of the stories made sense to her. But with this performance of Navagraha – Lords of the Constellation, she marks 25 years since her debut performance. The production has been choreographed using bharatanatyam and yoga, with the asanas or postures of yoga being translated into bharatanatyam movement, and accompanied by Shiva karanas, or stances of Shiva as depicted on temple walls.
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1 July 2010
Bharatanatyam._Seva Sadan

Jyotsna Jagannathan, a Chennai-based dancer and student of renowned teacher A Lakshman will perform three pieces, beginning with the pushpanjali, an invocation piece, followed by a Marathi abhang, a devotional song, and ending with a thillana, a pure-dance sequence.
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12 September 2010
Step up

Every Thursday, Latin Dance India, conceived of by Sai Raja and Kriti Kishore, hosts a night of salsa swinging, hip-hop swagger and a sampling of the other dances. Remember to bring a date; partners are not part of the deal. Also, entry is free before 9pm. Club Nero, 2, Manandi Plaza, St Mark’s Road (4211-0186). Cover charge `200 after 9pm.
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9:00PM

8 September 2010
Sunday salsa socials

Learn the basic moves from instructors of Salsa Bangalore, or simply watch people around you dance to the music to try and get a hang of the interplay between rhythm and movement. The instructors advise that you bring along deodorant; these nights can get clammy. For further details contact 89717-75221.
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8:00PM

9 February 2009
Creative process and Contemporary Dance Techniques

Karen Schupp, Melinda Blomquist and Mary Fitzgerald will hold a workshop on the creative process, contemporary dance techniques and choreography. The workshop will work on first exploring the body of the dancers and then work on the process of turning the movement into phrases, linking those phrases and then weaving the phrases into a cohesive piece.
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10:00AM

16 February 2009
Physical Training

10 February 2009
Brinda Jacob and Shabari Rao

The piece is titled “High Alert” and reflects the current mood of internal security issues in the country and juxtaposes them with everyday activities like eating out and hopes to see if these activities are affected or altered in any manner.
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9:00PM

7 February 2009
Land Forms

This is a work created jointly by Chinese artist Li Ning and Norwegian artist Erikk (he lives in Holland now).The theme of the work is “sand/time/civilization/difference between the East and West, and circle of life”. The artists said they will pose such questions about “two human bodies that lost their memory; maybe they were extraterrestrial astronauts? Did they fall on the Earth? How could they exist? Where could they go?”
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3:30PM

28 May 2010
Kalaripayattu

Anmol Mothi is a trained kalaripayattu artist and stage performer. He offers classes in armed and unarmed combat, breathing exercises and meditation.
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7:00AM

28 May 2010
Kuchipudi

Vyjayanthi Kashi is a kuchipudi exponent who specialises in both the old and new schools of the dance form. She was a student of well-known dancers Prahlada Sarma, Vempati Chinna Satyam and Narasimha Rao. She conducts classes in three modules: beginners, intermediate and advanced. For fee details contact the school.
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9:30AM

13 September 2010
Sunday salsa socials

8 November 2009
Bharatanatyam

Anusha K Raju, a student of Satyanarayana Raju, will perform a Saraswathi Vandana, an invocatory piece in praise of Saraswati, the goddess of learning. The performance will end with a kriti (devotional song) on Krishna.
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6:00PM

21 November 2009
Bharatanatyam

Suma Rajesh, founder-director of Spoorthi School of Dance will present her students in the performance of a margam beginning with the alarippu, an invocatory piece, with the dancer performing a series of rhythmic exercises to a particular talam. This, according to bharatanatyam theory, is meant to symbolise the opening of a flower. The dancers will end with a thillana.
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6:00PM

4 September 2010
Sunday salsa socials

11 September 2010
Sunday salsa socials

14 September 2010
Sunday salsa socials

16 April 2009
Kuchipudi

Krishna is an incarnation of Vishnu. Manju Bhargavi will use this as a metaphor to travel through the many yugas (ages) when Vishnu acted as saviour to mankind through the piece Dasha Avatar – the ten incarnations of Vishnu.
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6:30PM

27 May 2010
Bharatanatyam

Shanta Srinivasan will present a traditional bharatanatyam margam
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6:00PM

15 May 2010
Aharya Abhinaya: A seminar on costuming and make-up

Poornima Gururaja, BS Talwadi, Krishnamurthi Tunga and Shrish Mohan Rao will speak on costuming and make-up in bharatanatyam, folk-dance, yakshagana, and lighting design, respectively.
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4:00PM

23 May 2010
Shringara Bhakthi in Ramana Krithis

B Bhanumathi, a well-known bharatanatyam performer and teacher, will discuss practical aspects of abhinaya or histrionics. “The challenge of communicating with a large audience within the limitations of this nuanced language is what I want to address,” she said.
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11:00AM

4 June 2010
Bharatanatyam

The Brahmanda Purana tells the tale of Narada, in which the wandering minstrel is confounded when he comes upon a bejewelled iguana, which is in reality Shiva in disguise – he had donned this avatar to lure back his miffed consort, Parvati. This tale will be retold in a bharatanatyam performance this fortnight. Dancers Rukmini Vijayakumar and Parshwanath Upadhye will present excerpts in their production Shankarabharanam.
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6:00PM

6 June 2010
Freestyle

Hipnotics, a Bangalore-based dance company and training centre, will perform 16 different dance styles ranging from hip-hop to urban jazz, and will present a tribute to Michael Jackson. The evening will feature dancers from the company as well as senior students from the training centre.
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6:00PM

1 June 2010
Bharatanatyam

Yamini Muthanna, an exponent of the Padanallur style of bharatanatyam, will perform an abstract thematic production titled Manas-The Mind. “The piece uses the vocabulary of bharatanatyam and its statuesque poses to explore the mind’s yearning for knowledge,” said the dancer.
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7:45PM

28 May 2010
Bollywood

Jhatkas and matkas. Kareena Kapoor and Bipasha Basu. The only way you’re going to get there is if you stop staring at the latest Ganesh Hegde-choreographed Bollywood number and sign up for lessons offered by Arun Kumar and the Zealers.
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1:00PM

8 November 2009
Kathak

Adithi Ashok, a student of Nirupama Rajendra and Rajendra TD, will perform a kathak recital from the Hindu and Mughal traditions of the dance form. Ashok will begin with a Ganesha-Shiva Vandana, an invocatory piece, followed by a Vishnu shlokam, then a pure-dance sequence, teen-taal, and end with the tarana, which is a pure-dance sequence from the Mughal tradition.
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7:00PM

19 November 2009
Bharatanatyam

Padmaja Suresh, a Bangalore-based danseuse will use songs written by the followers of Sai Baba to accompany her performance. Suresh will perform along with her students Vaishali Ramachandran and Vijaylakshmi Sundaraman.
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6:30PM

14 September 2010
Gotipu

As part of Virasat 2010, a two-month long programme by the Society for Promotion of Indian Classical Music and Culture Amongst Youth, nine young male dancers from the gotipua unit of the Konark Natya Mandap will present a performance this fortnight. They will begin with a vandana nrutya, an invocation piece, and end with bandha nrutya, an acrobatic sequence.
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10:30AM

16 September 2010
Gotipu

7 September 2010
Step up

11 September 2010
Step up

25 May 2009
Bharatanatyam

Kruttika Tyagaraj, student of Shakuntala R Prabhat, artistic director of Prabhat Arts International, will be performing a dance-drama titled “Nrutya Sanjeevani” which will take episodes from the epics to provide a social commentary on present-day situations.
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6:30PM

12 June 2010
Bharatanatyam

Swathi K, a student of Poornima Gururaja, the founder-director of Kala Sindhu, will present bharatanatyam in the traditional margam. The central, histrionic piece, the varnam titled “Anne Marvenadi”, focuses on maternal and paternal love.ADA Rangamandira, 109, JC Road (2221-9388).6pm
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6:00PM

13 June 2010
Bharatanatyam..

Janani Rajkumar began her career as a performer by learning bharatanatyam from Mahalakshmi Gingrich in the United States of America. Rajkumar started training under Padmaja Suresh, founder-director of the Bangalore-based dance school Kalpataru Kalavihar, four years ago. This fortnight, Rajkumar will present a traditional margam of bharatanatyam.Kincha Auditorium, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Race Course Road (2226-7303).6pm
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5:00PM

24 June 2010
Nrithyantara

This is the first edition of the festival started by Sanjay Shantaram and Shama Sanjay of the Shivapriya School of Dance. The organisers are attempting to provide a platform for group presentations, as well as to honour dancers who have made contributions to the field. This edition will see the bharatanatyam duo – Sridhar and Anuradha Sridhar – paying obeisance to Mridula Bhaskar, a bharatanatyam and kathak exponent. Seva Sadan, 14th Cross, West Park Road, opposite MLA School, Malleswaram (2334-7830).
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12:00AM

25 June 2010
Vyjayanthi Kashi’s Kuchipudi Workshop

17 July 2010
Bharatanatyam duet

The bharatanatyam duo Shridhar and Anuradha will perform their two-person retelling of the Ramayana.
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7:15PM

11 October 2009
Bharatanatyam

Sushma Rao will begin with an invocatory piece The second piece “Kancha Shala Takshi” extols the virtues of Devi, the feminine aspect of the world. The third piece is “Bhagelanu Theredu”, talks of an untouchable devotee of Vitthala. The final piece , a thillana, a pure dance sequence.
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8:00PM

26 March 2010
Kathak

Keerthi Kumar presents a kathak recital as part of Every Friday Cultural Evening Programme organised by the Bangalore chapter of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations. Kumar will present pieces from the traditional kathak repertoire beginning with a Ganesha vandane, an invocatory piece that pays obeisance to the elephant-headed god, followed by a piece that displays the technical intricacies of kathak. The centrepiece of her show will be a histrionic piece based on the Kuvempu poem “Anandamayae Jagahrudaya”. Her penultimate piece will be a dhrupad piece titled “Bhavani Shankarou Vande”. Kumar will end with a tarana, a pure-dance sequence.
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6:00PM

29 March 2010
Mohiniattam dance-drama

Brahmostava 2010 The Agamas, Vedic texts which describe the process of deity worship in a temple state that the faithful must celebrate the deity of a particular temple by performing Brahmotsava, which includes dance. Keeping with this tradition, the Culture Education department of the Iskcon Temple will hold an 11-day performance festival of dance. Nikila (she uses just one name) is from the dance institute Kabari. She will choreograph a dance-drama called Krishna-leela at the festival. The piece is based on the instances of Krishna frolicking with the milkmaids of Brindavan. This performance will mark the Navneet Nartana Krishna Alankara or the celebration of Krishna cajoling his consorts to dance.
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6:00PM

4 September 2010
Bharatanatyam

Seventy five students of the Chitra Centre of Performing Arts, founded by Chitra Vinodh, will celebrate their twenty-ninth annual day with a traditional bharatanatyam recital in a group format, beginning with a Ganesha stuti, and concluding with a thillana, a pure-dance sequence.
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6:00PM

13 September 2010
Gotipua

6 September 2010
Step up

9 September 2010
Step up

30 January 2009
Contemporary Dance

The recital “Kanda” is inspired by the personal experiences of Mirra (she doesn’t use a second name) during her pregnancy and through her days spent rearing a two-year-old son. She teamed up with Veena Basavarajaiah to create this project; choreography takes place along the lines of instinctual movement and reflexes and the dancers respond to the movements of a child within a confined space.
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6:30PM

5 December 2009
Bharatanatayam

Shruthi KP learns bharatanatyam from Ashok Kumar and is a member of the dance troupe Natyanjali. She will perform pieces from the traditional repertoire of bharatanatyam.
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6:00PM

6 December 2009
Kunthi

Chitra Chandrasekhar Dasarathy presents Kunthi, a work that uses text, speech and music created by the Chennai-based bharatanatyam teacher and composer CV Chandrashekar. The piece is based on the life of Kunthi, mother to the Pandavas from the Mahabharata.
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6:00PM

19 June 2010
Bharatanatyam._

Namita Sabade, a student of Soubha Narayan, will perform items from the traditional margam of bharatanatyam. Kincha Auditorium, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Race Course Road (2226-7303).6pm
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6:00PM

30 June 2010
Kathak

The Natya STEM Dance Kampni, the performing unit of the Natya Institute of Kathak and Choreography, which was founded in 1987, will present a traditional kathak and contemporary dance show titled Arpan.
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7:30PM

3 July 2010
Bharatanatyam._

Madanika Manjunath, a student of Nirmala Manjunath, will perform a traditional margam.
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6:00PM

1 July 2010
Bharatanatyam.Seva Sadan

Mysore B Nagaraj and Suparna Venkatesh explore the mythical stories that surround herbs and plants in ancient texts such as the Puranas. This month, they will present Tulasi.
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5:30PM

18 July 2010
Bharatanatyam

Priya Kincha, a student of MR Krishnamurthy of Kalakshiti, Bangalore, has trained in the Pandanallur style of bharatanatyam. This style is known for its adherence to linear geometry and understates abhinaya, or histrionics. Kincha will perform the traditional margam of bharatanatyam.
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6:00PM

17 July 2010
Bharatanatyam

Students of Radha Sridhar, founder-director of Venkatesha Natya Mandira, will perform group presentations of items from the traditional repertoire of bharatanatyam.
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6:15PM

17 July 2010
Bharatanatyam

Nupura ensemble, choreographed by their artistic director Lalitha Srinivasan, will perform Lasyotsva. This dance ballet deals with the Lord Chennakeshwara of the Belur temple dancing to celebrate the season of spring.
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8:15PM

15 September 2010
Sunday salsa socials

28 March 2009
Bangalore Dance Collective

Abhilash Ningappa recently finished his post-graduation in choreography from the Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance, Austria. Back in Bangalore, he met up with friends and dancers training at the Attakkalari Center for Movement Arts and decided to start the Bangalore Dance Collective. Their first piece as a collective is titled “New Trash”. According to him, the choreography of this piece stemmed out of a single question – when the body moves, what does it want to say? According to Ningappa, this question was answered “using the favourite objects of the dancers like movies, songs and objects”. Ningappa asked the other dancers to bring in their favourite things and worked on the personal stories that made these objects special to the dancers. “Once we had these stories we began to work on translating them into movements by structuring the essence of the performance and then deconstructing them into abstractions,” he said. “The piece is an attempt to come up with a unique language that transcends both text and movement and contains both of them. What a piece eventually has to be is a performance where the body talks and the lips dance.”
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7:00PM

11 April 2009
Bharatanatyam

Bharataa Arts, Singapore will perform a dance drama titled “Krishna Tubhaya Namah”, which will talk about Krishna as a child playing with the gopikas. The troupe will use shlokas from Tamil, Kannada, Sanskrit and Hindi poems during the performance.
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6:30PM

31 March 2010
Bharatanatyam dance-drama

Brahmostava 2010 The Agamas, Vedic texts which describe the process of deity worship in a temple state that the faithful must celebrate the deity of a particular temple by performing Brahmotsava, which includes dance. Keeping with this tradition, the Culture Education department of the Iskcon Temple will hold an 11-day performance festival of dance. Ranjani Ganesan of the Mumbai-based Ponnambalam Academy of Dance and Music, along with the performing unit of her school, will present the dance-drama Om Namo Narayanaya which depicts Krishna in his original avatar as Vishnu, the creator. This performance will mark the Ananta Shayana Alankara or the celebration of Vishnu reclining on the serpent.
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6:00PM

1 April 2010
Bharatanatyam

Sai Nrityostav XII This is the twelfth edition of the regular monthly feature of the Sai Arts International. The idea of the festival is to give young dancers an opportunity to perform. The festival includes performances by dancers belonging to different styles and schools of thought. This edition features four bharatanatyam performances and a kathak recital. The performing unit of the Ramana Maharishi Centre for Learning will perform hymns written by devotees describing the various aspects of Shiva, the destroyer; they will create a single production from several hymns.
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6:00PM

16 September 2010
Sunday salsa socials

9 October 2009
Bharatanatyam

KS Pavitra, founder and principal teacher of the Sri Vijaya Kalanikethana, Shimoga, will perform pieces from the traditional margam of bharatanatyam. The performance is hosted by the Indian Council for Cultural Relations.
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6:30PM

10 October 2009
Bharatanatyam

Deepa Bhat will perform pieces from the traditional margam of bharatanatyam, beginning with the pusphapanjali, an invocatory piece and ending with a thillana, a pure dance sequence.
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7:15PM

8 February 2009
Dance Theatre Ccadoo

9 February 2009
Rythmosaic

Rythmosaic will use flamenco, kathak and contemporary dance aesthetics to demonstrate the idea of transitions and address the notion of dance movements being created organically through their work “Quantransitions”.
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6:00PM

10 February 2009
Creative process and Contemporary Dance Techniques

13 February 2009
Creative process and Contemporary Dance Techniques

12 February 2009
Archana Kumar

Archana Kumar will be performing a piece titled “Unveiling the Beginning”. The performance will use a physical veil to question the self and the spaces around us. “Placing it in an art gallery acts like a veil for the free expression of art,” said Kumar.
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7:00PM

13 February 2009
Quasimodo in the Outback

Kim Arrow is the director of Ponto Facto, a “pick-up” dance company and director of Swarthmore Taiko (a drumming ensemble). He has received choreographic recognition from the American College Dance Festival, the Festival International de la Danse de Paris. He is the recipient of a 2003 PEW Fellowship in the Arts in Choreography. He will be present at the screening for a discussion.
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3:30PM

9 February 2009
Saxophone and Guitar duo

They met in Auroville 12 years ago and started to play together immediately. For this project, Pascal Seiger (alto saxophone) and Rob Bosbach (guitar) for this project will cover classics and modern pieces from the history of guitar/sax duos.
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5:00PM

6 February 2009
Bharatanatyam

Prema Sridhar is a student of Saroja Vaidyanathan. She will be performing as part of the Every Friday Cultural Programme initiative of The Indian Council for Cultural Relations, Bangalore.
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6:00PM

9 September 2010
Sunday salsa socials

22 February 2009
Yakshagana

The Benguluru Habba as part its grand finale will be showcasing the folk dance of yakshagana which draws its stories from the epics and the puranas.
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6:30PM

26 November 2009
Bharatanatyam

This edition of the Narayani Mukunda Rao Memorial Programme will feature a performance by the danseuse Priyanka L Achar, a student of Pulikeshi Kasthuri. Achar will perform the traditional margam of bharatanatyam beginning with the pushpanajali, an invocatory piece, and ending with a thillana, a pure-dance sequence.
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6:00PM

4 December 2009
Kathak

Pratama Prasad is a student of Maya Rao, founder and director of Natya Institute of Kathak and Choreography. Prasad will present Aroh: an evening of kathak. The pieces selected for her performance have been set to an ascending scale of music a reflection of the word Aroh.
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6:30PM

27 February 2010
UnBlocked

UnBlocked is a presentation by Tarantismo Creative Dance Company and is choreographed Arati Punwani-Sunawala. The dancer said she hopes to use movements from styles such as hip-hop, kathak, contemporary dance, bollywood and belly-dancing in the production.
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6:30PM

27 March 2010
Nirantara Narmada

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6:00PM

28 March 2010
Bharatanatyam dance-drama

Brahmostava 2010 The Agamas, Vedic texts which describe the process of deity worship in a temple state that the faithful must celebrate the deity of a particular temple by performing Brahmotsava, which includes dance. Keeping with this tradition, the Culture Education department of the Iskcon Temple will hold an 11-day performance festival of dance. The performing unit of Nrityakalamandiram, the dance school founded by B Bhanumathi, will perform the dance-drama Krishna-Kubja. The piece is based on Krishna’s encounter with the hunchback woman Kubja, who offers him sandalwood paste and attempts to seduce him. This performance will mark the Raja Rani Alankara or the celebration of Krishna’s dance with the heroine.
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6:00PM

30 March 2010
Odissi and Manipuri dance-drama

Brahmostava 2010 The Agamas, Vedic texts which describe the process of deity worship in a temple state that the faithful must celebrate the deity of a particular temple by performing Brahmotsava, which includes dance. Keeping with this tradition, the Culture Education department of the Iskcon Temple will hold an 11-day performance festival of dance. Odissi danseuse Sharmila Mukherjee and Manipuri danseuse Suman Sarawgi will perform excerpts from the twelfth century text Geet Govinda written by the poet-saint Jayadeva. This performance will mark the Mohini Alankara or the celebration of Krishna as Mohini, the seductress.
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6:00PM

1 April 2010
Bharatanatyam

Sai Nrityostav XII This is the twelfth edition of the regular monthly feature of the Sai Arts International. The idea of the festival is to give young dancers an opportunity to perform. The festival includes performances by dancers belonging to different styles and schools of thought. This edition features four bharatanatyam performances and a kathak recital. Students of the Natyashwara Nruthya Shala founded by Satish Babu will present group presentations of a traditional margam beginning with a pushpanjali, an invocatory piece and ending with a thillana, a pure-dance sequence.
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5:30PM

27 February 2009
Kathak

Sweekruth BP will be performing a self-choreographed tarana (a pure dance sequence) from the traditional kathak repertoire. “The tarana is based on the music of Birju Maharaj and attempts to break the traditional mode of the sequence by telling a story,” explained Sweekruth. “The footwork draws on instances from Krishna’s life – it could, for instance, be him celebrating the rasa-leela or telling the story of Kalinga where he destroys the snake with his feet.” The other piece will tell the tale of Shiva and his matted dreadlocks taming the Ganga on her descent to earth.
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6:30PM

12 September 2010
Bharatanatyam

Aishwarya Ananth, student of Sudharani Raghupathy will present a bharatanatyam performance in the traditional margam format.
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6:00PM

12 September 2010
Bharatanatyam dance-drama

As part of the Bengaluru Ganesh Utsav, erstwhile Bollywood star and classical dancer Hema Malini will present the two dance dramas Ganesh Vandan and Radha-Krishna.
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7:00PM

4 September 2010
Step up

5 September 2010
Step up

8 September 2010
Step up

10 September 2010
Step up

15 September 2010
Step up

9 April 2009
Mohiniattam

Girija Chandran started the Regatta Cultural Society in 1972 and it has been functioning as a school for performing arts and music since. As part of Brahmotsava, they will perform four episodes from the life of Krishna. One of the episodes is based on Kuselan, Krishna’s childhood friend. The story tells of Kuselan’s troubling times and financial woes, and of how Krishna comes to his assistance.
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6:30PM

14 April 2009
Bharatanatyam

Nupura is a Bangalore-based dance school started by Lalitha Srinivasan in 1978. They will be performing the story of Sakshi Krishna where Krishna offers to perform kanyadaan for a devotee of his.
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6:30PM

10 November 2009
Bharatanatyam

Shwetha Venkatesh, a student of Suparna Venkatesh, will perform the traditional margam. She will begin with a mallari, an invocatory piece, and end with a mangalam, where the dancer pays her respects to her teacher and the audience.
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6:30PM

13 March 2010
.Bharatanatyam

The Sai Trust for the Disabled will host the bharatanatyam dance recital of Archana Bhat and the visually-impaired dancer Venkat Raju. The duo will perform pieces from the traditional repertoire of bharatanatyam.
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6:00PM

18 May 2010
Bharatanatyam

Shilpa Natraj, a student of the Bangalore-based teacher Jyothi Pattabhiraman, will perform a traditional margam. Natraj will begin with a pushpanjali, an invocatory piece and end with a thillana, a pure-dance sequence. The central piece, the varnam, a histrionic piece titled “Kara Hara Priya Raga” speaks of a nayika, or maiden, longing for Krishna. Natraj will also perform a composition titled “Ananthapura Geethe” by the Kannada writer DV Gundappa. She will use one poem titled “Yeene Mahanandave” from the work. The poem describes several statues at the temples in Belur and Halebid.
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6:00PM

11 June 2010
Nrithyantara

16 September 2010
Step up

7 September 2010
Sunday salsa socials

10 October 2009
Odissi

Madhulita Mohapatra, an odissi danseuse, will present three pieces. She will begin with a mangalacharan, an invocatory piece to Shiva titled “Nagendra Haraya”, followed by “Konark Kanti”, choreographed by Gangadhar Pradhan, a pure dance sequence which will see the dancer lending movement to the sculptures in the Natya Mandir (dance hall) of the Konark Temple. The final piece, “Navadurga”, will display the nine forms of Durga which are celebrated during the nine nights of Navarathri.
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6:30PM

11 October 2009
Bharatanatyam

Medha Dixit will perform “Shiva Arati”, a composition of Kalidasa which talks about the attributes and avatar of Shiva. This will be followed by “En Palli Kondirayya”, which talks about a devotee of Rama. The final piece, “Chaleye Koncho Nammo”, is a histrionic one set in the Brindavana of Krishna’s time.
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6:30PM

16 March 2010
Kathak

Suparna Venkatesh, Mysore B Nagaraj, Prakash Naidu and Sanjya Puranik will present a group kathak recital. The quartet will perform to celebrate the festival of Ugadi.
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6:00PM

22 May 2010
Bharatanatyam

Sanjana Reddy, a student of Padmini Ramachandran, founder-director of Natya Priya, will perform a traditional margam. Reddy will begin with a pushpanjali, an invocatory piece, and end with a thillana, a pure-dance sequence. The central piece, the varnam, a histrionic piece titled “Vanna Mayile”, speaks of the young nayika waiting for Murugan, the lord of war.
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6:00PM

1 June 2010
Odissi

Sharmila Mukherjee will perform a traditional odissi recital. She will begin with a mangalacharan, an invocatory piece, and then in quick succession perform a pallavi (a pure-dance sequence), an ashtapadi, an arbhi pallavi (a pure-dance sequence), and a histrionic item. Mukherjee’s performance will end with a moksha, a pure-dance sequence.
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7:00PM

28 May 2010
Argentine Tango

This form of social dance is a variant of traditional tango and allows room for far more improvisation than the original (both take root in Argentina). According to its exponents, though the patterns that form its building blocks have been codified, there really isn’t such a thing as a “basic step” in Argentine Tango. This class, organised by the Lourd Vijay’s Dance Studio, will have Luba Kulikovich from Russia and Luigi from Spain as instructors
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8:00PM

13 September 2010
Step up

3 September 2010
Sunday salsa socials

5 September 2010
Sunday salsa socials

20 February 2009
Bharatanatyam

Soundarya Srivatsa will be performing a traditional margam of bharatanatayam. The central piece – the varnam – will tell the story of a Virohot Kanthi Nayika (a heroine who is longing to remain in contact with her lover).
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6:15PM

22 November 2009
Kathak

SurSagar is a Bangalore-based non-profit organisation that seeks to promote quality music through monthly concerts. Every November, the organisation celebrates Varshikotsav, its annual festival. As part of this festival, the organisation is bringing down kathak maestro Birju Maharaj, who is an exponent of the Lucknow gharana. At the festival, he will perform pieces that he has choreographed himself, which have now become de rigueur fare in the performance format of kathak.
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6:00PM

1 April 2010
Folk dance-theatre

Brahmostava 2010 The Agamas, Vedic texts which describe the process of deity worship in a temple state that the faithful must celebrate the deity of a particular temple by performing Brahmotsava, which includes dance. Keeping with this tradition, the Culture Education department of the Iskcon Temple will hold an 11-day performance festival of dance. The dancers of the Akshara Brahma Folk Dance-Theatre group of Iskcon will perform the production Deliverance of Jagai and Madhai, which tells the story of Nityananda and Haridasa spreading the word of Krishna through the town of Nabadwip. This performance will mark the Kalki Alankara or the celebration of Krishna avenging crimes against his devotees.
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6:00PM

1 April 2010
Bharatanatyam.

Sai Nrityostav XII This is the twelfth edition of the regular monthly feature of the Sai Arts International. The idea of the festival is to give young dancers an opportunity to perform. The festival includes performances by dancers belonging to different styles and schools of thought. This edition features four bharatanatyam performances and a kathak recital. Kiran Rajagopalan, a student of Chennai-based teacher A Lakshman will perform pieces from the traditional margam of bharatanatyam. Rajagopalan, who majored in Behavioural Neurosciences and Spanish from Boston University, said he gave up his academic studies to pursue bharatanatyam.
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6:30PM

1 April 2010
Bharatanatyam..

Sai Nrityostav XII This is the twelfth edition of the regular monthly feature of the Sai Arts International. The idea of the festival is to give young dancers an opportunity to perform. The festival includes performances by dancers belonging to different styles and schools of thought. This edition features four bharatanatyam performances and a kathak recital. Keerthana Ravi, a student of Padmini Ramachandran, will present a traditional margam that will showcase the geometric patterns as prescribed by the Vazhvoor style of bharatanatyam.
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7:00PM

6 September 2010
Sunday salsa socials

31 March 2009
Bharatanatayam

Keshava Nrityashala, in their last 30 years as a dance school, had set themselves the task of converting the most prominent works of 18 Kannada poets into dance dramas. They started with Adikavi Pampa’s Vikramarjuna Vijaya. They’ve now converted 16 poets’ works into dance dramas, and are set to translate Shadaksharadeva’s Raja Shekar Vilasa.
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6:00PM

10 April 2009
Bharatanatyam

Namrita Tiwari will be performing as part of the Every Friday Cultural Evening Programme organised by the Indian Council for Cultural Relations. She will demonstrate the traditional repertoire of bharatanatyam.
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6:30PM

15 April 2009
Bharatanatyam

Minal Prabhu has choreographed a piece with students from her school, the Mudrika Foundation for Indian Performing Arts. The troupe will showcase the major episodes in Krishna’s life. Prabhu has done this using the religious songs of Purandaradasa, a devotee of Krishna.
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6:30PM

8 June 2010
Hip-hop and Fusion Jazz

1 June 2010
Kathak

A quartet comprising Suparna Venkatesh, Sankhya Gopal, MB Nagaraj and Prakash K Naidu will present a kathak recital that pays obeisance to Harihara, the convergence of Vishnu and Shiva, which, in Hinduism, is a metaphor for the “balance struck between the Vaishnavite and the Shaivite sects”.
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6:15PM

4 July 2010
Bharatanatyam_.

Sneha Harish, a bharatanatyam danseuse, will perform a traditional margam beginning with the pushpanjali, an invocation piece and ending with a pure-dance sequence, the thillana. Harish is a student of B Bhanumathi and Sheela Chandrashekar of Nrityakalamandiram, a Bangalore-based dance school.
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6:00PM

15 September 2010
Gotipu

12 September 2010
Sunday salsa socials

6 March 2009
Mallika Sarabhai

Mallika Sarabhai’s Sita’s Daughters is a one-woman show that will tell the stories of some of India’s bravest female personas from across the ages. According to Sarabhai, the women portrayed are those that refused to give in to the pressures around them, and who questioned the world and its values. The dancer said these are Sitas who refuse ever again to submit to the tests and trials of weak and doubting men. Not all are queens or leaders. Some are ordinary women going about their normal lives in our towns and villages. Some of them you know. Some you don’t. Mallika Sarabhai brings to bear her broad range of talents as a dancer and actor to introduce us to these women.
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6:30AM

13 March 2009
Bharatanatyam

Shilpa Uttappa, a student of Padmini Ramachandra, will be performing as part of a programme organised by Malleswaram Sangeeta Sabha. She will showcase a traditional repertoire of bharatanatyam. Starting with a mallari (invocatory piece) and ending with a thillana (pure dance sequence). She will dance a padam (song) titled “Aadaada Asaindaada” which translates as “Don’t dance, don’t move”. This padam will tell the story of Krishna dancing on the many-headed snake Kalinga and, as he dances, the grace of his movements makes Shiva consider the possibility of stopping his dancing altogether, which would result in the universe grinding to a halt. To put an end to such considerations, the nayika (heroine) decides to supplicate Krishna to stop. “This piece is cheeky as well as fun and taps into vatsalya (maternal) emotions of the gopika (milkmaid) who is the nayika of the piece,” said Uttappa.
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6:00PM

23 May 2010
Abhinaya in bharatanatyam

27 February 2009
Kuchipudi

Surya Narayan Rao, a student of Veena Murthy Vijay will be performing the traditional repertoire of kuchipudi – beginning with the pushpanjali (flowers offered to the presiding deity) and will conclude with the tharangam (the dancer performs on a brass plate). There will also be pieces titled “Parvesha Daru”, which will talk of the king Baburuvahana entering his court, another on Krishna titled “Balakanakaamaya” based on Thyagaraja’s poem of the same name and “Sandhya Tandava”, which portrays the evening dance of destruction and creation by Shiva.
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6:00PM

13 March 2010
Bharatanatyam

Manjula (she uses just one name) will perform pieces from the traditional repertoire of bharatanatyam.
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6:00PM

1 April 2010
Bharatanatyam

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6:30PM

1 April 2010
Kathak

Sai Nrityostav XII This is the twelfth edition of the regular monthly feature of the Sai Arts International. The idea of the festival is to give young dancers an opportunity to perform. The festival includes performances by dancers belonging to different styles and schools of thought. This edition features four bharatanatyam performances and a kathak recital. The STEM Dance Kampni will present short choreographic works that explore the growth of the movement vocabulary in kathak in a production titled Kathak through the Ages.
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7:30PM

14 March 2009
Stree Katha

In the Ramayana, Shurpanaka’s nose, upon being slashed by Laxmana, hurtled to the ground, creating the city of Nashik. This remains just legend, but Mythili Prakash sees Shurpanaka as a woman with a care-a-damn attitude and one who was willing to inhabit spaces occupied only by men. According to Prakash, she neither sought the permission of men to do things nor did she rely on beauty to get her way. Apart from Shurpanaka, Prakash will also examine the roles of Kaikeyi and Sita in the epic.
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7:00PM

26 February 2010
FREE Bharatanatyam.

The students of Keshava Nrityashala will present group pieces from the traditional repertoire of bharatanatyam.
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6:00PM

26 February 2010
FREE Bharatanatyam..

Aishwarya Venkatesh began her training under Nalini Raghu and had her arangetram in 1999 at the Fine Arts Society, Chembur, Mumbai. She is now being tutored by Deepak Mazumdar. Venkatesh will perform pieces from a traditional margam.
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6:00PM

28 February 2010
UnBlocked.

Karnataka Samskrutika Kala Pratishthana will host the fifth edition of their yakshagana conference this fortnight. The conference will include performances, discussions on the growth of yakshagana, oral traditions and the archiving of these traditions as well lecture-demonstrations on movement and make-up techniques.
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6:30PM

23 May 2010
Shringara Bhakthi in Ramana Krithis

This is a new initiative to promote dialogue between performers and academics
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10:00AM

1 July 2010
Bharatanatyam_Seva Sadan

Bhavya BC, a bharatanatyam danseuse, will perform a traditional margam beginning with the pushpanjali, an invocation piece, and, instead of a thillana, will end with a kirtana, a devotional song by the Kannada poet-saint Purandaradasa titled “Tamburi Meetidava”.
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6:15PM

1 July 2010
Bharatanatyam..Seva Sadan

Kavita Thirumalai, a student of Poornima Ashok, will perform three pieces from the traditional margam of bharatanatyam.
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8:30PM

11 July 2010
Bharatanatyam

Twenty-four students of Chitra Chandrasekhar Dasarathy, student and daughter of the Chennai-based dancer CV Chandrasekhar, will perform select pieces from the traditional repertoire of bharatanatyam. Dasarathy’s students will also showcase two of her original choreographic works: Banyan Tree based on a poem written by her son Anshuman Dasarathy and Chatushka performed by four senior students – Rajalakshmi Suresh, Sree Jaya, Shrutivandana Sharma and Reshma George – which explores the idea of the numeral four from its geographical representations to its presence in the myths.
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6:00PM

18 July 2010
Odissi

The Nrityagram Dance Ensemble will perform pieces from their original choreographic work.
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7:45PM

31 July 2010
Bharatanatyam

Krupa Ramachandran, a student of Ranjani Ganesan Ramesh, Artistic Director of Mumbai-based Poonambalam Academy of Dance and Music Trust, will perform the bharatanatyam margam. Ramachandran’s varnam or histrionic piece “Devarmunivar” is composed by Carnatic great Lalgudi Jayaraman and has been choreographed by Ramesh. The varnam portrays a devotee extolling the virtues of Vishnu.
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6:00PM

10 February 2009
Natya STEM Dance Kampni

Natya STEM Dance Kampni will present their pieces “Mandala” and “Vajra” which will be presented in their signature style of exploring Indian iconography within the aesthetic senses of minimalism.
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7:30PM

12 February 2009
Hip-hop/New Dance styles

Denis Kuhnert of the Samir Akika Dance Company will be holding a workshop on hip-hop and other new styles like b-boying, funkstyle-basics and floorworks. The learning will be enabled through self-choreographed pieces and imparting dance knowledge using new music tracks. cohesive piece.
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10:00AM

7 February 2009
Shiri Dance Company

The piece titled “Salon Mystic” will deal with the movement within a beauty parlour. The intimate bonds that are made while beauty treatments take place will be explored in the piece.
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3:00PM

13 February 2009
Saxophone and Guitar duo

8 November 2009
Bharatanatyam

Meghana R, a student of Jyothi Patthabhiraman, will perform two devaranamas (devotional songs) and a jatiswaram, a pure-dance sequence. The first devaranama, “Noduvade Kannu” was composed by Purandaradasa and describes Krishna’s miracle. The second one, composed by Keshavadasa and titled “Aadbhutha Baaro Ganesha” describes the glory of the dancing elephant god.
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6:30PM

20 November 2009
Bharatanatyam

The danseuse Priyanka Chandrashekar, who is a student of Revathi Narasimhan, the founder-director of Natya Niketan, will perform the traditional margam of bharatanatyam beginning with the pushpanajali, an invocatory piece, and ending with a thillana, a pure-dance sequence.
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6:00PM

29 March 2009
Hip-hop

Shorty has them apple bottom jeans, and boots with the fur, and he be a playa with them baggy pants. The Reeboks with the straps is what y’all goin’ to see when them hip-hop dancers from the Lourd Vijay’s Dance Studio will go low low low low. Richard Thooloor, he the man, he’ll bend like rubber band. Word.
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6:30PM

12 April 2009
Kathak

Hari and Chetna (they both don’t use second names) will perform a piece titled “Krishnaanjali” which will weave various ragas and shlokas from the Bhagavad Gita and Bhagavata Purana to tell stories of Krishna’s youth.
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6:30PM

15 September 2009
Bharatanatyam

Bhavya Srinidhi, a student of Shubha Dhananjay, will perform a traditional bharatanatyam margam.
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6:00PM

10 October 2009
Kuchipudi

K Narayan will perform a piece titled “Bhamakalapam” written by Siddhendra Yogi, who is said to be the first scholar to give it its current form,” said the dancer.
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8:00PM

23 May 2010
Natya Chintana

This is a new initiative to promote dialogue between performers and academics
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10:00AM

11 September 2009
Bharatanatyam

Aishwarya Nityananda will perform a solo bharatanatyam recital. The piece to look for in her performance is the penultimate piece which uses extracts from Jayadeva’s Gita Govinda: the first extract is titled “Yahimadhava” where the dancer will portray Radha as an angry heroine, and in the second extract, titled “Priye Charusheele”, she will portray Krishna attempting to pacify Radha. She will end with a thillana, or a pure dance sequence.
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6:30PM

27 October 2009
One Night in Paris

Konark Reddy and Kirtana Kumar celebrate the spirit of cabaret in telling the tale of an Indian woman strolling through Paris.
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9:00AM

7 November 2009
Bharatanatyam

Deeksha Rao, a student of Sanjay Shantaram and Shama Sanjay of the Bangalore-based Shivapriya School of Dance, will begin with a pushpanjali, an invocatory piece, and end with a thillana, a pure-dance sequence.
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6:30PM

8 November 2009
Bharatanatyam

Rasika Kiran, student of Sandhya Kiran and Kiran Subramanyam, will present three pieces from the repertoire of bharatanatyam. Kiran will start with a pushpanjali, an invocatory piece that will flow into “Rudranama Valli”, a piece extolling the virtues of Shiva in his avatar as Rudra, the angry one. The second piece is “Kanchadalayadakshi”, which pays obeisance to Parvati. The final piece is a thillana composed by Lalgudi Jayaraman.
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7:30PM

21 November 2009
Bharatanatyam

Abhinaya Group of Performing Arts will present 100 students who will perform a two-part performance – the first half will have pieces from the traditional repertoire of bharatanatyam and the second half will be an attempt at branching out into fusion and contemporary themes.
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6:30PM

19 June 2010
Chhau

Gopal Prasad Dubey has been training in chhau under Rajkumar SN Singh Dev and Kedar Nath Sahoo. He has been performing and teaching for about 30 years. His classes will involve the basics of chhau which involve understanding the body movements and the intricate, fast-paced footwork. Classes are held three times a week, 6.30am-8pm. 31, Brindavan, 9th Cross, 3rd Block, 3rd Stage, Banashankari (99801-66708).
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6:30PM

19 June 2010
Hip-hop

So, you want to get in shape for the dance battle for your life? Learn the attitude, break-dance, get the clothes, the bling, speak the lingo, lock it and then pop it. These are just some of the things you will learn at these classes, but we suggest you attend them regularly before you try a handstand. These are drop-in sessions, so you can go learn a few moves and shake your money maker. Lourd Vijay’s Dance Studio, 4, 1st Main Road, Chakravathy Layout, off Palace Road (2331-5566). Rs 3,600 for three months and Rs 500 for a one-time registration. Classes are held on Mondays and Wednesdays 4-30-5.30pm, Saturdays 5-6pm, Sundays 1-2pm.
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12:00AM

22 June 2010
Timeless Moods of Bharatanatyam

Padmini Ravi, a senior student of KJ Sarasa, will present Timeless Moods of Bharatanatyam, which will include stylised translations of the navarasas into movements. After the short performance, Ravi will field questions from the audience. Time & Space Gallery, 55, Lavelle Road (2212-4117).
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12:00AM

30 January 2009
Odissi

Uday Kumar Shetty went from being a milk-vendor and newspaper delivery boy in Hebri, near Mangalore to the first full-time student of Nrityagram, Hessaraghatta. He has learnt odissi from the late Kelucharan Mahapatra and continues to study under Rathikant Mahapatra, the son of Kelucharan. He, along with his wife Sowmya Uday Kumar, will be performing a recital in the traditional format of odissi and will pay obeisance to the deities Durga and Krishna.
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6:00PM

11 February 2009
Brinda Jacob and Shabari Rao

13 February 2009
Rakesh Babu

In this solo piece, Rakesh Babu will depict a mannequin that comes to life. However, realising the futility of life, it decides to go back to being a mannequin.
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5:00PM

11 February 2009
The Dance of the Enchantress

This documentary incorporates not just dance sequences but occasional shots of the lives of dance students, counter-pointing the sense of tranquillity in a dance school with societal pressures outside. Director Adoor Gopalakrishnan carefully picks out the richness of each colour, from the white and gold of pleated saris to intense hues made even stronger by perfect lighting.
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6:00PM

1 October 2009
Bharatanatyam

Charles Ma will perform a traditional margam of bharatanatyam. He will begin with a pushpanjali, an invocatory piece. The other pieces will be the varnam, a histrionic piece titled “Natakuranji”, based on Chidambaram, the presiding deity at the temple in Madurai. The margam will end with a thillana, a pure sequence.
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6:30PM

25 October 2009
Bharatanatyam

Kapardhini Kala Kendra, the classical dance school, is celebrating its silver jubilee. The students of the school will perform Girija Kalayanam. The ballet will tell the story of the marriage of Parvati to Shiva. In it, Vishnu offers his sister’s hand in marriage to Shiva and Brahma presides over the ceremonies and conducts the yagna, the stoking of the sacrificial fire. Other deities like Lakshmi, Saraswathi, the gods of the five elements, sages and other heavenly beings attend the wedding.
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6:30PM

1 August 2010
Bharatanatyam

Uvika Aravind, a Texas-based bharatanatyam dancer, was last seen in her mother and teacher Sunanda Nair’s production Panchatantra as an enlightened rabbit. This fortnight, Aravind will perform the traditional margam of bharatanatyam.
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7:00PM

31 July 2010
Kathak

Tushar Bhat, kathak dancer and performer, mostly focuses on the grace, elegance and the innovativeness of abhinaya from the Lucknow gharana.
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6:00PM

10 September 2010
Sunday salsa socials

25 October 2009
Kathak

Vibha Suresh, a kathak danseuse, will perform kathak in its traditional format. She will begin with a vandana, an invocation piece and end with a tarana, a pure-dance sequence. The standout pieces are: “Kalika Vandana”, an invocation that pays obeisance to Kali, the dark one, a devotional song by Purandaradasa titled “Yashode” based on the life and attributes of Krishna’s mother and the bol bant, a piece where the dancer follows the rhythmic variations of the music.
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10:00AM

3 August 2010
Bollywood

Arun Kumar and the Zealers will have you shaking you’re bon-bon like you’re Madhuri. Classes are on Mondays and Wednesdays at 1pm.
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1:00PM

2 August 2010
Kathak

Tushar Bhat, kathak dancer and performer, mostly focuses on the grace, elegance and the innovativeness of abhinaya from the Lucknow gharana.
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6:00PM

19 August 2010
Bharatanatyam and other styles

As part of their biennial anniversary celebrations, 125 Students of Drishti Art Centre will present Nrityarpana. This show will comprise group presentations of items from the traditional repertoire of the Tanjore school of bharatanatyam. The evening will also feature two choreographic explorations – Dasavataram, an unfolding of the ten manifestations of Vishnu, and Infinity, pure-dance choreography that uses folk styles from seven states of India ranging from Karnataka’s kamsale to the Punjabi bhangra.
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6:00PM

5 September 2010
Bharatanatyam

Over 100 students of the CV Raman Nagar-based dance school Yuva Deepthi Nrityalaya will present traditional pieces of bharatanatyam in a group format as part of their fifteenth annual day celebrations.
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6:00PM

24 May 2009
Bharatanatyam

Meghana Venkat, a bharatanatyam danseuse, will be performing a traditional margam as part of the Sri MH Manchigaiah Memorial Endowment Programme. She is a student of Adayar K Laxman, a proponent of the Kalakshetra style of bharatanatyam, which is marked by its adherence to neat geometric patterns.
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6:00PM

2 August 2010
Bollywood

Arun Kumar and the Zealers will have you shaking you’re bon-bon like you’re Madhuri. Classes are on Mondays and Wednesdays at 1pm.
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1:00PM

3 August 2010
Kathak

Tushar Bhat, kathak dancer and performer, mostly focuses on the grace, elegance and the innovativeness of abhinaya from the Lucknow gharana.
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6:00PM

12 September 2009
Bharatanatyam

12 February 2009
Creative process and Contemporary Dance Techniques

6 February 2009
Veena Basavarajaiah and Nritarutya

Veena Basavarajaiah has choreographed a piece titled “Escalator Clause”: it is based on a corporate job clause which specifies that one’s salary will go up or down depending on the upward or downward swing of the economy which draws a comparison to happiness or sadness depending on the economy.
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5:00PM

14 February 2009
Colloquium on Movement Arts

The conversations in question are based on four basic guidelines: body, movement, technology and thought. Speakers like Jayachandran Palazhy, the artistic director of the Attakkalari Repertory, Sudhar Sarukkai, fellow at the National Institute of Advanced Studies and V Sanil, professor at Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi will speak on these issues and then linking them to dance. They will link previous conversations which will be had during closed sessions – titled “Body and Images” and “Movement”.
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9:00AM

25 October 2009
Yakshagana

Rangasthala Yakshamitra Kootha will celebrate its ninth annual day with two performances. The first is a traditional yakshagana production titled Shaneeshwara Mathemay. It tells the tale of Shani: described as having a dark complexion, a beautiful face and belongs to a caste of oil vendors. One day, myth has it the king Vikramaditya heard the story of Shani and laughed uproariously and ridiculed him. In retaliation, Shani placed a curse on him. The story goes on to describe Vikramaditya’s difficulties as a result of the curse.
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6:30PM

1 July 2010
Bharatanatyam_.SevaSadan

Shishira Shastry, a Bangalore-based dancer and student of P Praveen Kumar, will begin his recital with an Annamachari composition, follow with a Tulsidas bhajan and conclude with a pure-dance sequence, the thillana.
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7:45PM

1 August 2010
Bharatanatyam

Sangeetha Anantha Narayan, daughter and student of Geetha Anantha Narayan, will perform items from the traditional repertoire of bharatanatyam. She will begin with a pushpanjali, an invocatory item and end with a thillana, a pure-dance sequence.
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5:30PM

4 August 2010
Bollywood

Arun Kumar and the Zealers will have you shaking you’re bon-bon like you’re Madhuri. Classes are on Mondays and Wednesdays at 1pm.
venue
1:00PM

1 August 2010
Kathak

Tushar Bhat, kathak dancer and performer, mostly focuses on the grace, elegance and the innovativeness of abhinaya from the Lucknow gharana.
venue
6:00PM

4 August 2010
Kathak

Tushar Bhat, kathak dancer and performer, mostly focuses on the grace, elegance and the innovativeness of abhinaya from the Lucknow gharana.
venue
6:00PM

14 September 2009
Dance of Stars: Nataraja and the Cosmos

Sharada Srinivasan, a scientist-dancer and art historian, will explore the archaeometallurgical and archaeoastronomical aspects in the philosophy of the Chola Nataraja bronze.
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10:00AM

13 August 2010
Bharatanatyam

Sisters Shruti and Smriti Bhat, a bharatanatyam duo, will present items from the traditional repertoire of the dance form. They will begin with a stuti, paying obeisance to Ganesha, the remover of obstacles, and then perform a varnam, a histrionic piece that follows Krishna from his childhood up to the moment he delivers the Geethopadesha on the battlefield of Kurukshetra. The duet format will be interjected with two solos – Shruti Bhat will perform a devaranama, a devotional hymn addressed to Krishna as a child who steals butter from milkmaids, and Smriti Bhat will perform a javali, a piece that focuses on the erotic aspect of love, where she will depict a bejewelled heroine waiting for her hero to return. The duo will end with a thillana, a pure-dance sequence. The recital has been choreographed by their teacher P Praveen Kumar of the Chitkala School of Dance, Bangalore.
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6:30PM

16 August 2010
Bharatanatyam .

Anuradha Vikrant, artistic director of the Drishti Art Centre, Bangalore will present a solo bharatanatyam recital beginning with a pushpanjali, an invocatory piece, and ending with a thillana, a pure-dance sequence. The performed pieces will be selected from the traditional repertoire of the Tanjore school of bharatanatyam.
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6:15PM

25 January 2009
Odissi

The composer Thygaraja was a great devotee of Rama and most of his compositions are dedicated to his avatar of Vishnu – more than 24,000 songs and a few musical dramas composed, set to 211 ragas. His words have become the staple of the kirti (devotional song) in classical dance performances. Nrityagram will be performing a piece suited to this occasion in praise of his works.
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6:00PM

27 January 2009
Kathak

Nirupama Rajendra and TD Rajendra are the artistic directors of Abhinava Dance Company. They are performing as part of an event organised by Academy of Music and Dance, Malleswaram. The pieces that will be performed will be from their large repertoire of choreographed work that ranges from an exploration of taal (rhythm) in kathak to the Rasa Leela of Krishna.
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6:00PM

9 February 2009
Nrityagram

Jayachandran Palazhy, artistic director of the Attakkalari Repertory is of the opinion that “what makes an expression contemporary is not any particular form it employs but the approach it chooses to adopt. Tradition cannot be classified as static.” This idea, according to dancers of the Nrityagram Dance Ensemble, is what is being explored in their ballet “Pratima – A reflection.”
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7:30PM

11 February 2009
Creative process and Contemporary Dance Techniques

24 October 2009
Bharatanatyam

Lakshyam, a bharatanatyam troupe, will present pieces from the traditional margam. They will begin with the pushpanjali, a piece that pays obeisance to the presiding deity of the stage, and end with the thillana, a pure-dance sequence.
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6:00PM

16 July 2010
Bharatanatyam

Vani Ganapathy, artistic director of Sanchari, will perform items from the traditional repertoire of bharatanatyam.
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6:30PM

10 July 2010
Purusha – Male Moves!

A panel discussion between six of the seven male dancers featured in the 2010 issue of the dance yearbook Attendance: The Dance Annual of India, which focuses on solo male dancers from Karnataka who are under the age of 50. The discussion will revolve on the state of the male solo dancer in the state today, and will include inputs from the critic M Surya Prasad, dance promoter Padmini Ravi, dancer/choreographer Madhu Nataraj and dance teacher Kiran Subramanyam. This is the first in a six-month long session of panel discussions organised by the dance critic Ashish Khokar. The themes for upcoming months are – August: Choreography; September: Uday Shankar's Kalpana; October: Odissi; and November: Abhinaya.
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6:30PM

3 September 2010
Step up

11 September 2009
Bharatanatyam

The dancer at this show, SS Meera, is a student of BK Shyam Prakash. The piece to look for in her performance is the varnam (central histrionic piece) titled “Nenu Nammi”. The choreographer has used the motifs of different sancharis (descriptive histrionic pieces) in a sequence to tell of the feelings of a heroine in love.
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6:00PM

27 June 2010
Vyjayanthi Kashi’s Kuchipudi Workshop

10 July 2010
Bharatanatyam

As part of its annual celebrations, the Ajith Kumar Memorial Yoga Research Centre in Chamrajpet felicitates three upcoming dancers – Nagashree KS, Nagashree and Sushma, students of Bangalore-based bharatanatyam teacher Sumana Nagesh. The dancers will perform pieces from the traditional repertoire of bharatanatyam.
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6:00PM

16 July 2010
Kathak

Sanchita Lahoti, a kathak danseuse, will perform a traditional recital beginning with a vandanam, an invocatory piece and ending with a tarana, a pure-dance sequence. For her main piece, Lahoti will perform Three Nayikas: Three Heroines – Vasakasajja nayika, or the heroine that is dressing up in anticipation of her hero’s return, Kalantararita nayika, or the heroine that is quarrelsome and suspicious of her hero’s dalliances with another woman, and Proshitabhartrika nayika, or the heroine that is missing her hero who has gone abroad.
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6:00PM

31 July 2010
Bollywood

Arun Kumar and the Zealers will have you shaking you’re bon-bon like you’re Madhuri. Classes are on Mondays and Wednesdays at 1pm.
venue
1:00PM

1 August 2010
Bollywood

Arun Kumar and the Zealers will have you shaking you’re bon-bon like you’re Madhuri. Classes are on Mondays and Wednesdays at 1pm.
venue
1:00PM

5 August 2010
Bollywood

Arun Kumar and the Zealers will have you shaking you’re bon-bon like you’re Madhuri. Classes are on Mondays and Wednesdays at 1pm.
venue
1:00PM

5 August 2010
Kathak

Tushar Bhat, kathak dancer and performer, mostly focuses on the grace, elegance and the innovativeness of abhinaya from the Lucknow gharana.
venue
6:00PM

14 September 2010
Step up

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