August 25 -
September 30, NYC Dance historian, scholar, author,
critic Dr Sunil Kothari's itinerary for the month of September 2008 From 25th August through 30th Sept
in New York. Dr Kothari will be with Sridhar
Shanmugam, the Executive Director of The ARCH Inc, preparing for the Dances Of India
Festival at Carnegie Hall scheduled on 20th Sept 2008 Kothari will be coordinating various
activities for The Arch Inc in terms of lec-dems, workshops, performances
of the visiting artists from India: Viz., C V Chandrashekhar's Nrityshree
troupe( Bharatanatyam); Ramli Ibrahim's Sutra Dance Theatre's Odissi
troupe from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Jawaharlal Nehru Manipur Dance Academy,
Imphal, Manipur; Vempati Chinna Satyam's troupe from Chennai for Kuchipudi;
Kathak Kendra, New Delhi's repertory artists for Kathak and Kalaripyattu
artists from Kerala.September 1, Leiden, Holland Sharada Srinivasan has been invited
by the Association for the Friends of the Kern Institute, to give a Bharatanatyam
dance performance at 7.30pm at the LakTheater, Lipsius Building ((conference
venue).at the prestigious Kern Institute in Leiden, Holland, one of the
most outstanding of world centres, libraries and collections for the study
of South Asian Art. She is part of the 12 International European
Association of South East Asian Archaeology Conference in Leiden. September 3, Chicago, IL DISCOVER BHARATANATYAM - lecture
demonstration - Natya Dance Theatre's contemporary style uses dynamic body
movement, rhythmic footwork, hand gestures and facial expressions to convey
meaning and emotion to create rasa, the aesthetic experience that transforms
the audience. Natya Dance Theatre founder and director Hema Rajagopalan
and members of Natya lead an exploration of this ancient art form. At: Pritzker Auditorium, Harold
Washington Library Center, lower level, 400 S. State St., Chicago, 12.15pm September 5, Pune A unique music and dance jugalbandi
will be presented by dancer Yogini Gandhi and vocalist Devaki Pandit for
the inaugural ceremony of the PUNE FESTIVAL to be held on 5th Sept. The
specially choreographed piece is dedicated to Lord Ganesh and includes
compositions that bring forth the beauty of both the mediums. The two lead
artists will be accompanied by a team of live musicians and dancers from
the troupe of Kalanidhi. At: Ganesh Kala Krida Manch September 5 - 12, Orissa, Pune Performance schedule for Ileana
Citaristi and troupe for Sept 2008. - 5th Sept: Odissi dance performance
for the Golden Jubilee of TATA Refractories at Jharsuguda, Orissa - 8th Sept: Odissi Dance performance
for Ganesh Festival, Pune - 12th Sept: Art Vision organizes
the 4th SANGAM, A CONFLUENCE OF DANCE at Rabhindra Mandap, Bhubaneswar.
Besides Odissi creative choreographies by Art Vision there will be Manipuri
dance compositions by Priti Patel and troupe from Kolkata. September 6 & 20, Chicago
& Lemont, IL SHAKTI CHAKRA: THE ENERGY CYCLE
- Natya's award-winning signature work, performed by the Natya Company.
A journey through the five activities of the Divine: creation, sustenance,
protection, purification and dissolution. At: Pritzker Auditorium, Harold
Washington Library Center, lower level, 400 S. State St., Chicago, 7.30pm
on Sept 6 At: Hindu Temple of Greater Chicago,
Sama Rathi Auditorium, 10915 Lemont Rd, Lemont, 7.30pm on Sept 20. September 7, London Kalasagara UK presents NIVEDANAM,
a Bharatanatyam performance by Srinidhi Raghavan, Anupama Muthukrishnan,
Vinita Venkatesh, Janany Harrichandiran (disciples of Usha Raghavan) Venue: Patidar House, 22 London
Road, Wembley, London, 6 - 8.15pm September 7, Chennai The "Mylapore Trio" & the members
of Sri Sumukhi Rajasekharan Memorial Foundation present 32nd KALA POSHAKAM.
The performers are: - Aishwaryah Ilankumaran & Apparna
Ilankumaran, Instrumental music - Key Board (Disciples of Uma Murali) - S Mythili & S Lakshmi - Carnatic
music (Disciples of Seetha Krishnan) - V Karthik - Carnatic Music (Disciple
of P T Seshadri) - KANAA KANDEN THOZHI NAAN - A Thematic
Bharatanatyam presentation by students of Natyakshetra (Guru Senthil Kumar) At Narada Gana Sabha, Mini Hall,
TTK Road, Alwarpet, Chennai 18, 5.30pm September 7 & 13, PA, TX Guru. CV Chandrashekar presents
his solo production NIRANTARA, a journey of music and dance. It is a double
bill with Three Aksha's new production PRAYOG, a dialogue between dance
and mathematics - September 7: Girard College, Elementary
School Auditorium 2101, S College Ave # 121, Philadelphia,
PA 19121, at 3.30pm - September 13: Presented by Sunandas
Performing Arts Center At the Stafford Civic Center, TX, 6.30pm September 8, Lucknow Geeta Chandran presents a classical
solo Bharatanatyam performance to inaugurate the annual 3-day Classical
Music and Dance Festival organized by the Bhatkande Music Institute, Lucknow
University. Venue: Ravindralaya, 6:30pm. September 10, Kolkata Navtej Johar and Abhyas Dance Ensemble
will perform FANA'A: RANJHA REVISITED at INTERFACE 2008 in Kolkata. The
show will be staged at Kalamandir in Kolkata at 6.30pm. September 12 & 13, Paris Mythili Prakash performs Bharatanatyam
at Musee Guimet, 6, Place d'Iéna, 75116 September 12, Millville, NJ Bala Devi Chandrashekar, senior
disciple of Padma Subrahmanyam, will perform Bharata Nrithyam on the inaugural
day of the Festival of India presented by Wheaton Arts on Sept 12, 2008.
The evening will also feature a Yakshagana folk theatre performance. At: Wheaton Arts Center, 1501 Glasstown
Road, Millville, NJ, from 7 - 9.30pm September 13, Mississauga, ON Lata Pada and Sampradaya Dance Creations
present KAVYA NATYAM, an evening of dance, music and poetry to highlight
the rich literary tradition of Tamilnadu. Kavya Natyam will feature Sampradaya
Dance Creations' company dancers accompanied by Harikrishna Kalyanasundaram
on the nattuvangam and vocals by Vidya Harikrishna. At the Meadowvale Theatre, 6315
Montevideo Road, Mississauga, at 7pm September 13, Mumbai Smitalay presents traditional Odissi
followed by the mathematical dance ballet LEELAVATI, for the FINE ARTS
SOCIETY'S CLASSICAL DANCE FESTIVAL. Venue: Sivaswamy Auditorium, Chembur,
6.30pm September 13, KC, MO Program schedule for Hemavathi Sharma,
Nritya School of Dance. Dance in the Park, Roanoke Park,
7pm September 13, Los Angeles Rangoli Dance Company lead dancers
Lakshmi Iyengar and Shaheen Sheik perform for the 9TH ANNUAL LOS ANGELES
DANCE INVITATIONAL. At: Nate Holden Performing Arts
Center, 8pm September 12 - 20, Japan Ragamala Music and Dance Theatre
go on a Four City Japanese Tour. - Sept 12: Matsumoto Bunka
Kaikan, Matsumoto City, Nagano Prefecture - Sept 13, Nagoya Kita Bunka Sho
Gekijyo, Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture - Sept 20: Saiwai Shimoina
Wadaiko Festival, Iida Bunka Kaikan, Iida City, Nagano Prefecture
September 14, Palo Alto, CA Solo dance DHARMA YUDH-STORIES OF
THE GREAT WAR OF THE MAHABHARATA by Rasika Kumar for the Shiva Murugan
temple Fund Raiser Musicians: Asha Ramesh (Vocal),
Shanti Narayan (Violin), N. Narayan (Mridangam), Malavika Kumar (Nattuvangam) At: Cubberly Theater, 4000 Middlefield
Road, Palo Alto, 3pm September 14, NYC Sonali Skandan will perform a solo
Bharatanatyam dance recital SAMPRADAYA, featuring the choreography, vocals
and nattuvangam of Prof. C V Chandrasekhar accompanied by AR Balaskandan
on mridangam and Jitendra Kishore on violin. Hunter College, Lang Recital Hall
Rm 424N, 69thSt between Park and Lexington Avenue, New York, NY, at 6pm September 16, 20, 28 CA &
NJ - Sept 16: Mythili Prakash performs
Bharatanatyam for World Festival of Sacred Music At: Nate Holden Theatre, Venue:
4718 W Washington Blvd., Los Angeles, CA - Sept 20: Mythili performs for
Yuva Bharati At: Mission City Center for Perf.
Arts, 3250 Monroe St, Santa Clara, CA, 4 - 6:30pm - Sept 28: Mythili performs RAMAYANA,
for Share and Care Foundation At: Sate Theater, New Jersey, at
4pm September 19, New Delhi Geeta Chandran and Natya Vriksha
Dance Company will present SARVAM KRISHNAMAYAM, a suite of Bharatanatyam
classical dance choreography. The performance is sponsored by the
renowned RPS Group that works in creating futuristic infrastructure and
who are promoters of Rhythm, the new- age urban township in Faridabad,
Haryana, that emphasizes living in harmony with nature At the Kamani Auditorium, Copernicus
Marg, at 6:45pm September 20, Los Angeles, USA Post Natyam Collective member Shyamala
Moorty is performing in LEAP'S OF FAITH. "Leap's of Faith" is Great Leap's
interdisciplinary and interfaith collaboration and will be performed as
a part of the Rosh Hashana services At: Temple Isaiah, 10345 W Pico
Blvd, Los Angeles, CA, 7pm September 21, Los Angeles, CA World Festival of Sacred Music presents
ADORATIONS featuring Gita -Govinda by Manipuri Dance Visions ensemble,
directed by Sohini Ray At the Fountain theater, 5060 Fountain
Avenue, Los Angeles, at 8pm September 21, Pune Kalanidhi presents NRITYA SANDHYA,
an evening of Kathak and Odissi presented by the students of Yogini Gandhi.
The presentation will include solos as also choreographed pieces in both
dance styles and shall have over 35 students participating in the show. At 5pm at the Symbiosis International
School Auditorium, Viman Nagar, Pune. September 22, Noida Geeta Chandran presents lec-dem
for SPIC-MACAY at Kothari International School, NOIDA, Uttar Pradesh, 10:30am. September 25, Long Beach, USA Post Natyam Collective member Shyamala
Moorty is performing in ARTS GO ECO. The State of the arts Luncheon by
the Arts Council for Long Beach Hyatt Regency Ballroom, 200 South
Pine Ave., Long Beach, 11:30-1:30pm September 26, Atlanta, GA Ragamala Music and Dance Theatre
perform for PAE SHOWCASE September 27, Chennai Shridhar and Anuradha Shridhar the
well-known dance couple from Karnataka will perform Bharatanatyam (Margam)
at Kalakshetra, Chennai as part of THE CLASSICAL DUO DANCE & MUSIC
FESTIVAL organized by the Kalakshetra Foundation, and the Alapana Trust. Venue: Kalakshetra Auditorium, Tiruvanmiyur,
7.30pm September 28, Santa Clara, CA Abhinaya Dance Company of San Jose
presents a solo dance performance by Rama Vaidyanathan, acclaimed artist
from New Delhi with live music. Co-sponsored by South India Fine Arts. Mission City Center for the Perf
Arts, 3250 Monroe St., Santa Clara, 5pm September 28, Chennai Vyjayanthi Kashi presents a solo
Kuchipudi recital KUCHIPUDI VAIBHAVAM as part of National Seminar in Kuchipudi
titled Tradition - Transition - Transformation. Place: Bharatiya Vidhya Bhavan,
Mylapore, 7.30pm Bharatanatyam
Arangetrams September 6, San Jose, CA Pia Mishra, disciple of Mythili
Kumar, Abhinaya Dance Company At: Mexican Heritage Theater, 1700
Alum Rock Avenue, San Jose, CA 95116, 5pm Musicians: Asha Ramesh (vocals),
Shanthi Narayan (violin), N Narayan (mridangam), Mythili Kumar & Malavika
Kumar (nattuvangam) September 6, Orange, CA Anuja Shah and Diya Varma, disciples
of Ramaa Bharadvaj, Angahara Academy At: Performing Arts Theater, Lutheran
High School of Orange County, 2222 North Santiago Blvd, 5pm. September 6, Bangalore Pavan Kumar G, disciple of Suparna
Venkatesh, Sai Arts International At: ADA Ranga Mandira, 6.30pm September 6, Palo Alto, CA Sanya Bhavi Vohra, disciple of Suganda
Sreenath Iyer, Jayendra Kalakendra At: Cubberley Theater, 4000 Middlefield
Road, Palo Alto, CA 94303, 4pm September 13, Irvine, CA Disha Bhagwat, disciple of Ramya
Harishankar, Arpana School of Dance At: Northwood High School September 14, Basel, Switzerland Madhura Subramanyam, disciple of
D Keshava, Kalasri At: Volkshaus, 5pm September 14, Irvine, CA Amrita Mukherjee, disciple of Ramya
Harishankar, Arpana School of Dance At: University High School September 20, Irvine, CA Srilekha Jandhyala & Natasha
Parekh, disciples of Ramya Harishankar, Arpana School of Dance At: Northwood High School September 27, Bellflower, CA Shipra Shah & Jhankhana Jani,
disciples of Ramya Harishankar, Arpana School of Dance At: William Bristol Auditorium Kuchipudi
Rangapooja September
27, Bangalore Prateeksha
Kashi, disciple/daughter of Vyjayanthi Kashi, Shambhavi School of Dance At: Ravindra
Kalakshetra, J C Road, 6.30pm |