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Performance
pics of the season
Photos: Lalitha
Venkat, Chennai
December 31,
2006
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Anita
Ratnam presented her newest solo work NEELAM: DROWNING IN BLISS, an evocation
through movement and melody of Sri Vaishnava shrines and their stories,
for Krishna Gana Sabha on December 30, 2006.
"What a
visual, aural and spiritual treat on Vaikunta Ekadasi day!" said Bharatanatyam
dancer Priya Murle.
The selection
of compositions is drawn from ritual and temple texts in praise of Lord
Vishnu. The first SRIMAL, the dance of Vishnu, extols the numerous forms
of the Tamizh God Nambi. The next item SRI ANDAL: THE CHANT OF GODA was
performed to excerpts from Nachiyar Tirumozhi and chants by Revathy Sankkaran
and Pradeep Chakravarthy. The third item was PRIYE CHARUSHEELE: THE HUMBLED
KRISHNA, from Jayadeva's most celebrated 12th century lyrical poem Gita
Govinda and sung by OS Arun.
With sound
design by Anil Srinivasan and sung by Sikkil Gurucharan, the final piece
NEELAM draws inspiration from the famous Muthuswamy Dikshitar song RANGA
PURA VIHARA, a eulogy of Sri Vishnu at Srirangam.
The concept
and choreography is by Anita Ratnam and Hari Krishnan (inDance, Canada)
is the choreographic consultant. Other credits include costume and visual
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Smita
Madhav gave a Bharatanatyam performance for Krishna Gana Sabha on December
30, 2006
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Arangham
Trust presented a concert by Carnatic vocalist Sikkil Gurucharan accompanied
on the piano by New York based composer Anil Srinivasan, at Amethyst, on
Dec 24, 2006.
They performed
numbers from their album Madhirakshi, produced by Charsur Digital Work
Station
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Deepa
Seetharaman (USA) performed for Kartik Fine Arts at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan
on Dec 24, 2006
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Malathi
Iyengar (Sherman Oaks, CA) presented dancers of the Rangoli Dance Company
as well as dancers from Chennai and Bangalore in SACRED GEOMETRY for Kartik
Fine Arts at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan on Dec 24, 2006
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Jyotsna
Vaideeswaran (Albany, CA) performed for Kartik Fine Arts at Bharatiya Vidya
Bhavan on Dec 23, 2006
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Madhu
Nataraj and the Stem Dance Kampni from Bangalore, performed for Kartik
Fine Arts
at Bharatiya
Vidya Bhavan, on Dec 23, 2006
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