Murugan Temple of North America & Ragamalika School of Music Sangeeta Natak Utsav 2014

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1 Kalanidhi Dance Murugan Temple of North America & Ragamalika School of Music Sangeeta Natak Utsav 2014 April 12,2014 Time : 10:00am 7:00pm Venue Princess Garden Pkwy, Lanham, MD A Festival featuring different art forms from India. Sangeeta Menon and Group Nrityananda School of Bharatanatyam & Music Kalavaridhi Centre for Performing Arts Ragamalika School of Music Food/Snacks will be available at a nominal cost throughout the day.

2 Invocation None 10:00am Jaishree Sankaran Geetam Srigana Natha & Kundagowra Swarajati - Rara venu 10:00am 10:10am Chinmayee Sailanka, Chinmayee, Megha, Pragnya Apoorva, Ria Rejive, Sindura, Chakrika, Sharon, Cheryl, Neha Chander 10:10am - 10:20am Abhirama, Sriram, Krishna, Vishnu, Reva, Alekya, Sruti K, Akhil, Teja, Omkar, Saipriya, Amrutha, Nikita Geetam Padumanabha & Kereya Neeranu Kriti - Parthasarathy 10:20am-10:30am Venkatesh, Ramya, Geeta, Radhika & Jaishree 10:30am -10:40am Vinita, Saikeertana, Keertana Y, Diksha, Harini Somanchi, Sahiti, Sneha Dasari, Neha K, Sruti Chavali, Kavita, Pooja, Harini,Shivani, Anvita R, Amrutha R, Shriya R, Pranavi Doodale, Shriya Ramaka, Adarsh B, Vaishnavi D

3 Nottuswaram- 10:40am -10:50am Vijay, Rhea, Nitya, Sruti G, Akshara, Emaya, Hrudya, Nanda, Tejasvi, Ridhi, Shreeya, Ananyasri, Amrith S, Kaushik, Brinda, Akshaya, Advika, Madhumita, Arshiya, Harika End of First Segment of Music.

4 MOHINIYATTAM Simi Arun, Sangeeta Menon & Jayanti Paine Time : 11:00am 12:00pm Pieces being Performed Cholkettu Ganapathi Sthuthi Ashtapadi Navarasanjali Enthaho Vallabha About the artists Simi Arun -A professional mohiniyattam dancer who received her rigorous and advanced training under the famous mohiniyattam danseuse Gopika Varma of Kerala. She has also trained under the world-renowned mohiniyattam dancer Bharati Shivaji. She had performed in prestigious venues in Kerala as well as the famous Brihadheeswara and Chidambaram Temples. She is also trained in bharatanatyam. Simi is new to the area and lives with her husband and daughter in Rockville MD. Jayantee Paine-Ganguly is a professional dancer, teacher, and choreographer of the odissi and kathak classical dance forms. Jayantee runs the Konark Dance School, where she teaches, and Jayantika, her dance company. She has produced dance dramas in the greater Washington area since 1981 and is a regular lecturer of Indian dance at the Gandhi Memorial Center. Later in her career, Jayantee received training in mohiniyattam from the descendants of Kalamandalam Kalyanikkutty Amma, who was the doyenne of mohiniyattam and a key personality in the revival of mohiniyattam in the early twentieth century. Jayantee lives with her husband and daughter in Herndon VA. Sangeetha Menon is an amateur Indian classical dancer and singer, actively learning and performing in the DC area. She started her training in dance with Rasika Khanna, a bharatanatyam teacher and performer of Delhi. Sangeetha then learned mohiniyattam from Chandrika Kurup of Noopura Institute and later from Kalamandalam Radhika. Currently, she is a student of Nrityalaya School of Odissi Dance. Sangeetha works as a web developer and lives in Columbia MD with her husband and children. Performers Simi Arun Sangeeta Menon Jayantee Paine

5 Kriti - Pranamamyaham Varnam - Ninnukori Geetams Kereyaneranu Padumanabha & Varaveena Kriti - Kalaharana 12:00pm-12:10pm Sanjana, Shreya M, Varshini K, Janhavi, Madhu,Supraja Daita, Anvita Nachiyappan, Vinita, Roushini, Saikeertana Keertana Y, Diksha, Harini Somanchi, Sahiti 12:10pm- 12:20pm Shashank, Vaishnavi D, Adarsh B, Akhil, Teja, Saipriya, Alekya, Omkar, Amrutha, Goipka, Varada, Divya, Ananya M, Ria Boyapatti, Nimisha, Sruti K 12:30pm-12:40pm Rishi, Arush, Ananya Raghu, Manasa R, Janina, Harshini, Amrith, Srivatsa, Nandita Iyengar, Srika, Arjun,Srivaishnavi. 12:40pm-12:50pm Mrudula, Atilesh, Shashank, Rohita, Preeti, Anvita Guda, Rajasree, Aishwarya Senthil, Vasavi, Harini, Shivani Nathan, Hamsini, Dhanya, Dyuti, Marali, Tanusri, Ananth End of Second segment of Music.

6 Pieces being performed Mallari Pushpanjali Allaripu Shankara Shiva Murugan Shabdam Jaya Janaki Natamadum Kalinga Narthanam Bharatanatyam - Nrityananda School of Bharatanatyam & Music Time : 1:00pm 2:00pm About the Teachers Vibha has over 14 years of experience in Bharatanatyam and is a proponent of the famous Vazhuvoor style. She started her dance training at the age of seven with Smt. Girija Rajendran in Dubai, U.A.E. Under Smt. Rajendran's tutelage, she not only gained a solid foundation of Bharatanatyam but was also exposed to other classical South Indian dance styles such as Mohiniatam and Kuchipudi. Vibha danced all over the United Arab Emirates and won several awards at regional dance competitions in the U.A.E. Vibha was featured as a promising young artiste in the Dubai based publication Junior News for her outstanding performances. She continued her dance training under Smt. Padmini Ravi at Pradhan Dance Center, Bangalore, where she fine tuned her dance skills and was introduced to dance theory as well as Carnatic music. Vibha teaches Bharatanatyam at the IIS center in Chantilly, VA. Sangeetha Agarwal has over 13 years of training in Bharatanatyam and has given over 64 performamces locally in Chennai in various venues before moving to the US. One of the noted performances is where she protrayed the role of Valli in a dance drama called Valaikaram, which was presided by the Legislative Assembly Speaker, Hon'ble Thiru K. Rajaram. She has continued to practice the dance form and is also faculty member at the India International School (JCC location) in Fairfax, VA. Hailing from a musical family, Sangeetha also has a strong background in Carnatic music. She pursued music for several years under Smt. Vijayam, a local artist in Chennai. Sangeeta's forefathers adorned the court of Sivaganga as Asthana Vidwans. One of her forefathers was the famous Periya Vaidhyanatha Iyer from Tanjore. Sangeetha is a successful Software Manager by profession. She hopes to spread the art forms of dance and music with her passion for the arts and a natural flair for teaching. Performers Neha Ayati Nikita, Padmini Suhita Shweta Sowmya Sri Vaishnavi Neha Agarwal Sindhu Mahiyah Infanta Madhu Marali Dyuthi

7 Varnam - Anname 2:00pm 2:15pm Satvikki, Sinduja, Aishwarya C, Somu, Adarsh M Srinidhi, Sruthi, Mrudula, Atilesh, Shashank, Preeti, Anvita Guda, Hamsini, Dhanya, Marali, Dyuti, Tanusree, Ananth, Sanjana, Shreya M, Jahanavi, Supraja D, Madhu, Anvita Nachiappan, Shivani Nathan, Varshini Kannan Kriti - Vidajaladura & Durga Devi 2:15pm 2:30pm Aditi, Tarun, Tanvi, Keertana, Himavarsha, Ria Dabbi, Kriti - Telisi Rama 2:30pm- 2:40pm Sneha Dasari, Neha K, Sruti Chavali, Kavita, Somu, Adarsh M, Srinidhi, Sruthi, Satvikki, Sinduja, Aishwarya C Kriti - Rara rama & Mayateeta 2:40pm 2:55pm Karuna, Madhuri, Srividhya, Sushma, Kalpana, Sriram, Rekha, Latha, Shanti, Medhini, Rama, Gayatri, Madhavi End of Third Segment of Music

8 Sheela served as a faculty member at the Academy of Indian Culture and Arts (AICA) in Sterling, Virginia. She is currently an empanelled artist of Fairfax County's Creative Arts Program. Pieces being Performed Poorvarangavi dhi Srimannarayan a Varnam Thillana Bharatanatyam - Kalavaridhi Dance group Time: 3:00pm 4:00pm About Sheela Ramnath Sheela Ramanath underwent initial training under Smt. Sridevi Thirumalai in Bangalore in the Vazhuvoor style. Sheela s deepening interest led her to renowned dancer and scholar, Guru Bhanumati of Nrityakalamandiram, Bangalore. Under her able guidance, Sheela focused on advanced aspects of nritta, abhinaya, and choreography. She continues to receive guidance from her mentor Sri Pappu Venugopala Rao who is a renowned scholar and musicologist. Sheela s professional career began as a member of the renowned troupe Bharatanjali, founded by Guru Bhanumati. Sheela has to her credit numerous shows in India, the USA, and the UK, both as a soloist and as part of Bharatanjali. Some major performance venues include the Hampi Utsav in Karnataka, India; Indian national television; International Children s Festival at Wolftrap; the National Theater in Washington, DC, Interfaith Conference, DC etc. After moving to the United States, Sheela started her own dance school, Kalavaridhi in She builds upon her gurus teaching methods, creatively adapting them to each student. Through lecture-demonstrations and illustrated recitals, she strives to mold young artists into versatile dancers. Her manner is gentle and unhurried, yet uncompromising on quality. She inspires her students to constantly better themselves. Sheela believes that teaching has in turn taught her so much more. She aims to imbibe a sense of mutual appreciation in her students, which she considers essential in every artist. Participants Rajashree Ranganathan Seema Shankar Jayasree Vattaparambil Lalitha Suresh Swetha Sankar Aishwarya Saikumar Manisha Subhadra Meena Nayagam Shivani Patel SriVaishnavi Rayarao Vibha Vijay Vidya Narayanan

9 Kriti Tiruparam Kundra Vela Srikar Chittari - 4:00pm-4:15pm Sandhya Ramnath & Usha Ananthanarayan Kriti- Vatapi, Bho Shambho & Saravan Srikar Chittari - 4:15 pm 4:35pm Asha, Maya, Aparna,Akhila, Priya, Priyanka, Vaishnavi Kriti Shivananda Kamavardhini Srikar Chittari - 4:35pm -4:50pm Malathy Rao & Lavanya Ramakrishnan Kriti - Srikar Chittari - 4:50pm 5:00pm Rohini Ravada End of Fourth Session of Music

10 Kuchipudi by Kalanidhi Dance group Time : 5:00pm-6:00pm Pieces being performed Mallari Ganapati Kautvam Brindavana Nilaye Vara Lila gaana Lola Alokaye Balakrishnan Shivashtakam Thillana - Aarati About Kalanidhi Dance Kalanidhi Dance is a non-profit organization that is committed to the preservation,promotion and education of Kuchipudi dance, an Indian Classical dance style that originated in Andhra Pradesh, India. Founded by Anuradha Nehru in 1991, Kalanidhi s mission is to raise the profile of Indian Classical dance in the United States by presenting professional and outstanding quality dance productions and training the next generation of Indian Classical dancers to the highest standards. Kalanidhi believes in inspiring and nourishing creativity amongst its students, by encouraging them to express new and contemporary ideas using the vocabulary of Kuchipudi. Participants Nandini Aravindan Bharathi Aravindan Pragnya Thamire Neha Avala Reddy Usha Konduri Supraja Chittari Deviga Valiyil Ankitha Durvasula Ramya Durvasula

11 Kriti - Devi neeye tunai, Anandamrutha, Sevikka Vendum, Kanavendamo Srikar Chittari - 6:00pm-6:30pm Vijaya, Shanti, Bharathi, Indira, Sudha, Vyshalini, Sunita Vote Of thanks End of Program