Shivapriya school of dance will presents its first ever international festival Nrithayantara 2011 from June 16-17 at Seva Sadan Malleswaram and Ravindra Kalakshetra.
Nrithyantara was started last year with the sole intention of providing a platform for young aspiring and talented dancers, in any of the classical dance forms like bharatanatyam, kuchipudi, odyssey and kathak.
This year Shivapriya is proud to announce that the festival has reached international standards with wonderful dancers like Patrick and Cohan from the United States of America and Shankar Kandhaswamy, renowned Bharatanatyam dancer per say from Malaysia who will be performing in the event.
Renowned danseuse Lakshmi Gopalaswamy and Sarala Unnikrishnan, director of ICCR will inaugurate the evening of classical performances on June 16 at Seva Sadan, Malleswaram.
And, Harris, MLA Shanthinagar constituency and Rani Sathish, former cultural minister will grace the evening on June 17 at Ravindra Kalakshetra.
The two-day event will have the several dance performances by extremely talented artistes. The details of the event are as follows: 1. JUNE 16 Venue: Seva Sadan, Malleswaram, 6 pm onwards Performances by: Vandana - Odyssey (student of Dedjani Sen) Vasanth Kiran - Kuchipudi (student of Manju Bhargavi) Charles Ma - Bharatanatyam (student of Poornima Ashok) 2. JUNE 17 V e n u e : R a v i n d r a Kalakshetra, J C Road, 6 pm onwards.
Performances by: Patrick and Chen Muriel — a fusion of modern and Indian Classical dances, Kansas, USA Bharatanatyam by Shankar Kandhaswamy (Temple of Fine Arts, Malaysia).
The event is open for all rasikas and art lovers Invites are available on request. The school’s sole intention is to promote the art through the best possible means and being a non profit organisation.
The artistic director of Shivapriya school of dance, Dr Sanjay Shantaram started training in Bharatanatyam under Guru G S Rajalakshmi and continued learning under Guru Narmada. He has also learned Kuchipudi under the tutelage of Guru Sunanda Devi.
Currently, he is training more than two hundred students, several of whom have successfully completed their dance examinations and Rangapravesha.