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Nritya Stuti - Dance fest in Chennai

RASA, Mylapore Times and Kutcheribuzz will jointly organise a dance festival - Nritya Stuti for three days on the occasion of Maha Sivarathri. The festival will be held from Feb. 16 to 18 at Sri Kapali Temple, Mylapore.

On Feb. 16, the dance recitals will begin at 6pm and go on till midnight. On the next two days the programmes will be held between 6pm and 9pm.

Schedule:
On Feb. 16, dance programmes will be held from 6 pm to 1 am (Feb.17)
  :: Dr.Ambika Kameshwar , will present a Musical feature.
  :: Apoorva Ramani, disciple of Sujatha Mohan, Bharatanatyam
  :: Disciples of Ranganayaki Jayaraman, Bharatanatyam
  :: Disciples of Srithika Kasturirangan, Bharatanatyam
  :: Apsara Ramkumar, Bharatanatyam
  :: Anwesha Das, Bharatanatyam
  :: Yatin Agarwal, Bharatantyam

Feb. 17 from 6 pm to 9 pm 
  :: M . Raghunath Manet, Bharatanatyam
  :: Disciples of Dakshayani Ramachandran ,Bharatanatyam
  :: Srinidhi Sundar, Bharatanatyam

Feb. 18 from 6 pm to 9 pm
  :: Disciples of Samyuktha Varadarajan, Bharatanatyam
  :: R.Priyadarshini, Bharatanatyam
  :: Santnu Chakraborty & group, Bharatanatyam
  :: Sudha Vijayakumar, Bharatanatyam


Dance fest in Thanjavur

The Brahan Natyanjali Foundation, Thanjavur is organising a Five Day Dance Festival - Brahan Natyanjali 2007 from feb. 16 to 20 at the World Heritage Centre, Thanjavur Big Temple starting with Mahashivarathiri Day (i.e.) Feb. 16.

Dr.A.C.Mohandoss, Director, South Zone Cultural Centre, Thanjavur and Shrimath.S.Babaji Rajah Bonsle, Hereditary Trustee, Palace Devasthanam, Thanjavur have joined hands with the Brahan Natyanjali Foundation for conducting Brahan Natyanjali 2007.

For details contact Phone 098424-55765, 04362 - 291569, E-mail : brahannatyanjali2007@rediffmail.com

Schedule:

Feb. 15 - From 6.30pm onwards
::	Mangala Isai
::	N. Narendra Kumar, Anusha Narendra Kumar - Guru :Dhananjayans
::	Students of Nataraja Natya Kala Kendram, Neyveli
::	Students of Shreecheren Academy of Fine Arts, Coimbatore
::	Students of M.S University of Baroda, Vadodara.
::	Students of Shrishti, Trichy
::	Hemanth Kumar Venkataramana & Vijayalakshmi Hemanth  Kumar Kanadukathan - Guru: Dhananjayans.
::	V. Gayathri Devi (USA) - Guru : Rukmani Devi
Feb. 16 - From 6.30pm onwards
::	Neeta Kamath, Mumbai - Guru : Kanak Rele
::	Ishwarya Narayanasamy - Guru : Anitha Guha
::	Badari Divya Bhushan & Anjana Bhushan, Mysore
::	Nruthanjali Perumbavoor - Guru : Kalamandalam Vasantha
::	Students of Navarasa Kendra, Chennai
::	Students of Bharatham, Chennai
::	Mythili Prakash (USA) - Guru : K. Kalyanasundaram Pillai
Feb. 17 - From 6.30pm onwards
::	Arupa Lahari, Kolkatta - Guru : Chitra Visweswaran
::	Thejas - Guru: Srekala Bharath
::	Students of Rithanjali School of Dance, Chennai
::	Students of Bharathanjali Performing Arts Centre, Kozhikode
::	Students of Nrithyodaya, Chennai
::	Students of Nritya Sudha, Chennai
::	Students of Kanagasabai School of Fine Arts, Chennai
::	Students of Pavithra Krishnamurthy, Bangalore.
Feb. 18 - From 6.30pm onwards
::	Kavyashree Jayaram, Bangalore - Guru : Kasthuri Trio
::	Shoba Kumar (USA) Guru : Gopika Verma
::	Students of Shripaatham Academy of Bharathanatyam, Chennai
::	Sathyanjali, Kochi - Guru : Anupama Mohan
::	Leena Malakar & Troupe, New Delhi
::	Students of Regatta Cultural Society, Trivandrum
::	Students of Padmashree Nrithyalaya, Chennai
::	Nritta, Bangalore - Guru : V. Anil
::	Students of Bharata Kshetra, Chennai
Feb. 19 - From 6.30pm onwards
::	Durgadevi Manimaran, Singapore
::	Purnima Balasubramaniam, Mumbai - Guru : Padmini Radhakrishnan
::	Students of Sridevi Nrithyalaya, Chennai.
::	Students of Rishabhapriya Natyalaya, Trichy
::	Dayalakshmi & Troupe, Chennai.
::	Students of Sri Vani Nataraj Nattiya Kalalaya, Salem
::	Geetha Ganesan, Hyderabad - Guru V.S. Ramamurthy
Feb. 20 - From 6.30pm onwards
::	Shobana Sasisekaran, Australia - Guru : Jayalakshmi Kandaiya
::	Ishwar Muthukumaran, Malaysia - Guru : K. Chandrasekaran
::	Students of Bharat Kala Kendra, Chennai.
::	Students of Vijayendra Kala Kendra, Tirunelveli
::	Students of Bharathalayam, Coimbatore
::	Students of Sarabendra Bharatanatya Vidyalaya, Thanjavur
::	Students of Abhinaya Natyalaya, Cuddalore.
::	Pallavi Kumar, Hyderabad

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Natyanjali at Chidambaram

Chidambaram is special. This is where the dancers were invited to the temple precincts to perform a little over 25 years ago.
Then, the 1000-pillared sabha in this temple was the stunning stage for the artistes.
Now, that weak structure has been protected and the dance fest is held in the eastern outer courtyard of the temple dedicated to Lord Nataraja.
The annual fest is hosted by the members of the Natyanjali Trust - a cheerful, low profile band of people who do a great job as managers of the event.

This year, the Natyanjali will run for five days, starting February 16 evening. The recitals go on past midnight on Shivaratri day and end up the next morning!

The setting may not match that of the Big Temple in Thanjavur but the atmosphere is surcharged. Often, artistes loose themselves in their performances on a stage.
The Natyanjali Trust which hosts the event proposes to present lots of up and coming dancers this time around.

Schedule:

16.2.2007
::	Mangala Isai Chinnamanur A. Vijay Karthikeyan
::	Chinnamanur Chitra , A. Sujatha troupe - Nadhalaya Natyam
::	Students of Tanjore Dance Music & Research Center, Gujarat :Guru -  Ramesh Tanjonkar & Leela Ramesh Tanjonkar -  Bharathanatyam
::	A. Zakir Hussain, Chennai , Swetha Pararajasingam, Canada -Bharathanatyam
::	Gayatri Balaguranathan & Students of Krishnanjali, Chennai - Shivanjali
::	Srekala Bharat and Students of Tejas School, Chennai - Bharathanatyam
::	Dr. Padma Subrahmanyam - Bharathanrityam
::	Students of Sathyaanjali Academy of Kuchupudi Dance, Cochin: Guru -  Anupama Mohan - Kuchupudi
::	V Gayathri - Upasana Dance Academy, U S A - Bharathanatyam
::	Vani Kalyanasundram, Coimbatore :Guru -Thanjai Ganabathiappa - Bharathanatyam
::	Anupa Lahin - Kolkatta : Guru -Thanjai Ganabathiappa -Bharathanatyam
::	Revathi Nadarajan, Singapore - Bharathanatyam
::	Mutharasi & Students of Kalaikoil, Chennai - Bharathanatyam
::	Students of Sri Ambikeswara Kuchupudi Dance & Music Academy, Vishakapattinam Guru :P.V Bharam Shankar & Chetena Sankar - Kuchupudi
::	Aiswarya Chakravarthi : Guru - Arvindan &Vasantha Arvindan - Bharathanatyam
::	J. Hemalatha- Guru Swarnalatha - Bharathanatyam
::	S. Abinaya - Guru Vijayalakshmi - Bharathanatyam
::	Ananya Ainkaran, Sri Lanka, Guru: Uma Anand - Bharathnatyam
::	Students of Nrithyopasana, Chennai: Guru Dhakshayani Ramachandran - Bharathanatyam
::	Students of Shanti Babu - Bharathanatyam
::	Students of Akitan Anyaloor - Bharathanatyam
17-02-2007
::	Sri Abirami Natyalaya, Kallakurchi: Guru - R. Abirami - Bharathanatyam
::	Students of Sri Krishna Kala Mandir, Vellore: Guru G. Gayathri - Bharathanatyam
::	Shoba Venkataramani, Bangalore - Bharathanatyam
::	Lavanya Vijaykumar, Bangalore - Guru Revathi Narasimhan - Bharathanatyam
::	Students of Niruthanjali, Kerala - Guru Kalamandalam Vasantha - Mohini Attam
::	Sree Latha Vinod, Students of Amthara, Chennai - Bharathanatyam
::	Geetha Ganesan, Hyderabad - Bharathanatyam
::	Students of Lasya Nrityalayam, Srinagar : Guru S. Thushara - Bharathanatyam
::	Students of Padmasree Nrithyalaya School, Chennai ,Guru : Sujtha Mohan Saratha -Bharathanatyam
::	Students of Koothambalam, Karur - Guru Sivaloganathan - Bharathanatyam
18.2.2007
::	Students of Shri Saravanan Aroul Natiyalaya, Puducherry - Bharathanatyam
::	Sobana Pulavar & Chellathurai Sri Kannan, Sri Lanka - Bharathanatyam
::	Janani Murali, Bangalore : Guru - Padma Murali - Bharathanatyam
::	Malavika Rao, Anahita Bharadwaj, Hyderabad : Guru Dr. Uma Rama Rao, Hyderabad - Kuchupudi
::	Nrithya Prakasha Varshini, Bangalore R. Vasudev, Jayashree Dhanalakshmi,  Bharati Meduri - Bharathanatyam
::	Students of Nateshwar Kala Academy, Mumbai : Guru - Neeta Kamath - Bharathanatyam
::	Gayathri Chand, Bhuvaneshwar - Odissi
::	Sushmita Chatenee, Kolkatta - Kathak
::	Students of Suravandita - Bharathanatyam
::	Students of Sree Jaya Aruna Bharathalaya: Guru - Subhashini Chandrasekaran - Bharathanatyam
::	Shobana Sasisekaran - Bharathanatyam
19.2.2007
::	Sheela Bhavani , Neyveli :Guru - Anuradha Venkatakrishna - Kuchipudi
::	Students of Vignesh Natyalaya, Puducherry : Guru V.S. Krishnamoorthi -Bharathanatyam
::	Ishwarya Sooriyamoorthi : Guru -B. Herabanathan
::	Students of Sri Rajarajeshwari Natyalaya, Chennai - Guru: Lalitha Subramaniam - Bharathanatyam
::	Ranjini Jaisimha, Singapore - Bharathanatyam
::	Students of Sri Mudhralaya, Chennai - Guru Lakshmi Ramaswamy - Dance Drama
::	Mythili Prakash, USA - Guru Viji Prakash - Bharathanatyam
::	Sanjay Joshi and troupe, Hyderabad - Kathak
::	Shoba Kumar, USA - Mohiniattam
::	Students of Thillai Sivakami Natyalaya, Chidambaram - Guru N. Kalaiyarasi - Bharathanatyam
::	R. Uday Shankar - Bharathanatyam
::	Sukruti, Bangalore - Bharathanatyam
20-02-2007
::	Students of Sri Kala Ratna Natyalaya, Thiruvannamalai - Bharathanatyam
::	Janani Muthu, Coimbatore - Thanjai Ganapathiappa - Bharathanatyam
::	Students of Nataraja Natya Kala Kendram, Neyveli - Guru Prakash Krishnan - Bharathanatyam
::	Sivasakthi Dance School, Chidambaram - Guru V.N. Kanakambujam - Bharathanatyam
::	Akila Prasad, Chennai - Bharathanatyam
::	Archana Narayanamoorthy, Chennai - Guru Pandanallur S. Pandiyan - Bharathanatyam
::	Kshemavathi and Student's of Kerala Kala Mandiram, Trissur - Mohini Attam
::	Luna Poddar, Kolkata - Kathak
::	Roja Kannan - Priya Murali - N. Srikanth - Aswathi Srikanth - Kuravanji
::	Students of Thanjai Natya Kalalayam - Guru Krishnaraju - Bharathanatyam
::	Students of Annamalai University - Bharathanatyam

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Natyanjali at Kumbakonam

The annual Natyanjali dance fest at the Sri Kumbeswarar Temple in Kumbakonam will be held on Feb.16, 17, 18 and 19. 

Dance programmes will be held from 6pm to 12midnight on Feb. 16. Senior dancers Dr. Padma Subrahmanyam and Prof. Sudharani Raghupathy and students of dance guru Anitha Guha are among the many dancers from all over India, performing at the temple. 

The fest is held in the courtyard of this temple and starts at about 6pm on Feb 17, 18 and 19.

Nalli Kuppusami Chettiar has contributed Rs. 2.25 lakhs for putting up the open air stage for conducting the dance programmes at the temple. 

Schedule:

Feb. 16:
::	Arani Gnanasundaram - Guru: Hariharans
::	Pavithra Krishnamoorthy - Guru: Neela Jayaraman
::	Inaugural function
::	Aishwarya Jayaraman - Guru: Meenakshi Chittaranjan
::	Vineeth
::	Roja Kannan
::	Udumalpet Senthil
::	Gayathri Balagurunathan
::	Manjuri Chandrasekhar
::	Students of Prof. Sudharani Raghupathy
::	Monisha and Nihita
Feb. 17:
::	Sujatha Mohan
::	Sharanya Sampath - Guru: Sujatha Mohan
::	Himaja Ramsharan - Guru: Uma Anand
::	Swetha Skandan - Guru: Meenakshi Chittaranjan
::	Kriti Ramgopal - Guru: Padmini Ramachandran
::	Lavanya Shankar - Guru: K. J. Sarasa
::	Revathi Ramachandran
::	Sheela Unnikrishnan
::	Neeta Kamat, Nateshwar Kala Academy, Mumbai
::	Students of Nrithyodaya, Chennai
::	Mythili Prakash, USA
::	Students of Satyanjali Academy, Calcutta
Feb. 18:
::	Students of Adhi Sakthi Natyalaya
::	Janani Murali - Guru: Padma Murali
::	Geetha Ganesan, Hyderabad
::	Iswarya Narayanaswamy - Guru: Anitha Guha
::	Dr. Padma Subrahmanyam
::	A. K. Palanivel & party - Nathalaya natyam
::	Sanjay Joshi, Hyderabad
::	Latha Geetha
::	Students of Kanaka Sabha Arts Centre
::	Puja Allepalli, USA
Feb. 19:
::	Students of Siva Sakthi Dance School, Kumbakonam
::	Sri Purnathari Dance and Music School, Trichy
::	Geetha Swaminathan
::	Dr. A. Sumathy Sundar
::	Students of Sree Jaya Aruna Bharathalaya, Chidambaram
::	Sepuri Hari Kripa
::	Siva Sakthi Dance School, Chidambaram
::	Deepak Venkatesh
::	A. Geetha Ashok & students
::	Abhirami Jayaraman
::	Students of Asian Natyalaya
::	D. Ishwarya
::	P. D. Sujeeth
::	H. Srividya

Natyanjali Trust, Kumbakonam can be contacted at Moopanar Bungalow, Dr. Besant Road, Kumbakonam 612 001. Phone - 0435 -2442396. E-mail- natyanjalikmu@yahoo.co.in

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Natyanjali at Nagapattinam

Schedule:

Feb. 15:
::	Shobha Kumar (USA)
::	Preetha (Nagapattinam)
::	N. Balakumar (Nagapattinam)
::	Deepak Venkatesh (Kumbakonam)
::	Nagaraj
::	Chithra Gopinath (Karaikkal)
Feb. 16:
::	Shanmugasundaram
::	A. Lakshman
::	Sheela Unnikrishnan
::	Gopika Varma - Mohini Attam
::	Disciples of Dr. Padma Subrahmanyam
::	Dr. Siri Rama (Mumbai)
Feb. 17:
::	Disciples of Prof. Sudharani Raghupathy
::	Gayathri Balagurunathan
::	Manjari Chandrasekar
::	Vijay Madhavan
::	Ravi Sharma
::	Anitha Guha
::	Binesh Mahadevan
Feb. 18:
::	Shivakumar
::	Revathi Ramachandran
::	Narendra Kumar
::	Srikala Bharath
::	Swetha Skandan
::	Mythili Prakash (USA)
::	Lakshmi Ramaswamy
Feb. 19:
::	Sujatha Mohan
::	Uma Nambudripad Satyanarayanan
::	Madurai R. Muralidharan
::	Nanditha Prabhu - Mohini Attam
::	Lata & Gita
::	Dr. Padma Subrahmanyam
Feb. 20:
::	Leena Malakar & Purnima Roy (New Delhi) - Kathak
::	Rajeswari (Hyderabad) - Kuchipudi
::	Shylaja Venkatesh

Natyanjali at Thirunallar (Pondicherry State)

Schedule:

Feb. 15:
::	Deepak Venkatesh (Kumbakonam)
::	Nagaraj
::	Chithra Gopinath (Karaikkal)
::	Ramalingam (Karaikkal)
::	Preetha (Nagapattinam)
::	N. Balakumar (Nagapattinam)
Feb. 16:
::	Gopika Varma - Mohini Attam
::	Disciples of Dr. Padma Subrahmanyam
::	Dr. Siri Rama (Mumbai)
::	Shanmugasundaram
::	A. Lakshman
::	Sheela Unnikrishnan
Feb. 17:
::	Ravi Sharma
::	Anitha Guha
::	Binesh Mahadevan
::	Disciples of Prof. Sudharani Raghupathy
::	Gayathri Balagurunathan
::	Manjari Chandrasekar
::	Vijay Madhavan
Feb. 18:
::	Swetha Skandan
::	Mythili Prakash (USA)
::	Lakshmi Ramaswamy
::	Shivakumar
::	Revathi Ramachandran
::	Narendra Kumar
::	Srekala Bharath
Feb. 19:
::	Nanditha Prabhu - Mohini Attam
::	Lata & Gita
::	Dr. Padma Subrahmanyam
::	Sujatha Mohan
::	Uma Nambudripad Satyanarayanan
::	Madurai R. Muralidharan
Feb. 20:
::	Shylaja Venkatesh
::	Leena Malakar & Purnima Roy (Kathak – New Delhi)
::	Rajeswari (Kuchipudi – Hyderabad)

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