Performing Tomorrow!

As part of the Golden Jubilee celebrations of St. Mira's College for Girls, the Academy of Indian Dances will be putting up a programme of Bharatanatyam and folk dances  on Tuesday, the 22nd of January, 2013. We begin with a traditional Ganesh Vandana - an invocation to the elephant-headed god. After that, we travel from state to state, giving our audience glimpses of different folk dances, traditional costumes and cultures - West Bengal, Kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Rajasthan and Nagaland. As a tribute to St. Mira, in whose college we will be performing, we will also perform a Mira bhajan in the Bhagavatamela (dance drama) style.

Performing in the absence of our guru is a challenge indeed, and we hope to do her credit!

Programme:
Ganesh Vandana
Bengali folk dance
Malayala kummi
Marathi folk dance
Kuratti kummi
Pinnal Kolattam
Mira bhajan
Dandiya
Garba
Naga tribal dance

Venue: Auditorium, St. Mira's College for Girls

Date: Tuesday, 22nd January, 2013

Time: 11 a.m.

Artists: Ashwini, Chaitrali, Charulatha, Manasi, Nisha, Pooja, Purvi, Rashmi, Riddhi, Sayali, Shruti, Tejashree and Varsha

Naaritva - a Bharatanatyam Concert

The Academy of Indian Dances presents Naaritva - Exploring Womanhood on Friday, 3rd August 2012 at Tilak Smarak Mandir at 5:15 p.m.

Naaritva seeks to depict the various aspects of womanhood - girlhood, friendship, love, devotion and many more. Beginning with a typical invocation, this concert ends with a tribute to Guru Rukmini Devi Arundale, the one responsible for the renaissance of Bharatanatyam.

There are no tickets, but voluntary contributions are welcome!

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Programme: Naaritva - Exploring Womanhood : A Bharatanatyam concert
Venue: Tilak Smarak Mandir, Pune
Date: Friday, 3rd August 2012
Time: 5:15 p.m.

Indian evening, Echirolles

Nisha is performing at an Indian restaurant, 'Le Quart d'heure indien" in Echirolles on Saturday, 9th June at 7.30 p.m.
Menu: 30 euros (free apéro)
For reservations, contact: 04 76 29 49 49

Indian evening at La Cordée, Grenoble

Nisha is performing for the children at the association for popular education, La Cordée, Grenoble, along with Sonal (Bharatanatyam), Sonu (Punjabi dancer) and Nassima (Bollywood) on Friday, 24th February, at 5 p.m.
Entry free.
Venue: L'association d'éducation populaire La Cordée, La Bruyère

Performance at Gandharva Mahavidyalaya

Students of the Academy of Indian Dances will be performing at the prize distribution ceremony of Gandharva Mahavidyalaya, Pune. Beginning with an invocatory dance, this programme includes elements of dance drama as well.

Venue: Gandharva Mahavidylaya, near Shaniwar Wada, Pune
Time: 18:30
Date: Monday, 13th February, 2012.

Annual performance at Sanskriti Cultural Centre (an AWWA initiative)

Students of Pooja Shetty and Varsha Seshan (disciples of Guru Smt Mythili Raghavan) performed at Sanskriti Cultural Centre's annual day function. The evening began with a presentation of shlokas by Ms Pooja Shetty's students followed by a traditional Alarippu as well as a kolattam, garba and kummi.

Open Day + Indian dance and music

Come visit the flea market (clothes, accessories, toys and lots more) at the Etoile de Voiron hall on 29th January from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Entry free, stall for snacks and drinks all day.

7 p.m. onwards: Sitar and tabla concert
                            Bharatanatyam by Nisha Seshan
                            Exotic culinary specialities
Entry: 10 euros (to go towards funds for the La Caravane des Cultures du Monde association)

For information and reservations, contact: 06 07 05 15 47
                                                                caravanesculturesmonde@gmail.com