As a Dancer

Videos of my performances:
SVBC TTD Duet May 19 2017
Kathak Bharatanatyam Duet - Jan 22, 2015

Solo From February 2015
Pushpanjali
Varnam - Maate
Jaaval - Parulenna Maata

Kaalinga Narthana Thillana Snippet - 1
Kalinga Narthana Thillana Snippet - 2

A Solo Bharatnatyam Mix

With Vidya Deepak at Nandalala Temple, Mylapore

Nagumomu Ganaleni 

By My Students:
En Palli Kondeerayya

Kathak - Bharatnatyam Jugalbandi by Madhushree and me 

• Shivastuti
• Devimantra
• Thillana

Solos:

• Bole re Papihara by Madhushree
• Payyada - by me
• Aj jane ki zid na karo - Madhushree
• Arivenayya - me

My passion for dance found spontaneous expression whenever music played, even when I was as young as 3 and 4. I commenced formal training at the age of 6.

The followng gurus have shaped me over the years:
Sri SB Pillai –New Delhi (1979-82)Smt Aruna Subramaniam, New Delhi (1983-86)Sri Venkat at Kalamandalam, Kolkata (1986-90)Kalaimamani Sri S.K. Kameswaran, Chennai (1990-2002)Kalaimamani Smt. Rhadha, Chennai (2003 onwards)

Performances

I have been performing since the age of 7 in various sabhas, churches and temples across Kolkata and Chennai. Internationally, I performed at the Vatican for the World Congress of Missionaries.

Highlights
May 19, 2017, SVBC Tirupathi Devasthanam
Feb 26, 2017, Chidambaram Natyanjali
Jan 21, 2017, Kapaleeshwara Temple, Mylapore (group)
Jan 10, 2017, Cleveland Tyagaraja Aradhanai Festival, RK Swamy Hall
Nov 15, 2016, Kapaleeshwara Temple, Mylapore
Oct 6, 2016, Raja Rajeshwari Temple, Ramapuram, with students
Oct 4, 2016, Kaala Utsavam, Guwhati
Aug 26, 2016, Kathak-Bharatnatyam recital at IMSc
Feb 27, 2016, Solo at Mylapore Fine Arts, for Rasika Ranjani Sabha
Feb 17, 2015, at Kapali Temple with two others
Feb 6, 2015, Solo for Karthik Fine Arts
Jan 22, 2015, at IMSC - Kathak-Bharatnatya, duet
May 4, 2014, @ Tatvaloka Auditorium with Shreya Nagarajan and Pranathi Ram
Apr 7, 2014 - With Vidya Deepak and her students at Nandalala Temple, Mylapore
Feb 18, 2014 - Solo recital at RK Swamy Hall under the auspices of Sri Parthasarathy Sabha
June 29, 2013, Chivas event at Taj Coromandel with Narendrakumar Lakshmipathy and Madhusree Basu
March 3, 2013 - A collaboration with Kathak Dancer Madhusree Basu at Kapaleeshwarar Temple, Mylapore
Oct 20, 2012 - A collaboration with Kathak Dancer Madhusree Basu at Besant Nagar Community Hall
Oct 6, 2012 - As Ajamila's wife in the dance ballet Ajamila Upakhyanam, choreographed by Narendra Kumar Lakshmipathy at Ananthapadmanabhaswamy Temple, Adyar, Chennai
July 2012 - As a bee, part of a street play staged at Hyatt Regency as part of bee festival
May 5 2012 - Thematic presentation on Krishna at ISKCON Temple, Chennai, a group choreography
February 23, 2012 - RK Swamy Hall for Parthasarathy. Received "Excellence in Dance" Award

December 2011 –Yuddha Kanda, group choreography

February 2011 – RK Swamy Hall for Parthasarathy Sabha

May 2010 – ISKCON Mayapur, West Bengal, Group Presentation

April 2010 – ISKCON Bangalore, Group Ballet

January 2010 – Solo, Varasiddhi Vinayakar Temple, Besant Nagar

August 2009 – IDA (Group Presentation)

March 2009 – Natyarangam, Narada Gana Sabha Mini Hall

March 2009 – Jaya Jaya Devi Ballet, Shanmukananda Hall, Mumbai (Group Presentation)

December 2008 – At Tirupathi (Group)

December 2008 – At Mylapore Fine Arts

October 2008 – Jaya Jaya Devi Ballet, Narada Gana Sabha

August 2008 – Solo, Karthik Fine Arts

August 2007 – Pushpanjali Anniversary Festival – Group, Sivakami Pethatchi Auditorium

May 2007 – Bhavaye Padmanabham, Ballet by Smt. Rhadha

October 2000 – The Vatican Church, Vatican City, for a World Congress of Missionaries

January 2000 – ISI national conference at CLRI Auditorium

October 1998 – Chandalika Dance Drama in Besant Nagar

September 1998 – Bharatanatyam Recital in Besant Nagar Pillayar temple

June 1997 – Selected by Tamil Nadu Iyal Isai Nataka Mandram for scholarship to perform in Chennai and two other cities in Tamil Nadu.

March 1997 – Krishna Leela at CLRI Auditorium

January 1997 – Performed at ISI National Conference

September 1996 – Performed at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan for Karthik Fine Arts

April 1996 – Arangetram at RR Sabha

Some of my other solos and groups include those performed in Mylapore Fine Arts, Kali Bari, Narada Gana Sabha mini hall, as Mahishasura in the ballet Yadum Agi Ninral.

I also: 

* Choreograph for solo and group performances.


Including for: 

• Besant Nagar South Madras Cultural Association
• T. Nagar Bengal Association
• Vruksha Montessori School
• Students of Miami University

* Train students in Bharatnatyam

• Conduct regular classes
• Conduct special classes during vacations
• Conduct focused workshops 

* Compere for shows

* Judge dance competitions