Bharatanatyam! Anusham dance group

    I had the wonderful opportunity to witness a dance arangetram of a senior student of the Anusham dance school on 1st February, Sunday held at the Krishna Gana Sabha(an auditorium, located at T.nagar, Chennai. 'Arangetram' is the debut performance of a student of Bharatanatyam. 

     It was a delight to watch the graceful and vibrant exposition of the subtle art in motion. It was a treat to hear the excellent support provided by the vocal music group headed by Shri.Gireesh Menon. It was a proud moment for the people associated with the young dancer Kumari Chitra Rajaram and it was satisfying to see our younger generation keep our rich tradition and culture alive by exhibiting such a proficiency. 

The performace showed that the dancer had practised diligently and that the gurus had ensured through their careful and involved teaching the complete development of the art in all its grace and divinity. The students are fortunate to have been blessed with such teachers!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bharatanatyam

http://www.tamilnation.org/culture/dance/index.htm

 Anusham is the brain child of Shri.Narendra Kumar.

 

“Anusham Dance Group”  

Narendra Kumar L, Anusha Narendra Kumar   

11/1 Sivagamipuram 2nd Cross St  

Thiruvanmiyur, Chennai 600041  

Ph: +91-044-55383851  

e-mail: anusham8@hotmail.com 

http://www.anushamdancegroup.com/main.htm

Anusham, the seed or 'beeja' has been nurtured by the creativity and undaunted efforts of the Dancing couple Shri. Narendra Kumar, his wife Smt.Anusha and their friends, from myriad disciplines of dance, theatre, music, martial and visual arts. The Narendras are disciples of the famous Dhanajeyans 

http://www.bharatakalaanjali.org/intro.html

http://www.narthaki.com/info/profiles/profil12.html  

      Sri V P Dhananjayan and wife Shanta Dhananjayan, popularly known as the Dhananjayans have become a legendary dancing couple of India in their own life time. Having established their own academy Bharata Kalanjali, the two disciples of the legendary Rukmini Devi of Kalakshetra, have become international celebrities

The chief guests for the Arangetram Bharatanatyam performance were 

Padmabhushan Dr.Padma subramaniyam (President 'Nirthyodaya', Managing Trustee, Bharatamuni Foundation for Asian Culture)

http://www.padmadance.com/nrithyodaya/index.htmlhttp://dances.indobase.com/dancers/padma-subramanyam.html

and Kalaimamani Dr.Ambika Kameshwar (Founder/ Director, RASA) 

http://www.rasaindia.org/dr_ambika/index.htm  

There is another Arangetram of another student Kumari.S.Meera of Anusham on 8th February at the same venue. This function would be presided by the great dancer Padmashree Smt.Chitra Visweswaran (Managing Trustee, Chidambaram Academy of Performing Arts) and Dr.Chandra Ramani (Secretary, BKSSI Trust)

http://www.webindia.com/visweschitra/chitra.htm

http://dances.indobase.com/dancers/chitra-vishweswaran.html