D.K. Pattammal
Monday, 18 June 2018
Saturday, 16 June 2018
ABHAI awards 2018
On the occasion of its
30th anniversary, ABHAI -- Association of Bharatanatyam Artistes of India,
honoured several senior artists on 1 May at an elegant function organised at Vani Mahal in Chennai.
The invocation was rendered by dancer and musician Ananthasree. This was
followed by a group dance choreographed by dancer Binesh Mahadevan and
presented by 30 dancers to signify ABHAI's 30th anniversary.
The prestigious Natya
Kalanidhi awards were presented to veteran dance gurus Sudharani Raghupathy and
Padma Subrahmanyam (in absentia). Senior Bharatanatyam dancers and teachers
Jayanthi Subramaniam and J. Suryanarayana Murthy received the Nritya Perunjothi
and Narthaka Nipuna awards respectively. The Gandharva Nipuna award was presented toveena vidwan Mudicondan S.N. Ramesh. The
awards were given away by chief guest Sangita Kalanidhi Umayalpuram K.
Sivaraman.
The award ceremony was
followed by a group presentation in Bharatanatyam of a varnam learnt during the
summer workshop conducted by senior dancer-guru Sathyanarayana Raju in 2017.
Friday, 15 June 2018
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