GS RAJAN - Flute Alaap - Amrita Varshini

Flute alaap in raaga Amrita Varshini

GS RAJAN - Flute Alaap - Kharaharapriya

Alaap in raaga Kharaharapriya by GS RAJAN. Presented in a festival held at Kamani Auditorium, New Delhi, India in 2007 organised by Indian Council for Cultural Relations, Govt. of India.

Narendra Sharma No More

Veteran modern dancer and choreographer Narendra Sharma passed away at his residence in New Delhi on 15 Jan 2008. Narendra Sharma was the last link with father of modern dance in India, Uday Shankar.

My Happy Moments 1

When the curtain went up at my concert at Brahma Gana Sabha on 24 Dec 2007 at 4.30pm I got a shock but felt honoured to see Veteran musician TK Govinda Rao, Art Promoters Nalli Kuppuswami and Natarajan, Dancer Anita Ratnam and others in the first row. Below: A picture of mine with TK Govinda Rao and A Natarajan taken after the concert.

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Natya Kala Conference 2007

Natya Kala Conference organised by Krishna Gana Sabha as part of the December festival season in Chennai saw few people attending the lecture demonstrations this year. The theme for 2007 was sangeetham in dance - music in dance. Strange that convenor Bharati Shivaji did not invite a single music composer to present a paper. Nevertheless some of the presentations like Manipuri, Chhau, Nangiarkoothu etc. were educational for dance students of Chennai. Here are some pictures I took during conference days.

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Convenor of Natya Kala Conference and exponent of Mohiniattam Bharati Shivaji.

















Exponent of Kathak Uma Sharma inugurated the conference with her key note address.















Dance historian Sunil Kothari and GS Rajan




















Preeti Patel, Exponent of Manipuri