Conetmporary dance team from Brigham Young University

Brigham Young University (BYU) contemporary dancers in association with International Music and Arts Society began their journey to showcase their talents in Mumbai, Hydrabad, Chennai, New Delhi and now they were in Bangalore on the 2^nd August. BYU contemporary dance team presented to us “Rhythms of life” in Chowdiah memorial hall (malleshwaram). They were a 16 member troupe who took away the hearts of the audience and impressed the crowed. 

Their theme was divided into 10 different pieces of dances where they showed different rhythms of life and how things go about in life. Each and every piece began with a small video which explained what they will be dancing, so there is no room for a compere here! This was something i loved in this show very professional and neatly done without any technical problems or errors.

Looking into each and every piece of theirs
1) All in a day- Explores the commonality of work in evryones daily lives. Be it man or woman, child or adult, we are all workers. We are all moving through the world, working and defining ourselves. In this piece got in a concept of village workers to common man, where farming and the animal part of farming was depicted in its best.

2) Fling Flang Flung- captures the nostalgia and lure of partner dancing from days gone by, with clever twists and surprises for modern times. You will find yourself tapping your toe and bouncing in your seat as the dancers "fling" and are "flung" around the floor. The chairs were used as props here. 8 dancers managed the four chairs and played with the prop in a brilliant way. This was a pretty and cute item. it was more of a lovy dovy dance. the partners looked cute together. As the dance i was off my seats.

3) Dance of remembrance, from woman, the pioneer- A tribute to women of faith and courage everywhere, "dance of remembrance" opens hearts to the struggle and emotional torment women and parents experience when they lose a child. Moving between the hope of life and the reality of death, a mother resolves with faith to finish her earthly journey in spite of the loss of a child she leaves behind on the windswept plains. The costumes in this dance were classic. The woman uses her costume itself as a prop to depict the child and the death of the child. This item particularly reminded me of one of my performance as a mother and i see my child raped by her own father. Was moved by this performance.

4) Life's a bench- whether it's a party on the bayou or western hoedown, "life is a bench" celebrates what it means to be a community. Though intricate rhythms and interviewing floor patterns, the dancers meet, greet and "set a spell". Playfully the enjoy each others company, ducking, rolling, and jumping in highly orchestrated free for all that's filled with surprising moments. I just love the way they used and managed the props. The jaw drop part of this dance was four dancers rolling together with one bench. Amazing floor work. Here is a small glimps of the part of the dance
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFVe21ba7TY&feature=youtu.be

5) Chakra- is based on the tantric and yogic traditions of Hinduism and Buddhism. The whell-like vortices in the body are explored as energy centers of the body, central to the transmission of energy. The imbalances of modern society serve a sthe frame of reference for this work, making a commentary on the disequilibrium that is systematic to our modern world. I have nothing to say about this dance sequence. Im out of words this was the best until now.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4OWVBvVQ-g&feature=youtu.be

A member in the audience says "This is the first time im watching something like this and i feel its very difficult to understand what they are depicting as the movements are pretty fast. I like their concepts and they are doing it well but i feel instead of the video before every performance a compere explaining would be easier for us to understand"

6) Do not remove under penalty of law- a proven, laugh out loud romp performed to dvorak's hungarian dancers. You will never look at your mattress the same way again. Here they used materessess as props and danced with it. they formed shapes out of it, and used it as a chair etc. The also stood behind it danced with funny faces which gave audience a gag. Here is a small glimps of it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZHP8n9FNYk&feature=youtu.be

7)Thought of you-  You may have seen this animated youtube phenomen. "thought of you" is a pensive love story beautifully expressed by two figures, a man and a woman dancing to express the complexities of relationships. This was a wonderful clip which will touch our hearts in a way.

8) Upon the mountain the grip of poverty- Reflections of the black Diaspora from their original homeland and the community formed in the new world a celebration of life in all aspects. The whole sequence was danced by just two guys. The managed the stage so well that such a huge stage never looked empty even for a minute.

9) Steppin- all groups have dance steps that they perform together for the pure joy of celebration of life. This dance blends the unity and power of a military corps with urban sensibilities of African-American community. This was in the form of a tap dance and the synchrony was eye catch. its so hard to do this with 16 people. Ther had been a lot of practice and energy put into this as they dint use any music and they were their own music. In such a huge auditorium of a 1000 audience capacity imagine the energy it takes to reach the audience sitting in the last row. A bow down to them. Super realistic performance.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pg-NicjmdHI&feature=youtu.be

 10) Excerpts form pilgrimage- In this exuberant dance dancers move and grove to the nostalgic sounds of Neil Diamond. It started of with a duet and slowly after time passes all the 14 joined on the stage and moved. In the duet part the lifts were eye catchy, clean and smooth. She looked so happy and light on top there.

A member in the audience says "i have seen a lot of American contemporary dancers, specially in Belgium they were amazing and are the same now i dont find any difference. The only difference i find is that something like this is taking place for the first time in bangalore and im proud about it. Loved the show."

This show would not have been a great success without the splendid lighting effects. Also the Sponsors FASTRACK and WORLD OF TITAN.
 

Rangapravesha- Rajini Pramod

Rajini Pramod a student of Divya Prabhakar (a student of Revathi Narsimhan) presented her rangaprevesham on the 8^th July 2012. She begined her first item of the day with pushpanjali and ganesha stuthi which is a principle of every rangraprevesham. There were a series of dance she presented on this day. Looking thru the items she did this is what i felt.

Pushpanjali with Ganesha stuti in raga Arabhi set to Aadi taala. in this item she had a clean lifts and clear balance. The best part in the item was the way she exited out of the stage with a sholkattu where she walked like Lord Ganesha. I felt this was a nice innovation for an exit.

Alarippu set to kaanda chaapu taala. The spark of her eye was way too prominent it was so bright that it could hit the audience. The transition of stand to sit went a little off but it was well covered with her beautiful smile. This tiny off could be observed only by a dancer and not a normal audience. The bends, aramandi was maintained in the same level and were neat.

“The continuation of the encouragement to continue the career in dance from their husbands started from Revathi Narsimhan to Divya Prabhakar and now to Rajini Pramod.” Says Srinivas the compere.  

Kruthi in Raaga Sindunamakriya set to Aadi taala. In this item she was filled with extra energy. Loved each and every pose and stands she took. There were no repetation of poses and each pose was different. The roudra avatara was depectied excellently.

Varnam in raga Shankrabhaana set to Aadi taala. A  very new piece for me not seen in any dance performances till now. A brilliant show of the concept. It was like a movie scene by scene clearly hit the audience. The jump in each and every aradhu was maintained at the same level and energy. This item was a expression + foot + energy blast. Excellent work.

“Rajini is the first Student of Divya to give her rangapravesha.” Said Srinivas the compere.

Devarnama in Raaga Raagamaalike set to Aadi taala. The playful part was very cute and cuddly. There was maximum involvement into each character here, may it be Krishna or snake.

Javali in Raaga Mohana set to Rupaka Taala. Very expressive i liked the starting and ending part of the song which had a link to how she meets her beloved and how she sends him off using the door.

Tillanna in Raaga Kandanakutuhala set in Aadi tala. Even though this was the last item it dint seem like the last item as the energy was same as the first item. It was very catchy and flowing i was moving my feet to the music she drove me into the mood of dancing.

Overall i can say it was a mindblowing performance form Rajini with the simle which never faded away, the energy which never dropped down and the enjoyment while she danced, her footsteps such a bang that i wont be surprised if the stage has cracks. She did "BREAK THE STAGE" and it was a bliss for me to watch her dance.

This day would not have been a grand success without the musicians, costume and stage.

Naatuvanga: Smt Divya Prabhakar.

Vocal: Vidushi Smt Bharati Venugopal.

Mridanga: Vidwan SriLingaraju.

Violin: Vidwan Dr Nataraja Murthy.

Flute: Viswan Sri Mahesh swamy.

Compere: Sri Kaladegula Srinivas.

Costume: Sri Manjunath.

Lighting: Sri Sai Venkatesh.

Make up: Sri Ilangivan

Stage design: Sri H.V. Vasu (M.V. Events)

Photo & Video: Sri Foto Murthy & Sri Shivaji Rao

Digital Printing: Sri Pawan

Illustrations & brochures : Flowergraphic.

“I am so happy that she blessed with such a nice and sweet inlaws and husband who have been encouraging her to grow upto what she is today. They have been just like parents to her encouraging her to continue dancing. Such inlawas are one in a million. For all that her Husband, parents and inlaws have done she rewarded them with her dance today.” says Shubhashree an audience.

I conclude by wishing her all the luck, health and energy to continue dancing.

Celebrating world dance day!

World dance day is celebrated on the April 29^th every year. This is the day dedicated to dancers and dance lovers. This is the day when all dancers and dance lovers come together and celebrate. Also remember the great dancers who are no more with us but have contributed a lot to the field of dance, art and culture. There will be various events conducted in various places like dance-a-thon: where various dancers of various institutions and age groups come together and dance their way. Dance shows in various auditoriums.

Here is one such program i would love to talk about. The dance day celebrations held at Alliance francaise de Bangalore, organized by Mr Ashish Khokar. Here we could dance groups from senior to junior artists under one single roof. It was a 12hrs program from 10am to 10pm where various styles of dances were performed by the artists. I was present there as a dancer, dance lover and a mini journalist.  I watched few performances there and im here to share my experience and feelings about my time spent watching those performances.

Kavya Shanmugam: Persented a Padam set to Adi tala. She was graceful and had a very good balance while she took poses. There was one particular pose which impressed me that was a pose of a bird where she balances on one leg with a flat back and takes a turn on one leg. Her stretches were impressive and something a dancer could grasp from her. But her smile faded in few places where balancing was happening.

Parshwanath upadhye: a student of Guru Kiran Subramanium.  He was amazing at his dancing. His energy was equal throughout a performance which is very difficult task to maintain. Each step was like a energy packet coming out. It was as powerful as Gamma rays. He did a brilliant job.

“I personally feel happy to see a male classical dancer, and a female western and street dancer.”

Kaustavi Sarkar: presented to us Varsha a dance. Her speed and brisk movement of each and every part of the body was clear and made the dance lively. I was drawn into her movements and joined swaying with her.

Nrithya Pallai: a dancer from the ancestor’s family. Presented to us a tillanna in raga kalayana vasantham. She had a composition of her very own grandfather in her item. Costume she wore was very pale and not appealing to the audience. She had a very expressive eye and the features of her face were good which added a colour to her expressions. Her smile was not constant and clear to the back of the audience. The depiction of lord Krishna was not to what it has to be. When Krishna is so jovial and fun she did not match the expectations.

Samanya Gururaj:a student of Praveen Kumar presented to us Natesha kouvtham and dance piece on Lod Nataraja a lord of dance. An item very femilar to me and which i have also learnt from my Guru. Her smile was pretty and energy was very good. Balanced pretty well.  Nava rasa naikai another item she presented expressions were better in this item compared to the previous item.

“when an item is familiar to me i try to see the difference in the choreography and try to learn so that i will have two options of choreography for the same song”

Shishir Shashtry: a student of Praveen Kumar again presented a song on Lord Nataraja. When shishir was dancing it seemed like Praveen himself dancing. His body posture was perfect in all stands and poses. This was also a femilar item to me and an item which i have learnt so i enjoyd it.

Deepa Sashidharan, Rekha Satish and Avijit  Das: kuchipudi performance of Deepa Sashindran and Rekha Satish, the item is called as Shivashtakam a classic item choreographed by the legendary Guru Vempati chinna satyam. Avijit presented a jathiswaram set to adi tala. Looking at his lean body with bones i was surprised to see the energy he had while dancing.  Shivashtakam in raga mohana set to kanda chapu tala. The audio was pretty bad. And synchrony between the two ladies missed. Expressions were good.

Probal Gupta: a male dancer in a female version. Danced to the episode from maha baratha in raga kandal. I was baffled with his performance. The grace he had was no less than a female’s grace. His expression in his eyes and face was outstanding. The stage usage was perfect. He used the full stage and managed so well. The use of his hair as a prop was a nice n unique idea. Brilliant performance! He being a male dancer to dance like a female is not a easy task but he did it with such an ease that he deserves a hats off. He said “its a tribute to a dancer like me to dance on this day.

Manasa rao: a student of Lalitha Srinivasan presented a item on goddess Chamundeshwari. Her expressions were perfect and nice. Her foot steps were strong.

Guru raju: a student of Vyjanthi kasha: a male dancer again. He was pretty good with his dancing and the usage of stage was the best part of his performance.

Padmini shreedhar and group: a teacher in Jain university and her students. They were so well trained that they never missed synchrony. They were amazing looked like a terrific Trio performing.

Manasa joshi: astudent from Naatya stem. She was so graceful and expressive. Her chakars were so clean and well defined.

Jyotsana Jagannathan: A doctor at Manipal hospital. She presented an item which involved only expression and no foot work. Her abhinaya was upto the mark that the missing of footwork made no difference.

“Dancers like Jyotsana are the best example to prove the dedication, interest and passion towards dance never dies.”

Madhulita manopatra: peresnted an item called yehi madava yehi keshava. A depiction of virodkanditha naiyaka- were she waits for her beloved. She was outstanding in this intem. She was so much involved into the character that her expression were a blast. A wonderful performance! The eye catchy expression for me was the part where she cries, it was depicted so well.

She later was joined by Anjali Raj Urs: anajli is a person i know personally. This was an item where the rada explains to her friend about her lord Krishna. I could not move my eyes of anjali. She was so graceful and expressive.

“It so happens to me that if a personally known person is dancing in a group i cant move my eyes of them. I tend to see only them.”

Natya stem: “where stem means Space Time Energy Movement. And they need no introduction”  they perfomed sargam: by manasa rao and other two dancers. Amazing synchrony. Kalari was by the men. they were at their best as usual.

Anuradha Vikranth and Shama Krishna: they presented and item on lord Krishna Baro Krishanya a composition by kanaka dasa. A very familiar and basic item. The speciality of this item was that it was bharathanatyam by anu and kuchipudi by Shama at the same time. They were goin on so well, accidently Shama fell and could not dance further but Anu managed it so well that the absence of Kshama was nt felt.

“Wishing Shama a speedy recovery.”

B.P Sweekruth: presented to us then taal,  Which comprises only of foot work. I was off my seats to watch his foot work. His foot matched so well to the beats. Madhurastasm where he shows his love and devotion to lord Krishna. It was more of a abhinaya more than foot work. The depiction was so good felt like i was watching a movie.

“i myself am a lover of Lord Krishna. I was floating and so much involved into the item that i never even blinked.”

Sreedevi Unni: a mohiniattam performance. Involved only expressions and no foot work.

A person in the audience said “ till now all the performances was so lively but this performance almost put me to sleep.”

Aishwarya Nithyananda: student of Smt Rada shreedhar performed an item on lord nataraja and parvathi with the involvement of the 9 rasas and the 14 panani sutras in raga fars set to adi tala. The depiction of the 14 sutras as a jathi was the best part of the choreography. And her expressions was the nava rasas were brilliant.

Ashish kokhar says “she was nominated for the top 10 dancers not only of Bangalore but all over india”

Vyjanthi kashi : I have no words to describe her dancing it was that good. Its so difficult to b filled with such amount of energy and enthusiasm at this age. The dance on the plate was classic and the best part. It was a real treat to the eye.

Ashish Kokar says “vyjanthi just finish perfoming elsewere and has dropped in to perform for us”

Nritarutya: a performance bye Mayuri upadaya students. Two group dances they performed and out of words i am to explain their performance. All i can say is the deserved the standing ovation we gave. Their alignments, cuts and steps were well defined and finished, the girls in this group equalled the guys.

“I was so happy to see my choreographer Akshay D Mandlik dancing for nritarutya. The excitement i had when they were performing could not stop me wooing for them, Even though it ended up with an audience shouting at me for wooing.”

Shridhar and Anuradha Shridhar: performed with their student Kshiti scenes from mahabaratha a moving episode where kunthi meets Karna. It was a ballat. The recording was good and gave more effect to the ballet. Shridhar’s expressions outstood and was the best.

Ashish Khokar  a person without whom this event would not have been possible says “Dance is truly divine art..let us not spoil gods gift with ego, politics, games and one upmanship. 40 main dancers came together and with group art they added upto 125!! So many on one day, in one stage, without delays or mishaps, is amaing. Gods and gurus blessed us all and it was nice as 8 to 88 year olds were there! A full-house for stars is geneally seen, ocasionally but to have no standing space left most of the day, shows Bangaloreans are starved for good dance and organisation and presentation in professional way.....all credit to Alliance Francaise and our core team of dancers Madhulita Mohapatra, P.Praveen Kumar, Murli Kalva, Mohd. Imran, Deepa Shashindran, Smriti Srinivasan and Jyotsana Jagannathan. I was just the connecting link.”

“The dance was more effective with the million dollar stage. The speciality of this stage was that the footsteps ecoed.”

I conclude by saying “this was the best dance day ever i have celebrated in my whole life. It feels so good to be a dancer, dance lover and a mini journalist. I thank my parents who have been supportive to me always and not only let me attend the program at alliance francaise they also were with me in the auditorium as a dance lovers.”

Kannada Actor Diganth visits Natyanjali

Exams, i have always hated them from the beginning. But never hated exams this much ever before. A message arrives in my inbox " Dears, today Diganth is visiting our dance class pl reply for your presence"

As expected mom would not let me go as i had exams starting from 26th and he visited on 25th. I still wanted to give it a try. Diganth is always been my adorable and the cutest actor in recent times in the kannada film industry. And yes she dint let me go for it.

Stayed back at home. But the question is how far did it help? Did i actually study? No i dint how can i ever study when i was missing all the fun and such a nice opportunity to meet an Actor. For me he's just not an actor as i love him and his acting. All i was doing was sitting in front of the book but my mind was wandering in Natyanjali. I was dreaming as to what they were doing there with him. what did he say? im sure they would have been clicking pics. All this was running on my mind.



Never felt so bad before for missing dance class or even a show/program for matter. but when it came to missing of Diganth's visit my heart was pricking.

Next day i open face book and my home page is filled of pictures and updates from my dance class friends. What was it all about? If you are thinking what i am thinking its absolutely true. It was all about Diganth.

Im so "J" now but helpless. Life has to go on but i never stop hating exams and can never forget this incidence that happen to me.

Performances this week

Soundarya's Bharatanatyam Solo performance is being featured in the MARGAM FESTIVAL at Chowdiah Memorial Hall, Malleshwaram, Bangalore.
http://www.facebook.com/events/343293892384153/

The Performance is for The festival of Varnams "MARGAM"
hosted by "Academy of Music" and the Festival is Executed by Smt. Usha R. K.

All Are Welcome

http://www.facebook.com/events/189898124458210/

ABCD

What on the earth is this? Are we going way back to nursery? How is this realted to dance? Why is this post here?

Are these questions in your mind? Then you are on the right path.. This is a movie for dance lovers. Its just hit the floors. Hold your feet on til the end of 2012.

ABCD= AnyBody Can Dance

want to know more? Click on the link below.

http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/features/type/view/id/3147

Im sure its going to be a big one. I cant wait for the movie to be on screens.

Natyanjali is just not a dance school

Natyanjali is just not a dance school, its more than a home and family. Celebrating festivals, birthdays, performing, traveling, playing, shopping and what not. Its a journey considered as the best part of my life. May it b a program in Bangalore or outside journey in train, bus tempo whatever. Its been filling the special pages of my life.

Im so glad that my sir also joins us and enjoys with us inspite of him being our guru he plays multi roles like a parent and friend.

A small glimps of how we enjoy where ever we go and whatever the situation may be.



This is how we enjoyed in black thuder after a performance in Coonoor St joseph's indian highschool auditorium.




We forget how old we are kids or adults we still enjoy the FREE Train ride before our performance in Balbhavan.



Vijayadashmi celebrations at Natyanjali




The fun during the journey




Celebrating birthdays








Insanity, madness and when we dont care about the world and behave the way we want





Photo shoot and classes (when pretending for a photo shoot)



Behind the scenes of a photo shoot.

12 years of my journey in such a dance school dont you think it would have filled the special pages of my life?

Yes its been the best parts of my life.

The day when i never wanted to dance

This is something that ever happen to me in the whole 12 years of my dancing journey. I have never said no when it comes to dance. I am a person who never cared about my health, exams or whatever. Dance was my first preference. But finally that day came when i never wanted to dance, i had not even imagined that such a day would come.

Yes it was December 11th 2011. It was because our show was in Nityananda's ashram and we were dancing for his birthday celebration.

Even after knowing the facts of him who would ever want to dance for such a person? It was a disgust for me to dance for such a person but it was a helpless situation as my Sir is a great follower of Nityananda.

With no mood i go to perform for the sake of it. There we reach his ashram. We were escorted well and treated well. Unfortunately for security reasons we had to wear a badge in which his photo was there. And i just could not wear it i felt dirty even for that card to touch me. I held it in my hand using the pin, walking all around the ashram with the guide we had a good laughter.

He is suppose to be a swami but the whole laughter was because he was dressed as a king with different costumes and clicked pictures in different poses. He was so self obsessed and each and every picture he looked funny. the expressions on his face my god we never could stop laughing. we controlled so much that as soon as we entered our rooms we laughed continuously for an hour or so.

Time for lunch- we were suppose to have our lunch also there and it dint even seem lke a lunch cos there were more than 25 items but had no taste.

Time for the show- Just went on as it had to go. I was never satisfied with my performance. when there is no complete involvement how can you expect a satisfaction?

The best part- the way he was dressed and the way he was sitting and watching us dance. he was dressed more than a kind. god only kno hw much of money he has scammed to be so rich and dress like a king.

The worst part- We had to go fall to his feet and take blessings after the show and i really dint want to do this. actually none of us wanted to but we were forced. i dint even bend down or touch him. i was so far off and he said "Bless you ma bless you". I was thinking in my mind "I never asked for it".

Finally- Everything was over and over all it was a comedy show. No camera was allowed for security reasons.

After effects in the tempo- Teasing him in his photos the way he dressed etc a complete bitching session. We said "No cameras are allowed cos the truth may again be revealed".

Ooty summer festival

Was conducted by Niligiris from 6th may 2010 to 16th may 2010. It was a 10 day festival where various dance and music schools were a part of it. It was not a competition as such but just a colourful show that happens every summer. Our dance school Natyanjali was also a part of it. We were given the slot for the last of the festival. Hearing this we all were a little worried if we will have the presence of a good crowd. This only happen to us as we had planned to do a new production for them and we dint want our debut to be bad or have less crowd. When Sir told this to us all we said was “Sir we have the capacity to grab the crowd with our music as fits a garden we are sure people will come running once the music starts playing.”

The new production was “RAAS” known as Raasleela.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OL0ECyVCzN0The very ownhttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif game of our lord Krishna where he has his own way to impress the Gopika’s, he stays with each and every Gopika and satisfy them. The choreography had come out so very well that all of us were very enthusiastic and excited of our debut. This item is more of expression and emotion more than the dance in the beginning. The dance energy comes only in the end part of it. The beats and words move very fast here.

The costumes arrived just the day we were leaving to ooty and the excitement we had to see the new costumes is not definable. In spite of all the excitement we had we could not see the costumes that day as it was packed and moved to the bus already. We had to hold back our emotions and excitement. Holding back the eagerness we got into the bus and the journey began at 9 pm. As usual we started playing our game Literature. It goes on all night without sleep. Sleeping in a bus is the least thing we will do when we are with Natyanjali. Its very hard sleep never happens. The ony time we slept was when we stopped at Bandipur forest when the gates were not open we had to stop and wait for the gate to open.

Next morning after the arrival in Ooty, we were all set for shopping. The first thing that flashed our mind when it came to Ooty was Chocolates. On the way to shopping we found our photos and banners inviting for our show. We were a little relaxed after this view. We were also happy and proud of ourselves that we had publicity and will get audience. We were so energetic even after the sleep less journey that we wanted to “Break the stage for RAAS”.
We had the best time shopping. Dance performances are just not performances it includes site seeing, fun and shopping.

After all the heavy shopping we quickly get ready and were set for the show. We started off with the Pushpanjali as usual and continued with other items. But when it came Raas audience were high. They were whistling. Especially when it came to the end i could see people dancing side stage. This is the best dancing experience and the audience reaction we have ever got.


Finally our debut was a grand success. With great satisfaction we returned to the bus. As a part of celebration we started playing literature again till we returned back to Bangalore. As soon as we returned back to Bangalore our beds were ready in Sir’s house and all of us fell flat on the bed.

My first ever performance

Back in those days in the year 2007 i still remember as to how i was selected for my first performance from Natyanjali. I was the only one selected from my batch to perform for the republic day in presence of HD Kumaraswamy and TN Chaturvedi. It was a completely new concept and a new platform for me with all the seniors. When i heard this i was so scared thinking i will be out of place.

I spoke to myself "Here my journey begins" and just moved on. the practices began, but it never was like i imagined i was never out of the place even if i was the only junior with the rest being seniors and super seniors. There was no difference everyone was treated equally there was no concept of a senior and junior they were all completely down to earth by treating me as one of them.

The happinessi had seeing this and the way they behaved was just cannot be explained. "the excitement to perfrom was sparkling in my eye" says mom.
On the day of performance i was super excited as it was my debut. That excitement killed all my nervousness and stage fear. That was the day when i forgot wat stage fear and nervousness was.

the show began and also came to an end just in no time. The happiness i had after the performance was totally different than the one before.

From then on i was welcomed to the performing team of Natyanjali and started my journey. I not only performed in Bangalore i started to travel and perform in and around Karnataka.

I am so thankful to my sir Guru Sri Ashok Kumar the artistic director of Natyanjali who has been so supportive and been giving me opportunity to perform