Natya Vriksha 2019 WDD young dancers festival

Guru Geeta Chandran's Natya Vriksha celebrates the world dance day every year with a series of performances by young, brilliant dancers from across the country and abroad.

 

Apart from this, Natya Vriksha also brings eminent culture ambassadors and gurus to come and share their life-time work with the young dancers.

 

The mornings featured workshops by Santosh Nair, a fine mover on the first day, filled by a workshop on Rythm the following day by young percussionist, Manohar Balatchandirane.

 

One of the very interesting feature of this year’s World Dance Day program was a lecture by Amb Pavan K.Varma on the topic: The glorious legacy of Indian Culture: Challenges and Opportunities.

 

There was also a presentation by senior dancer and dance teacher from Baroda, Smt.Rema Srikanth on her personal journey in dance, with about eight of her disciples performing.

 

This year's dancers were

 

Odissi: Rajashri Praharaj (Bhubaneshwar)

Kathak: Rupanshi Kashyap (Ahmedabad)

 

Bharatanatyam: Manasvini Ramachandran (Chennai)

 

Dance tribute to late Guru Karaikudi P. Sivakumar by senior dancers of Natya Vriksha

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