Swathi Sangeethotsavam
The famed Kuthiramalika concerts at the Swathi Sangeethotsavam are held every year at Trivandrum are scheduled to be held from Jan. 6 to 12 in 2008. The concerts are held at the Fort Palace, Trivandrum, built over 160 years ago by Maharaja Swati Tirunal, who also was a patron of arts in his times. The concerts are held at 6pm every day.
A special concert by senior vidwan M. Balamuralikrishna is slated for Jan. 13, to celebrate the Murajapam, a festival held once in six years at the Sri Padmanabhaswamy temple ( which culminates into a Laksha deepam). Artistes Sanjay Subramanyan, Prince Rama Varma, Manasi Prasad, Parassala Ponnammal, Master Balamuralikrishna, Prof. Venkatesh Kumar and Lalgudi G.J.R. Krishnan and Vijayalakshmi will be featured at this fest. For more details contact the organisers at kuthiramalika@gmail.com
Touch of Rodin in this dance
The love for Bharatanatyam makes Shanmuga Sundaram explore new themes for his performances.
A senior disciple of guru K. J. Sarasa, Shanmuga Sundaram got inspired by the sculptures of the famous French sculptor Auguste Rodin.
Amour, which means love in French, is an attempt by dancer Shanmuga Sundaram, to explore the delicate nuances of love as portrayed by sculptor Rodin. He will express his perceptions of the sculptor through Bharatanatyam.
This thematic dance performance was staged earlier for Alliance Francaise, Pondicherry and Madras in August this year.
Shanmugha Sundaram will present this again this season at the Bharat Kalachar on Jan. 11, 2008
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