Daijiworld Media Network – Mangaluru (SB)
Mangaluru, Oct 23: The Bharatanatyam 'Rangapravesha' of Remona Evette Pereira, disciple of Shrividya Muralidhar, will be held at Town Hall in the city, on Saturday, October 26.
The event will be presented by Sourabha Sangeetha Nritya Kala Parishath, Mangaluru. Nalin Kumar Kateel, MP and president, BJP, Karnataka, Capt Ganesh Karnik, former member and opposition Chief Whip, Karnataka Legislative Council, Sri Basavananda Swamiji, Seer, Shivananda Math, Bellari, Natyacharya Ullal Mohan Kumar, Natyaniketana, Kolya, Fr Francis Assisi Almeida, director, Sandesha Foundation, Mangaluru, will grace the event as chief guests.
Born to dance, a child prodigy and now a young teenager of 13, Remona is a synonym for dance. Learning her classical dance alphabets from Suresh Attavar and Uma Kalluraya, Remona has been traversing in the field of Bharathanatyam for the past decade with composed goals. Her rigorous, disciplined and vigil training under the very sought after Dr Srividya Muralidhar at Sourabha Kala Parishath, inbuilt in her, the nuances and technicality of dance, dexterity of performance and sturdy base in abhinaya. Daughter of Gladis Celine and late Everest Periera, Remona is the younger sister of Ronaldo Rockson.
A student of grade nine at Paduva High School, Mangaluru, Remona is equally good in her academics. Remona is being trained in semi-classical dance for the past six years by Manoj Karipalla and Sandhya K. She is also being trained in western, contemporary by Pramod Kodikal Preethesh Kumar and Nicky Pinto.
Remona’s quest to learn other dance forms namely Kuchipudi, Kathak, Semi Classical Folk, Yakshagana, Western and Contemporary dance, proffered Remona more opportunities to establish and explore as an ambassador of dance.
Remona has bagged hundreds of prizes participating in innumerable competitions. The number of stage shows she presented is countless.