News: Shodhan Prasad
Dubai, Dec 18: Sankeerna School of Dance, Dubai has rewritten the art of matured presentation of Bharatanatyam dance form during its eighth anniversary programme that was held on Saturday, December, 8 at Children’s city auditorium, Creek Park, Dubai.
The gala evening was marked by extra ordinary presentation, disciplined training imparting knowledge, outcome of rigorous practice of the art, all of which was on display during the show. The entire show was brilliantly conceptualized as ‘Aham Brahmasmi’ as its theme that was central to each and every dance performance of the most enjoyable evening. All dance performances on display were blended into the concept of creator that was so expertly performed by the artistes who performed so skilfully and effortlessly under the direction of their director Vidushi Sapna Kiran. The last item presented during the evening was Aham Brahasmi, which witnessed a rare feat of every member of the audience giving a standing ovation during the entire dance. Even the invocation in the beginning was sung by all the performing students together that was innovatively conceptualized by Kamli Prasanna. All the dance items were based on soulful rendition of the related vocals by eminent classical singers.
The chief guest of the evening was Vidushi Suma Narayan who placed on record her appreciation to Sankeerna for having displayed such a memorable dance performance in Dubai. Other guests, Prakash Rao Payyar and Shodhan Prasad expressed their total appreciation for the effort undertaken by Sankeerna and wished a glorious future for the premiere dance institution of Dubai. The other guests of the evening were S Jayarama Rao, Anil Rao and Chandrakala Rao.
The show was very thoughtfully and stylishly compered by Shruti Kartik.
Rendering vote of thanks, Vidushi Sapna Kiran expressed her gratitude to Arati Adiga and Vishweshwar Adiga who spared no pains for the success of the event. She also thanked Kamala Achar, Vijayalaxmi, Srinivas Murthy, Tejashree Karthik, Vikas Sharma, Karthik, Venkatesh Rao, Ashok, Nandakrishna, Rammoorthy, Mamta Pathak and others who stood by her during the hosting of the event. The logistics for the programme was provided by Kiran Kumar Kadri, Director, Sankeerna.
Adhithri Sankameshwaran, Aditi Kiran, Aditri Karthik, Ahanthi, Avani, Bhavyasree Jaganmohan, Diksha Raj, Geetha Sree, Harrshi, Jaswanti, Lavanya Sharma, Maya Lizbeth Manulal, Omkara Adiga, Pallavi Sreejish, Panya Sharma, Prapti Pathak, Priya Vijayakumar, Roshni Shriram, Rujula Patil, Tanvi Patil, Tanvi Prasanna, Yaashna Shetty and Yashvi Pathak had participated in the Sankeerna annual day programme.