UPAHAAR NEWS Edition 15 - August 2022 |
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Artistic Director : Shalini Shivashankar August 15th 2022 To the Upahaar community, friends, and well wishers What a mad rush at the airports earlier this month with everyone scrambling to get away! Airports must have had the busiest time since the pre-pandemic days. |
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Its always fascinating to watch the frazzled excitement on the faces of people lining up in airports for summer vacation, trolleys loaded with extra large suitcases and children armed with iPads and headphones. I enjoyed my journey to Delhi and our subsequent performance at Triveni Kala Sangam. I continue soaking in all the sights, sounds and taste that is unique to India… Wishing all Indians all over the world a Happy 75th Indian Independence Day! In three weeks we will resume classes and reopen for a new term and the new academic year. We reopen on Sep 4th. Closer to this date I always experience slight pangs of anxiety only because, I realise, painfully (and yet understandably) that most of our students would not have practised their dance and music for most part of the 5 week break! Therefore this summer I have decided to run refresher classes during the last week of the holiday period on body conditioning, adavus, theory and repertoire by grade (if possible) to ensure that students are somewhat ready for the new term. This, I hope, will also infuse an excitement to plunge headlong into lessons as we reopen. Please watch out for the dates of these online sessions on our website. A heads up that they will be between Aug 29 and Sep 4th. Wishing you all a very relaxed happy rest of the summer holidays soaking in the sun wherever you are and hoping to meet many of you online, in class or in person sooner than later. Lovingly, Shalini Shivashankar
Artistic Director & Head Teacher
+44 (0)7811823684
upahaarschool@gmail.com
www.upahaar.co.uk |
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A Successful Upahaar Summer Term! |
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After a successful summer term, Upahaar wishes all of our students and community a happy summer holidays! Watch a snippet of one of Upahaar's Croydon classes going through a story in their last class for the term led by one of our senior teachers Pallavi Anand. | | |
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Bharatanatyam classes at The Place |
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Upahaar's teachers Pallavi Anand and Shalini Shivashankar will be teaching Bharatanatyam to students learning dance at The Place as a part of their creative explorations of different dance styles. |
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Charity Performance at Lanfranc School |
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Upahaar's Bharatanatyam students Rhea Pradhan, Sanjana Dhyani, and Amiya Kumar performed a Keertanam - Aadinaye Kanna and a Thillana in Ragam Kathankuthuhalam at a charity event in Lanfranc school. |
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Upahaar's senior Mohiniyattam students Rani Shenoy and Niranshana Suresh presented a Mohiniyattam opening piece - Cholkettu to represent another Indian classical dance form at this event as well. |
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Diya Ponsudhahar's Solo Bharatanatyam Performance |
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A senior Upahaar student Diya Ponsudhahar had the opportunity to present 3 solo pieces for the 50th Birthday party of a previous Upahaar student! She performed a Jathiswaram in ragam Thodi, A Padam - Poonkuyil Koovum and a Thillana in ragam Shanmukhapriya! | | |
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The Upahaar Ensemble in Munich, Germany |
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The Upahaar Ensemble, represented by Guru Shalini Shivashankar, Daniella Zak Varghese and Piya Varma presented Mohiniyattam and Bharatanatyam for Revathi Dance Academy's Annual Day in Munich, Germany! We were extremely grateful for this opportunity to take our art internationally! |
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Guru Shalini Shivashankar also conducted both Bharatanatyam and Mohiniyattam for Revathi Dance Academy. Thank you to all the enthusiastic students who participated, and we look forward to more collaborations in the future! |
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The Upahaar Ensemble at The Skandavale Temple, Wales |
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| | Snippets of a performance by The Upahaar Ensemble, represented by Guru Shalini Shivashankar, Daniella Zak Varghese, Rani Shenoy, Piya Varma and Sanya Narayanan presenting Bharatanatyam at The Skandavale Temple, Wales. | | |
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| | We were extremely grateful for this opportunity to present a Nataranjali, Nrithyopaharam and Nrittangaharam in the auspicious Murugran Temple and be part of the Pooja as well. Photography by Sujith Kumar | | |
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Rishi's Mridangam Arangetram |
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Upahaar is happy to congratulate Rishi, Student of our Mridangam master Prathap Ramachandra, on his impressive Mridangam Arangetram at The Millenium Theatre. Watch video snippets from this night of creativity in classical percussion! | | |
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Pallavi Anand's Bharatanatyam Solo at The Bhavan |
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Pallavi Anand's Bharatanatyam solo at The Bhavan was an extremely successfull event, marking her experience and depth of exploration within the field of Bharatanatyam. |
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Read the impeccable review of this performance by Sooraj Subramaniam on Pulse connects, and view a collection of photographs by Sujith Kumar from this event below |
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Diya wins 2nd place in AKAM Music and Dance Competition |
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Congratulations to Diya Ponsudhahar for achieving 2nd place in The AKAM Music and Dance Competition's Bharatanatyam section! Thank you to Sanskruti Centre for Cultural Excellence and the panel of judges for introducing a competition such as this that allows young dancers to showcase their talents | | |
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The Upahaar Ensemble at Triveni Kala Sangam in Delhi, India |
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The Upahaar Bharatanatyam Ensemble had an extremely successful Margam performance at Triveni Kala Sangam in Delhi this July. We are glad we could perform for our family and friends as well as the dance community in Delhi for the first time! Photography by Sujith Kumar | | |
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Upahaar would like to ensure all students and rasikas of the classical arts are aware of upcoming programmes, to inspire further practice and widen our appreciation of the Indian classical art forms. |
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Smt Shalini Shivashankar presents 'Guru Samarpanam' in presence of Guru V.P & Shanta Dhananjayan |
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Shalini Shivashankar presents a solo Bharatantayam recital ‘Guru Samarpanam’ - an offering to her Gurus The Dhananjayans. Shalini has been training through the two years of the pandemic with her Gurus and is honoured to perform in their august presence at The Bhavan, London U.K. | | |
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Upahaar presents Nrithya-Sandhyaa at The Bhavan |
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Students from Upahaar School of Dance will be presenting an evening of classical dance : Nrithya-Sandhyaa on October 1st at The Bhavan. Our students will showcase a variety of Bharatantyam, Mohiniyattam and Kathak pieces at this event. Stay tuned for updates and the link to book tickets on our website! |
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