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Saakhyam-Friendship
(November 19, 2005 Mexican Heritage
Theater, San Jose, and on November 20, 2005 at
William Bristol Civic Auditorium in Bellfower)
A special presentation of the Abhinaya
Dance Company of San Jose (Artistic Director Mythili
Kumar) funded by the National Endowment for the
Arts and the James Irvine Foundation
The Abhinaya Dance Company of San Jose, celebrating
its 25 anniversary this year and the Shakti Dance
Company of Southern California together presented
"Saakhyam - Friendship", a full-length dance production
conceived by Mythili Kumar. This recital was a
special celebration of the friendship that Mythili
Kumar the artistic director of the Abhinaya Dance
Company and Viji Prakash the artistic director
of the Shakti Dance Company both exponents of
bharatnatyam have shared for over 25 years. The
theme of friendship was explored through portrayal
of stories from various sources including the
ancient epic Mahabharata.
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 Timeless
Traditions (November 20, 2004 Mexican
Heritage Theater, San Jose)
This collaborative concert features: 'New directions
in Indian Dance' - an illustrated talk by Dr. Sunil
Kothari, well-known dance historian, scholar critic
and author of several books on Indian classical
dance; the great Kathak maestro, Pandit Birju Maharaj's
compositions (thumris) depicted in both Kathak and
Bharatanatyam; and Collaborative performances of
Kathak and Bharatanatyam by Abhinaya dancers and
Tarangini dancers.
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 Varna-Mala:
Colors of Bharatanatyam (November 22,
2003 Mexican Heritage Theater, San Jose)
The variations in the technique followed by the
different hereditary lines of gurus (master-teachers)
have given rise to different schools (Baanis) of
Bharatanatyam. Of these, the best known and distinctive
baanis are the Pandanallur, the Vazhuvoor, and the
Kalakshetra styles. From different schools of Bharatanatyam,
the three dancers Mythili Kumar, Vidhya Subramaniam,
and Indumathy Ganesh presented their distinctive
styles of this traditional art form.
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Vande Mataram (Mother
I Bow to Thee) (November 1997, Palo Alto)
A performance featuring three different styles of
Indian dance - Bharatanataym, Kuchipudi, and Kathak
- presented by four mother-daughter dancer teams,
which commemorated the 50th anniversary of India’s
independence by paying homage to Mother India, Mother
Earth and the Universal Mother.
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The Guru Presented in
Three Cities, San Francisco, Berkeley & San Jose
(October, 1991)
A collaborative production with Kathak maestro,
Chitresh Das & Company,
exploring the role of the teacher as the giver
of knowledge to the individual in order to obtain
unity with the Supreme Infinite Being; produced
with a multi-arts production grant from the Rockefeller
Foundation.
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