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 Mayiladum Alagan (March 30, 2008
Mexican Heritage Theater, San Jose)
Sunday, March 30, 2008 at Mexican Heritage Theater, San Jose
Premiered in 1998, this repeat concert featured company dancers enacting key episodes followed by student dancers presenting favorite songs on the handsome Lord on the peacock.
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 Prithvi - The Earth (November 17 and 18, 2007
Mexican Heritage Theater, San Jose)
The show was sold out for two days. Mythological legends on the importance
of honoring, respecting and protecting the earth were presented.
Contemporary reflections on the earth and the environment were portrayed
by dramatizing inspirational stories of environmental activists from India and
Africa who have been recognized for their work by winning
the Goldman award ('Green Nobel'). The concept for
Prithvi was suggested by JUBV Prasad. The featured dancers
were Artistic Director and choreographer Mythili Kumar, principal dancer
and choreographer Rasika Kumar, accompanied by Anjana Dasu,
Sushma Umesh, Yatrika Ajaya, Lakshmi Venkatesan, Neeraja
Venkat and Pamela Bandopadhyay. Original music for the show
was composed by award-winning Bay Area musician Asha
Ramesh who also provided the vocals for this concert series
. The orchestra also included Malavika Kumar (Nattuvangam),
N. Narayan (Mridangam & Kanjira), Shanthi Narayan
(violin), Ragavan Manian (flute), Ravi Gutala
(tabla, & Dholak), and A. Mahadevan (Morsing).
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 Kalidasa's Ritusamhara (November 18, 2006
Mexican Heritage Theater, San Jose)
Abhinaya received a National Endowment for the Arts grant to collaborate with master guru Sri C.V. Chandrasekhar in the presentation of “Kalidasa’s Ritusamharam - The Varied Seasons”. The concerts took place on Saturday, November 18, 2006 at the Mexican Heritage Theater in San Jose and Sunday, November 19, 2006 at the Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium. The performances presented verses from the ancient work Ritusamhara (the gathering (samhara) of the seasons (ritu)), a lyrical description by the poet Kalidasa of the six seasons in the Indian subcontinent. Several of our company dancers were trained for this upcoming concert by the famed dancer and guru Shri C.V. Chandrasekhar during his visit in April and May of 2006.
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 Surya:
The Sun God (March 15, 2003 Louis B.
Mayer Theater, Santa Clara)
Surya, the Sun God, takes his place in Indian mythology as the source
and sustainer of all life on earth. His radiance and inexhaustible
power are associated with healing as well as the banishment of darkness
and evil. Worshiping the Sun has always been considered an essential
part of the Hindu religion and ancient Hindu texts are full of hymns
describing the glory of this beneficent celestial being.
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Once was a Princess (November 09, 2002
Mexican Heritage Theater, San Jose)
Abhinaya Dance Company has featured tales of princesses from mythology,
literature, and contemporary times: the tussle of the princess Rukmini
and Satyabhama for the love of Lord Krishna; Princess Malavika from
the ancient Sanskrit drama Kalidasa's 'Malavikagnimitra', who danced
her way into the heart of King Agnimitra; the magical sprite who
flies to America, from contemporary poet Chitra Divakaruni's Spice
Bazaar (premiered 1994); the valiant, gifted, and divine Princess
Meenakshi of Madurai.
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Natya Mahotsava 2000 (July
1, 2000 Mexican Heritage Theater, San Jose)
Abhinaya Dance Company celebrated its twentieth anniversary of performance
and teaching with a two-day series of concerts and other events.
Besides performances by company members and students, Abhinaya alumna
also presented concerts. Also featured was visiting Master Artist
from India Srimathi Kalanidhi Narayanan who performed and conducted
workshops. Natya Mahotsava also celebrated past artistic collaborators
and recognized its performing artists, volunteers and donors.
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Love Exquisite (September
1999, San Jose)
A collection of stories, poems, and songs ranging from ancient Vaishnavite
poems to Jewish psalms to modern hymns all expressing love for the
divine. Featuring a collaborative piece with choreography by Ann
Malmuth-On.
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Mayiladum Azhagan (The
Handsome Lord on the Peacock) (1998,
Hayward, Palo Alto)
Portraying the stories woven around the six major shrines of Lord
Muruga: Palani-malai, Swami-malai, Thiruchendur, Thiruparangundram,
Thiruthanigai, and Palamudhircholai. A benefit concert for the Shiva-Murugan
temple in Concord.
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Festival of Dussera (September
1992, San Jose)
Celebrating the popular Indian ten day festival and its various traditions
over the Indian subcontinent, including Durga Puja, Vijayadashmi
celebrating the victory of Lord Rama over Ravana, and Navaratri:
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Dancing Divinities (May
1988, Cupertino)
Dancing gods and goddesses, as described in Hindu mythology,
with the ideal that any art had to originate from a divine
source, causing religious symbolism and significance to be
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The Splendor of
the Infinite (September 1987,
Palo Alto)
A benefit performance for the Shiva-Vishnu temple in Livermore,
depicting how the formless Supreme Being is worshipped by humanity
in understandable human forms of His power and attributes. |
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Shiva the Cosmic
Dancer (May 1986, Palo Alto)
Abhinaya's first full-length production, celebrating how Shiva,
in his multifaceted manifestations, exemplifies the concept
of the one Supreme Being who resolves within himself all the
conflicts of the world.
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