CHIDAMBARAM NATYANJALI TRUST Presents 2015 - February 17 to 21* Venue : Rajah Sir Annamalai Chettiar Trust Premises South Car Street CHIDAMBARAMNATYANJALI TO LORD NATARAJA CHIDAMBARAM (INCEPTION - 1981) Natyanjali" - Festival of Dance at CHIDABARAM is known for its serenity and uniqueness of the devotion of the dancers dedicating their "Natya" (Dance) as "Anjali" (Offering) and worship to the Lord of Dance - Lord Nataraja. Natyanjali Festival commences this year on 17th Feb 2015 and will be held for five days. Dancers from all over the world and from all parts of India representing all classical forms like Bharatha Natyam, Kuchupudi, Mohini Attam, Kathak, Odissi, etc., congregate at Chidambaram and offer their Dance Recitals to Lord Nataraja. The uniqueness of the festival lies in its devotional aspect and thus differs from other dance festivals. All are invited! Organised by CHIDAMBARAM NATYANJALI TRUST Organized with the Assistance From Ministry of Culture - Govt of India Sangeet Natak Akademi - New Delhi Neyveli Lignite Corporation Ltd. Annamalai University City Union Bank Ltd. Indian Overseas Bank and other Patrons & Philanthropists Patrons Dr. M.A.M. RAMASWAMY, Dr. KAPILA VATSAYAYANA, New Delhi Dr. A.C. MUTHIAH, SPIC, Chennai. Smt. C.K. GARYALI, |.A.S. Sri G. RAJENDRAN (GRT Thanga Maligai), Chennai Sri G.R.K. REDDY, M.D., MARG Ltd. Chidambaram Natyanjali Trust Board of Trustees President : A.K. NATARAJAN Vice-Presidents : K. SWAMINATHAN V. BALADHANDAYUTHAM Secretaries : Dr. R. NAGASWAMY A. SAMBANDAM Joint Secretary : R. NATARAJAN Treasurer : R. RAMANATHAN Members R.K. GANAPATHI, Dr. R. MUTHUKUMARAN, M.D., R. SABANAYAGAM Website : www.natyanjalichidambaram.com Email : natyanjalichidambaram@ gmail.comMAHASIVARATRI DAY 17.2.2015 TUESDAY PM 6.00-6.30 MANGALA ISAI 6.30-7.10 Nataraja Arts Academy Students Guru : Sirisha, Bangaluru 7.15-7.55 Reddi T Lakshmi, New Delhi Ranjani Nair Guru : Jayarama Rao & Vanashree Rao 8.00-8.30 INAUGRAL FUNCTION 8.30-9.10 Students of Tamil Nadu Music & Fine Arts University Guru : Divyasena — Thematic Presentation 9.15-9.45 Surabhi Santosh, Bangaluru Guru : Padmini Ramachandran 9.50-10.20 Sonali Dabrai, Mumbai Guru : Lata Raman 10.25-10.55 Debaldev Jana, Kolkatta Guru : Kalamandalam Venkitt & Preetha Venkitt 11.00-11.30 Puja Bhalerao, Mumbai Guru : Dr. Sandhya Purecha 11.30-12.00 Thakathimitha School, Ariyaloor Guru : Akilan Bharatham KUCHUPUDI “NAMASIVAYA’ Bharat Bharat! Bharat! Bharat! Bharat nam nam nam nam nam18.2.2015 WEDNESDAY PM. 6.00-6.25 Brindha Ramesh, Srirangam 6.30-7.10 Natya Niketan, Bangaluru Y.G. Srilatha & Others Guru : Revathi Narasimhan 7.15-7.45 Bharatham “SHIVAKAMI” Dance Drama Paramjothy Muthuvelu, Malaysia Bharatham 7.50-8.10 K. Shanmugasundarm & Group, Chennai Bharatham 8.15- 9.40 Sri Devi Nrithyalaya, Chennai “JANANI JAGATH KARANI” Guru : Sheela Unnikrishnan Dance Drama 9.45-10.15 Nrithyangan School of Dance Bharatham Sastra University, Thanjavur Guru : Subramanian 19.2.2015 THURSDAY PM. 6.00-6.25 Raghunath Manet, Puducherry Bharatham 6.30-6.55 Kalaivani Nadha Natyalaya, Chidambaram Bharatham Guru : R. Gomathy 7.00-7.30 Uma B Ramesh, Chennai “THEVARAM” Thematic Presentation 7.35-8.15 Aditi Chakraborty, Kolkatta KATHAK Guru : Sraboni Banerjee 8.20-9.20 Kalakshetra Foundation, Chennai 9.25-9.50 Nataraja Natya Kala Kendra, Neyveli Guru : Prakash Krishnan 9.55-10.25 Natyanrit Akademi, Chennai Guru : Mrinalini Thiagarajan Dance Drama Bharatham Bharatham20.2.2015 FRIDAY PM. 6.00-6.25 Kalakshithi, Bangaluru Bharatham Guru : M.R. Krishnamoorthy 6.30-7.00 Dr. Ranjani Ganesan, Ramesh & “SIVOHAM” Daksha Ramesh, Bangaluru 7.05-7.45 Parasha Group, Chennai “MARABU” Roja Kannan, Priya Murle, Srikanth, Aswathi 7.50-8.30 Sonali Mishra, Bhubaneshwar ODISS! 8.35-9.10 Revathi Ramachandran & Bharatham Manasvini Ramachandran “SUDDHA NRITHAM” 9.15-10.00 Thejas School, Chennai “ARUPADAI VEEDU” Guru : Srekala Bharath Dance Drama 10.00-10.30 Vichitra Dhinakaran & Students, Puducherry MOHINI ATTAM 21.2.2015 SATURDAY PM. 6.00-6.25 Sivananda Kalalayam, Chennai Bharatham 6.30-6.55 Nrithya School, Chennai Bharatham Guru : Vasanthi Chellappa 7.00-7.30 Jaya Aruna Bharathalaya Bharatham Guru : Dr. Subhashini Chandrasekaran 7.35-8.15 Kavita Ramu, Chennai Bharatham 8.20-8.50 Nritya Kalanjali, Malaysia Bharatham Guru : Sudha Nair Thamothiran 8.55-9.20 Narthana Fine Arts, Malaysia Bharatham Guru : Shangar Krishnasamy 9.25-10.40 Sri Mudhralaya, Chennai “AALAVATHU EPPADIYO” Guru : Lakshmi Ramaswamy Dance DramaWith the Best Compliments From NEYVELI LIGNITE CORPORATION LTD. (AGOVT OF INDIAUNDERTAKING) UN eer ier YN Indian Overseas Bank grae) wanker at eat arel} Good people to grow with Sabanayagam, Cdm. (@) : 223040