Events
Mūlam , the roots is an annual festival on the calendar of Shambhavi School of Dance. Curated by Guru Smt. Vyjayanthi Kashi, this festival is dedicated to Guru-Shishya Parampara, a system unique to India.

Mūlam 2021 is a three day online festival happening on 24th, 25th and 26th July 2021 from 6:30PM IST onwards. Schedule for today is as follows:
Performances & Talks:
Amrita Lahari
Arunima Kumar
Atmananda
Avijit Das
Ayana Mukherjee
Bhavana Reddy
Dharani Kashyap
Gururaju N
Himansee Katragadda
Lasya Mavillapalli
Dr. Lalita Sinduri
Prateeksha Kashi
Payal Ramchandani
Pranamya Suri
Dr.Patnam Sivaprasad &
Sree Sravya Tumuluri
Dr. Samata Gautham
Sannidha Rajasagi
Sivaranjani Naidu
Sreelakshmy Govardhanan
Shobha Anand
T Reddi Lakshmi
Vedya Spurthi Konda
Dr. Yamini Sarapalli & Kasi Aysola
Yael Tal

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Events
Mūlam , the roots is an annual festival on the calendar of Shambhavi School of Dance. Curated by Guru Smt. Vyjayanthi Kashi, this festival is dedicated to Guru-Shishya Parampara, a system unique to India.

Mūlam 2021 is a three day online festival happening on 24th, 25th and 26th July 2021 from 6:30PM IST onwards. Schedule for today is as follows:
Performances & Talks:
Smt. Ratna Papa
Smt. Smita Shastri
Smt. Vijaya Prasad
Dr. Anuradha Jonnalagadda
Dr. Alekhya Punjala
Dr. Uma V Kallakuri
Dr. Sudha Kalavagunta
Dr. Maddali Usha Gayatri
Dr. P Rama Devi
Dr. Madhuri Mazumdar
Dr. Sailaja Desai
Dr. Veena Murthy Vijay
Smt. Swathi Somnath
Smt. Shantha Ratii
Smt. Vempati Balatripurasundari
Smt. Geetha Padmakumar
Ms. Vera Krishnaraj
Sri. KV Satyanarayana
Sri. Venkata Ramana
Sri. Vedantam Venkata Chalapathi
Dr. Vasanth Kiran

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Events
Mūlam , the roots is an annual festival on the calendar of Shambhavi School of Dance. Curated by Guru Smt. Vyjayanthi Kashi, this festival is dedicated to Guru-Shishya Parampara, a system unique to India.

Mūlam 2021 is a three day online festival happening on 24th, 25th and 26th July 2021 from 6:30PM IST onwards. Schedule for today is as follows:
Performances:
Odissi by Smt. Sujata Mohapatra & Preetisha Mohapatra
Kuchipudi by Smt. Vyjayanthi Kashi & Prateeksha Kashi
Mohiniattam by Smt. Mandakini Trivedi & Aneri Sheth
Kathak by Smt. Shama Bhate, Manasi Deshpande & Sheetal Kowalkar
Kuchipudi by Smt. Vanashree Rao & Ayana Mukherjee

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Events, Knowledge
Legendary Guru Smt. Vyjayanthi Kashi Ji from Bangalore is an exponent in Kuchipudi dance. She is a performer, Guru, Choreographer, Art Director, Speaker, Writer and what not.

As a Guru, she conducted thought-provoking workshops and lecture demonstrations and presented Papers in India, Germany, UK, Austria, Italy, Africa, Singapore, Egypt, Tunisia, Korea, Spain, Switzerland, Israel, USA, South Africa Botswana, Canada and China. She has trained several students around the globe As a Choreographer: Vyjayanthi Kashi possesses an open-mindedness for both the old and new. Her fluid choreography and repertoire of solo and group performances reflect both her Indian heritage and cross-cultural experimentations. She has choreographed mythological, historical, Sanskrit and contemporary Ballets.

Over the years, Vyjayanthi Kashi has developed a wide variety of dance productions based on themes ranging from Mythology, History, Nationalism, Social, Fables, Colors, folklore and more
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Abhinaya Society in collaboration with Directorate of Cultural Affairs, Assam, presented the 7th Parampara Festival of Music and Dance on the 22nd and 23rd of May at Rabindra Bhawan, Guwahati, amidst great fanfare. The festival was a part of Abhinaya Society’s endeavour to build bridges between artists and audience. Kuchipudi performer Vyjayanthi Kashi performed “Deham Devalaya Proktam” in raga Megh Malhar, which reminded one of the rains. The topic was inspired by the Gayatri Mantra chantings, the concept of the chakras and the rules that guide the opening number of Kuchipudi called ‘Poorvaranga.’ The choreography of the piece naturally stressed on spiritualism, which infused the dancers as well through a kaleidoscopic rhythm pattern. Every movement of ‘anga’, ‘pratyanga’ and body language of the performers mesmerized the audience, who basked in ‘adhyatmik bhava’ causing positive energy to flow all around. Physical form and life of human beings were explained in the language of dance. Fire was shown as the symbol of courage, air as the symbol of compassion that emanates from the chest and lungs, while the area of the throat is the symbol of space. Above the eyebrow level, ideas are converted into symbols. Intellect is the third eye that thinks and understands. Blissful, enlightenment is truth. Physical movements are verily manifestations of Gouri. Speech and all forms of music are manifestations of Saraswati, costumes are manifestations of Mahalakshmi. Aatman, the auspicious one, manifests satvika abhinaya. All movements of the right side of Shiva’s body are verily the manifestations of tandava and all the movements of the left side of the body are manifestations of lasya of Gouri. Sprouting of rasa is Virinchi, the creator, continuation of rasa is Vishnu, the protector and culmination of rasa is Mahesha, the destroyer of ahankar. Dance itself is the manifestation of the divine srishti-sthiti and laya – the divine game of creation, sustenance and destruction. Body is visualised as the temple where Jeeva the deity resides. The dance overladen with rich symbols was rendered in pristine style. An abhinaya piece revolving around inseparable Radha and Krishna innovatively and imaginatively depicted sringara rasa. Without Radha, Krishna is incomplete and without Krishna, Radha can never be Radha. The eternal love birds were depicted by Vyjayanthi and her daughter Prateeksha, showing the stuff bhakti is made of. The Tarangam “Pahi pahi jaganmohana Krishna” from the well-known Krishnaleela Tarangini by St. Narayana Teertha is a text that recounts the life and events of Lord Krishna. Various are the literary and musical forms found in it that has been judiciously and aesthetically mixed in the piece. The dancers used various pada karmas and dances on the rim of brass plates. The brass plate is the symbol of ‘Karmakanda’- one’s field of activity. And the dancer is a Karma Yogi, highly disciplined with deep knowledge brought out through intricate footwork. Dancing on the rim is indicative of the human possibilities of reaching beyond the limits. The sweet strains of raga Amritavarshini made it all the more captivating. The dancers were all praise for Krishna, the delight of Devaki and Vasudeva, Nanda and Yasodha, whose beautiful face is like the full moon, with teeth white as jasmine, curly locks of hair, gentle smile fascinating. The dancers addressed Krishna who made sweet sounds with his anklets while standing on the rim of the brass plate delightfully designing intricate rhythmic patterns in vigorous tandava style in the vocabulary of Kuchipudi. The dancer commented on the humbling effect Krishna’s dance causes in the devas. Mother and daughter rounded off their recital with the story of the hunch backed Kubja who gets back her former beauty with the blessings of Lord Krishna. It was quite a novel experience for the people in the North Eastern city of Guwahati to see Kuchipudi dance and enjoy its beauty. The accompanying artists were Yogesh Gangani and Dibyojyoti Changmai on tabla, Santosh Kumar Sinha on Kathak vocal, Kusha Mahanto on khol, Prasanta Rajkhowa for Sattriya dance vocal and Prasanna Baruah on flute.
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Events

We wish to paint the minds of our audiences with colors and how it can be portrayed in dance. Chitra Lolitha is all about the color RED.

I wish to gather you into my history with a story. A story that will take you to chapters gone by into pages that will arouse your memories. A story that will truly bond you and me into us. I am the flamboyant red sky, turning from sunrise to sunset in framing the beauty of mother earth. I am the blood dancing through your veins.I am that ism of life, flowing within you connecting you to life seeking you to gather and gathering you to a world flooded with me and my coloury  essence.

For if you ever  pray to be a color, you would truly want to be me CHITRA LOLITHA.

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I still remember reading the lines that stated “real dance begins when the body dies…”. As a young dancer, I kept wondering, what could did that mean and since there was so much stress on angikabhinaya, I really could not connect with those lines. Then it was always about fast movements, high jumps, stretches, perfectly tailored costumes, makeup, a big stage, many lights… But today I connect with those lines and feel it so very true. When your heart sings, it expresses any thing and everything . No wonder the devadasis captured the hearts of the rasikas, in a simple saree, no striking poses and no par lights… How I wish we could get back to that simplicity, yet a full filling experience.
Real Dance Begins When The Body Dies