"Ashta-Darsanam" an evening of Abhinaya in Bharatanatyam by Padmashri Geeta Chandran at Amaltas Basement Theatre, India Habitat Centre (IHC), Lodhi Road > 7pm on 3rd March 2013

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Time : 7:00 pm

Entry : Free (Seating on First-Come First-Served basis)
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Place : Amaltas Basement Theatre, India Habitat Centre (IHC), Lodhi Road, New Delhi-110003
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Area : Lodhi Road Area Events

Event Description : 'Ashta-Darsanam' an evening of Abhinaya in Bharatanatyam by Padmashri Geeta Chandran. 
In ASHTA-DARSANAM, Geeta Chandran and Sudha Raghuraman together explore the different approaches to abhinaya in Bharatanatyam. According to Geeta, ASHTA-DARSANAM will present the various ways in which Abhinaya is approached in Bharatanatyam. Always linked to its strict musical base, the performance promises to be a visual and aural treat with two of Delhi’s well-known performers taking the stage together.

Vocal accompaniment by Sudha Raghuraman

Dancer/Choreographer Geeta Chandran is a polymath artist, Geeta is celebrated not only for her deep and composite understanding of the art of Bharatanatyam, but also for her Carnatic music (she is a trained and accomplished vocalist), her work in television, video and film, theatre, choreography, dance education, dance activism and dance-issue journalism.
Geeta Chandran’s specialty is Bharatanatyam Abhinaya, a journey that she began at the feet of her first Guru who was called “Abhinaya Saraswathy”. Subsequently Gurus Jamuna Krishnan and  Smt. Kalanidhi Narayanan helped her hone her abhinaya to a fine art. Geeta’s Junior Fellowship from the Ministry of Culture was for a project on Vachika Abhinaya, which linked her dance to her long years of training as a Carnatic vocalist. Her Senior Fellowship from the Ministry was for Haveli Sangeet, where she integrated poetry and pads from northern devotional poets into the Bharatanatyam repertoire.

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