Giri dances for the Goddess

Giri and his friends perform an Odissi piece that requires stamina and concentration. The complicated steps and occasional rhythmic complexities are a challenge even for adult students. Here, her dance teacher Gowri has done a marvellous job at making them understand what is required of them. This was performed during Navarathri, the nine day festival celebrating the Goddess in her marvellous forms of chastiser of demonic qualities, bestower of wealth, and goddess of knowledge and wisdom.

Giri dances at School Fun Fair

Giri and his friends turn his school fun fair into a classy affair with their performance of a classical dance.

A Wonderful Offering of Dance and Music

On April 14th and 15th, we staged a performance entitled KRISHNAARPANAM which means "offering to Lord Krishna". This showcased the musical and dance talents of the Temple of Fine Arts. Geetha danced and also took on the role of Yashoda, mother of Lord Krishna. Hari was part of the orchestra, playing his violin alongside his teacher. Giri was once again dressed up as Krishna, with blue painted on him. He appeared as one of the 12 Krishnas in the last piece. The show was very well received by the audience.

Before the performance, Geetha did puja to Swamiji for a smooth performance, invoking his blessings upon all the dancers and musicians as well as members of the audience.

Among the audience was Guruji Durga Charan Ranbir, an Odissi master who was visiting Kuala Lumpur. He had come to watch the show. I had met him earlier in November last year in Delhi during an Odissi festival. After the performance, Geetha met up with him and took his blessings. So did all the dancers.


Madangopal played Narada so beautifully he captured the hearts of the audience with his ease of delivery of lines, singing and dancing with great confidence and love for his work. Before the performance, he even perked up the exhausted dancers with some inspired words. Hari played the violin well, too. His teacher was very proud of him.

The Colours and Light of Dance

HARI - A BUDDING CLASSICAL INDIAN DANCER
just a week ago, geetha presented her students of Odissi, the indian classical dance in a very well coordinated programme. hari performed a special piece among other dancers. giri did so too, in an item for very young students. this is what hari looks like in costume. hari also plays the violin, as well as being trained by me in drama.


giri performed too - in an extended display of footwork and choreographic patterning that showed the children's understanding of space and movement.


this is swathi, one of geetha's many promising students. her team presented the badya pallavi, an enchanting piece on the alluring musicians of odissi.


amulya is a member of the teja putri - a group young budding dancers with great promise. these young dancers had been presented early last year in a full programme entitled "TEJA PUTRA", conceived of and choreographed by geetha.