Nritarutya in Kala Soudha Inagural Festival on Sunday Jan 17th

Nritarutya an Indian Contemporary Dance Company, brings to an audience, that modern India, never explored before. Through a varied vocabulary of movement arts, It excels in its thematic Presentations of the dance pieces. Every Presentation of Nritarutya carries an immaculate sense of energy and sync with the theme and music. Inspirations are drawn from the colours of Indian Tradition and culture.

The performances lined up for the show at the inauguration are Mars, Peacock, Lakshmi, and the Premiere of youth wing showcase of Phase-off.

Each of these pieces carry a difference in their essence, and sophistication. Elaborate props to presentation of young themes to sprinkling of auspicious aura through the space, reflect and highlight the performances.

A see-saw, right on the stage, is a part of the electrifying dance piece MARS, the dancers, display that high energy and exceptionally tricky acrobatic skills and bring the music to life.

Peacock is a dance to devarnama, dance of two peacocks in their eager await of the blue skinned warrior. 

To the tunes of the Bhimsen Joshi's Bhajan of Bhagyadalakshmi, Dancers pay homage to the eight forms of Lakshmi!

Youth wing- Their First showcase ever, Phase off. Its a premiere of the team of young kids, that have been training under Nritarutya. Phase off is a dance piece on the phases in the life of the youth. 

These are a watch, as the Team shall tap through the experience of life, the one that is sublime.It all will be with a difference, the one that has never been seen before!

Its a free entry for all, Details about booking and contact details are available at www.khkalasoudha.org or RSVP right now on 9880487682.

KH Kala Soudha Inagural Festival

KH Kala Soudha (Kengal Hanumantiah Kala Soudha) is being launched on 15, 16 & 17 January, 2010. There are three performances lined up...

15th will have the official lighting the lamp at 6 PM and Pallavi MD will be performing at 7.30.  She is putting up an ensemble of rare gems from Kannada light music collection. 

16th will have Prakash Belwadi's brand new play Corilanus by Shakesphere.  A story of war between two powerful kings.  Sihi Kahi Chandru, Balaji Manohar, Gowri Dattu, Raghav Shimoga make the on stage cast.  This play has been created by Prakash Belwadi for Chitra.

17th will have Mayuri Upadhya performing to end the inaugural festival.  Nritarutya – led by Artistic Director Mayuri Upadhya is a nine year old charitable Indian contemporary dance trust and an ICCR empanelled performing unit creating contemporary dances based on Indian ideologies. They represent some of the best progressive and innovative movement arts in India today. Nritarutya’s core team tap into their diverse backgrounds from Bharatnatyam and Kathak to Kalaripayattu, Taek-Won-Do and modern dance to craft uplifting artistic entertainment that has captivated audiences across five continents by delivering over 500 performances.

For the inauguration, Nritarutya will present four sequences of diverse themes. Beginning with a traditional composition on the popular goddess of the hindu pantheon – Laxmi, the presentation moves on to a technical piece using a huge property (a 12 ft see-saw) showing different layers of a man, followed by a sequence on the co-existence of opposition in one’s inner self using projection of paintings and ending with a sequence from the youth wing that brings to fore the qualities in the youth of today. 

18th onwards the auditorium is open for booking for all performing arts. Details about booking and contact details are available at www.khkalasoudha.org

See you there...