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Current Date:
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
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| Dance Performances by Geeta Chandran on the occasion of the 60th Anniversary of the Indian Republic |
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To celebrate 60 years of the Indian Republic, the High Commission of India, London, and the Indian Council for Cultural Relations, New Delhi, organised a special dance performance, So Many Journeys, by the celebrated artist, Geeta Chandran and her disciples from Natyavriksha Dance Company.
Shri Nalin Surie, High Commissioner of India, London, lit the auspicious lamp and addressed a full house at the prestigious Queen Elizabeth Hall, South Bank Centre, London. It was an amazing performance, it had elements of traditional as well as experimental numbers. Very few artists are able to traverse this trajectory, but Geeta’s skill and flair enabled her to undertake this delicate balance with unusual aplomb.
This production also toured reputed venues in the UK including Beck Theatre, Hayes, Reardon Smith Theatre, Cardiff, The International Convention Centreat Birmingham, George Square Theatre at Edinburgh, Athena Conference Hall at Leicester and St George’s Hall in Liverpool. It is based on her book by the same title, of Geeta’s writings narrating her engagement with Bharatanatyam. Geeta has been decorated with innumerable national and international awards and honours including the Indira Priyadarshini Award, The Lifetime Achievement Award and the Padmashri bestowed on her by the Government of India in 2007.
Founder-President of Natya-Vriksha, Geeta has been trained in Bharatanatyam by a galaxy of eminent Gurus. Synthesizing their knowledge with her personality, Geeta has imprinted the dance with her own unique dance persona and by expanding the classical repertoire of the dance and bringing to it new forms of musical, poetic and rhythmic richness. In her unique dance presentations Geeta skilfully weaved abstract notions of joy, beauty, values, aspirations, myth and spirituality. Geeta is also celebrated for her diverse accomplishments in the fields of television, video and film, theatre, choreography, dance education, dance activism and dance-issue journalism.
From L-R : Mrs. Poonam Surie, Wife of High Commissioner, Ms. Jude Kelly, Artistic Director, South Bank Centre lighting the lamp at the inaugural at Queen Elizabeth Hall, South Bank Centre, London and High Commissioner Mr. Nalin Surie
Artistes performing at Queen Elizabeth Hall, London
Artistes performing at Queen Elizabeth Hall, London
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A section of the audience watching the performance
From left: Virender Sharma, MP, Mrs.Poonam Surie and High Commissioner Surie lighting the lamp.
From left: Virender Sharma, MP, High Commissioner of India to U.K. Nalin Surie and his wife Mrs. Poonam Surie at Beck Theatre
A section of the audience at Beck Theatre
Artistes performing at Beck Theatre
Artistes performing at Beck Theatre
Lighting of lamps by Mr. Asoke Mukerji, Deputy High Commissioner, Prof. Nath Puri, Deputy Lord Lieutenant of Nottinghan, Baroness Sandip Verma, Lord Daljit Rana and Mr. Richard Everad, Deputy Lord Lieutenant of Leicester;
Presentation of bouquets by Prof. Nath Puri.
A view of audience at Leicester
From L-R: Mr. Asoke Mukerji, Deputy High Commissioner lighting the traditional lamp, Rt. Hon. Alun Michael, MP and Dr. Keshav Singhal, Trustee National Museum, Wales, before the start of performance at Reardon Smith Theatre, Cardiff
Lighting of lamp by Cllr. Hazel Williams, Deputy Lord Mayor of Liverpool; Cllr. Jojn Joyce, Deputy Mayor of Warrington; Cllr. Diane Reid, Deputy Mayor of Knowsley; Mr. John Murphy, Chief Constable, Merseyside and the Consul General Mr. C. Gururaj Rao
A photograph of the audience
A photograph of the artists with VIP dignitaries.
High Commissioner Nalin Surie, Mrs. Surie, Paul Sabapathy, Cllr. Mike Whitby and Mr. S. A. Hasan at lamp lighting ceremony at ICC, Birmingham
Dignitaries at the high tea hosted by High Commissioner during the interval at the Birmingham performance
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