2012 year highlights

Students of India school performed on various platforms including Cherry blossom festival, Heritage India Festival, Asian festival. We are proud to announce that India school has teamed up with Kennedy center.
This year few new classes are being introduced: Hindi class by Gulshan Madhur, Modern dance classes by Sridevi Sharma, Writing classes by Neha Sharad, Sitar taught by Dr. Suman Sharma and Guitar class by Moses Chavan Celebrations: Teachers day, Bake, Hindi Diwas, and Painting Competition IIS Activities: Organized Bake sale, Holi program, Teachers Appreciation Programs: Spring Rain Concert: Sarod- Ken Zuckerman, Tabla-Anirban Chowdhury, Tanpura-Shilpa IyyerAnd Shivani Kanungo organized by Daniel Prabhakar Classical Vocal Concert by Shri Vishwas Shrigoankar: HarmoniumKedar Naphade, Tabla-Suryakhs Deshpande. Guest of Honor: Pt. Samir Chatterjee Food : Best Compliments from Saravana Palace Bouquets : Best Compliments from Annandale Florist Brochure : Printing and copying Matchprint Brochure Designer: Manju Danturthy Program Film Making: Alpana Das Sound Engineer& Sound System: Moses Chavan, Bombay Film Industry

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Serving the Community Since 1984 Annual Function for School Year 2011-2012 Sunday June 10 2012 9:45 am 7:00 pm Jewish Community Center of Northern Virginia 8900 Little River Turnpike Fairfax, VA 22031 Info 571-331-8547 Visit Our School Located at: 4433 Brookfield Corporate Drive, Suite # R Chantilly, VA 20151 Phone: 703-817-9733 admin@india school .org www.indiaschool.org Classes also held at Jewish Community Center

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Welcome Indira Kumar, President and Trustee of India International School National Anthem US & India: Mr. Walton Dawson (Leading)
Music Segment Tabla Daniel Prabhakar Abhirama Rachabattuni, Aditya Mahendru, Aditya Saxena, Anirudh Bagde, Ankit Goyal, Aryan Dhore, Aryan Goyal, Aaryan Rawal, Avadhanam Venkatesh, Bharat Danturthy, Harit Patel, Harsha Dindigal, Krishnaprasad Jayaraj, Kuldeep Rathi, Latish Krishnaveni, Madhav Maniraj, Megh Kumar, Mohan Gupta, Nimesh Chakravarthi, Nimish Todi, Nitin Patel, Om Desai, Pavagada Jairam, Pratamaneesh Gavaravarapu, Raj Lingam, Ramesh Yerramilli, Ravi Chittajalu, Rishabh Anand, Rishi Simhal, Rishiman Ratnakar, Rishiraj Kanungo, Rithvik Anand, Rushi Patel, Sahasramsu Prabhakar, Shivaraj Kanungo, Shreyas Gokhale, Siddarth Shankar, Shivashish Das, Sparsh Srivastava, Srinivas Somayajulu,Sudeswaran Ganapathi, Sujay Nadesan,Sujay Sunil, Sunil Ratnayake, Vihar Shah, Vijay Sakpal, Vikram Achuthan, Vineet Kalpathi, Vishaal Mittal, and Yash Shekar Dr. Ravi Narasaiah (Representation from Governor's Office Keherwa Introduction by Pratamaneesh Gavaravarapu Janaki Jane Mysore Ramarao Lyrics by Yusuf Ali, Music by Naushad Ali, Sung by K. J. Yesudas Vilambit Teentaal All Students Kayda in Teentaal Aaryan Rawal and Shivashish Das Riyaas Exercise and Composition All Students Jhaptaal - Megh Kumar and Krishna Prasad Jayaraj Lag Ja Gale Ki Phir Anitha Krishna Teentaal - Rishiraj and Shivaraj Kanungo Ektaal - Vishaal Mittal and Harsha Dindigal Sawan Ka Mahina Anitha Krishna and Mysore Ramarao Jhaptaal - Anirudh Bagde 2

* Outstanding Hindi Home Work - Madhu Maheshwari Arpitha Shenoy, Kavya Parekh, Meghna Singh, Sidharth Ram, Aparna Trivedi , Shweta Radhakrishnan, Raj Singh, Arpitha Shenoy * Exemplary Hindi Home Work: - Madhu Maheshwari Anuradha Trivedi, Marie Lucier * Hindi Diwas - Embassy of India, Washington, DC September 14, 2011 * IIS Hindi students participated reciting poems and patriotic songs * Hindi Bal Diwas - IIS Chantilly November 19, 2011 * 2nd Hindi Bal Diwas celebrated and launching of childrens play book Bharat Bhumi written by Madhu Maheshwari * Holi Program - Durga Temple March 10, 2012 * Performance of Kathak Students of Asha Vattikuti * Critical Thinking - Final Presentation

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FARFAX COUNTY LANGUAGE CREDIT Four students of Ms. Madhu Maheshwari have passed the Fairfax County Language credit exam and have gained 2 High School credits this academic year. Congratulations to Samir Sharma, Neeraj Gandhi, Neha Gandhi and Asmita Shah. Warm wishes are also extended to Akshay Bhambri for graduating in Hindi.
GRADUATING STUDENTS Tabla student of Mr. Daniel Prabhakar graduated in 2011. We extend warm wishes to Nimesh Chakravathy. Four outstanding Hindustani Music students of Mr. Humayun Khan will be graduating in 2012. Warm wishes to Srishti Srivastava, Divyanka Salona, Mili Mittal, Shivani Kanungo . OUTSTANDING AWARDS RECIPIENTS Tabla - Daniel Prabhakar Sidharth Shankar, Ayran Goyal, Nimish Todi, Krishnaprasad Jairaj, Vineeth, Rishiraj Kanungo, Aditya Saxena, Jairam Pavagada, Rishi Simhal ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS Kuchipudi: Saikantha Raparla Akshitha Kolla, Priyanka Dochibhotla Classical Music: Vishwas Shirgoankar Divya Das, Dev Das, Madhura, ManagolI, Manavi Bhagat, Arpita Chatterji OUTSTANDING AWARDS Fusion Dance: Anjana Ghosh Kiren Ajrawat, Natasha Shukla, Khushi Pillai, Aayush Permesar Hindi: Kavita Bhatt Rohan Anand Bharatnatyam Sangeetha Warm Wishes are extended to Shilpa Iyyer, Vertika Jha will be graduating in 2012.

Sharing the Cultural and Traditional Heritage of India

Baiyan na dharo O balma Anitha Krishna Ektaal Taal Rishi Simhal Chandamaama Raave Jabilli Ravee Anitha Krishna Padedhanu Vededhanu Anitha Krishna and Mysore Ramarao Artists: Dr. Anand Chellappa Piano accordion, Preetha Narayanaswamy - Veena, Surendra Rajak and Sabu Anthony Sythesizer, Pete Chauvette Vibrophone, Guitar Anand Benjamin, shok Yedluri Side Percussion, Daniel Prabhakar - Tabla, Soumithri Gadepalli Violin, President and Founder of IIS Dhananjaya Kumar Percussion IIS Youth Group speech President: Shivani Pandey Treasurer: Aditya Narayanan Hindustani Music: Mr. Humayun Khan 1. Levels I and II combined - Paltas in Raag Bilawal 2. Level II (independent) - National Anthem 3. Level III - Bandish in Raag Yaman 4. Level IV - Two compositions in Raag Bihag 5. Level V - Bandish and Tarana in Raag Bhopali Participants: Tanishk Govil, Sanjana Das, Harit Patel, Sneha Satapathy, Om Gulati, Shevya Panda, Yogesh Bhole, Simoni Misra, Shreya Jain, Sulagna Dash, Avika Agarwal, Aaryan Rawal ,Rekha Mhasawade, Sauman Das, Isheitta Bansal, Swati Joshi, Neil Kothari, Disha Das, Amrita Sahu Sanghamitra Sahu, Suhani Chopra, Aardra Sakpal, Medhaa Banaji, Sanjna Kirtikar, Disha Sharda,Anu Sharda, Rishiraj Kanungo, Spandan Das, Neha Mathur, Ishika Govil, Divya Shrivastava,Aarzu Rawal, Shivani Das, Siri Doddi, Mili Mittal, Shaleen Haque, Srishti Shrivastava, Shivani Kanungo Sonali Simhal, Divyanka Salona, Asmita Shah.
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Critical Thinking: Sunita Simhal CRITICAL THINKING: Doing ordinary things in an extraordinary way to ensure an extraordinary future On May 19, 2012, IIS Chantilly was charged with energy as Critical Thinking students took center stage for the Presentation and Competition of Model Cars. This year's project was to build a Model Car using materials such as, cardboard box, CD's, mousetrap wheels, balsa wood, wires, springs etc. NO kits, motors or Lego cars were allowed. There were many trials and errors when building the cars, but the end result was a vast array of innovative masterpieces. Engines were cranked up, cars revved up as everyone enjoyed watching the cars in motion. Later, each student came up to the stage and explained how they made their car and what was the force / principle to get it moving. Judges on the panel awarded ribbons for : Creativity, Most effort shown, Car that traveled the farthest. Judges for the competition Mrs. Tarla Patel and Mrs. Radha Mohan. Special thanks to Mr. Dhananjay Kumarji for his support and opening remarks. Participants: Gurinder Vasanta, Gouri Potti, Chirag Gulati, Aaryan Chopra, Zoeb Zavery, Parnika Saxena Rohan Mokati, Hiya Mokati, Rohan Kapoor, Nimesh Rudra, Reeti Patel, Radha Patel, Surya Raj Jain, Sahasramsu Prabhakar, Ishan Lamba, Utkarsh Sahay, Trisha Sahay, Riya Permasar, Asrith Biradavolu Suchir Vijayakumar, Surya Kotera, Ramya Radhakrishnan Carnatic Music: Padmini Iyyer

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The Beginner & Intermediate group will be performing a few short Dikshithar compositions in Raga Shankarabharanam set to various Talas. The Junior group will be performing a Varnam in Raga Shankarabharanam set to Adi Tala. The Senior group will present a Thyagaraja kriti in Raga Malayamarutham set to Rupaka Tala.
Participants: Sri Vaishnavi Konagalla, Shwetha Radhakrishnan, Madhumita Srinivasan, Shivani Rajagopal Ananya Rajesh, Ankita Raj, Priyanka D'Souza, Shivani Achuthan, Vanita Venugopal, Neel Lingam, Padmini Simhan, Alka Latish, Gayatri Gopavajhala, Jashwanth Puvvadi, 5 Shreya Sriram, Niharika Lingam

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Winners of the 10th Annual Paint Out competition, held at Chantilly on May 19, 2012 Congratulations to all the participants.! Age Groups 6-9 Parnika Saxena, Sai Vootukar, Dyuthi harkar, Manasa Pentala Age Group 10-13 Arpitha Shenoy, Shwetha Radhakrishnan, Bhanu Wahi-Singh Honorable Mention: Manasa Pentala, Pooja Gupta, Jenica Fichadia Holi program Food donation Volunteers: Raji Sudeswaran, Latha Priyadarshy, Vimala Narasimhan, Anita Puvvadi, Shiva Thirumalapudi, Suman Sharma, Sanyukta Chopra, Priyanka D Souza, Ramadevi Konagalla, Samatha Atluri, Sowmya Radhakrishnan, Vanita Venugopal, Richa Varshney, Tanu Shivastav, Chitra Joshi, Suman Sharma, Kalyani Yellapu, Vinita Tiwari, Mrs. Kumar, Karunasri Gopavajhala, Sridevi Polavaram, Cash Donation: Dr. Priyanka Jain, Rekha Mahasawade, Sahasramsu Prabhakar and Babai Das Volunteers: Sujeeth Konagall, Simhan Vasudevan, Vimala Vasudevan, Rajagopal, Srinivasan, Prakash Sahu, Anand Chopra, Malan Chackravarthy, Alpana Das, Latha Priyadarshey, Rani Sisodia, Praveen Mamilla Palli, Praveen Mathur, Suni Nadesan, Latish, Surabhi Tandon, Jaddish Lal, Shubdha Fajfar, Mamta Shah, Kamalesh Shah, Vinita Tiwari, Manju Kothari, Ajay Dar, Sid Dar, Samatha Atluri, Usha Narayan, Gauthami, Smitha Raj, Haritha Rajesh, Nila Jain, Neetham Jha, Muthulekha, Alpana Das and Vijaya Laxmi,Preeti Youth Group volunteers: Shivani, Nicki, Shipra, Aditya, Ayush, Khushi, Anirudh Bhagde, Kanishk, Suryaraj, Sreya, Nirupa, Ria, Nakul, Kavita Priyadarshy and Sahasramsu Prabhakar

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Keyboard: Sahasramsu Prabhakar Creative Writing: Neha Sharad Ishan Lamba, Rohit Eagale, Raj Kishore, Saumith Gundapuneedi, Karan Sharma, Ananth Jayadev, Meshwa Desai Mr. Ravi Narayan (Businessman)-Speech Classical Vocal Hindustani Music: Vishwas Shirgoankar Item 1: Raag Kalavati set to Teentaal. Students - Aditi Lonkar, Swati Deshpande, Vinita Tiwari, Yadula Chodankar Item 2: Raag Bilawal set to Teentaal Students - Sujatha Raguru, Saritha Bichali, Nahid Sultana Item 3: Raag Ahir Bharav set to Teentaal Keyboard and Vocal: Asad Khan " Ssrgam in Raga Yaman Kalyan" on the KeyBoard. A Sargam ia a fixed Composition, with Swaras as text, in Two Sections; Asthai and Antara. go up to Ni ;in the Antara they may go higher Sa and the notes above. Raga Yaman Kaiyan belongs to Kalyan Thaat.( Ma Tivra ),WITH AN OCCASIONAL USE SHUDDHA MA. iTS IN TIN TAL. 16 BEAT. Participants: Aarya Bhole, Raj Kishore, Karan Sharma, Vrishti Phadumdeo, Paayal Chandra Bharath Maniraj, Bhanu Wahi Singh, Santhoshi Kavali, Jenica Fichadia, Hitesh Kalita Key board: Jerome Vincent 1) One Song from Hindi film 2) One song from Tamil film Participants: Avanthika Krishnan, Radhika Bhobe, Emaya Anand , Riya Kappen, Neha Regi, Rohan Regi Pranav Singh, Smeetha James, Saad Peshimam, Aarthika Krishnan, Anish Tata, Megana Kasavaraju Isha Jain, Saigautam Bonam, Shirley Benedict, Sneha Kaji, Harsha Reddy, Sharath Kovela, Neal Bhatnagar

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Violin: Subhash Vinjamuri (Honor) Yoga: Ravina Gambhir (Honor) Yoga: Anjali Sharma (Honor) Language Segment

The Living Legend Dr. Anand Chellappa

Christanand Chellappa MBBS , FAAP Graduate of Christian Medical College Vellore India American Board certified in Pediatrics and Neonatal / Perinatal medicine. Retired Commander US Navy . Served as Head, Department of Pediatrics, and later as the Director of medical services, Naval Regional Medical center , Charleston South Carolina. Recipient of US Navy Meritorious Service Medal. Studied Carnatic music under Nataraja Bhagavathar, Madurai. Tamil literature and poetry under Jeyaraj Bhagavathar, Madurai. Western music theory and harmony under Dr.Anthony Vaglio, Raleigh North Carolina Orchestration and Instrumental conducting under Dr. Jack Roller, Raleigh North Carolina Jazz theory and piano under Mr.Edmond Paolantonio Durham North Carolina. Tamil Gospel compositions: Adhi Kaalayil Paalanai Thedi Kaarirul Velayil, Ulagam Tharaatha unbai, Yesuvin Naamam Paadida Vaendum, Varuveer Yiraiva, Kanne Thaalelo,Yirul soohlntha vaahlvil, Paavi yennai Thevane, and many more. Piano accordionist in M.S.Viswanathan orchestra --1967. Played accordion in recordings for many movies including Kudiyiruntha Kovil, Thangai. Played accordion for movie recording of Kuselan. (Music Director : G.V.Prakash )
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The winners were as follows: Poetry Recitals: 4 to 7 years - Pratyush Saxena 8 to 12 years - Bela Bhatnagar, Siddhartha Ram, Ankita Shenoy, Shweta Radhakrishnan 13 years to adults SuryaRaj Jain Hindi Jokes and Riddles: 7 to 12 years - Yash Shekar, Lev, Theodor Dialogues or Monologues from Favorite Films or Hindi Plays: 15 to adults (students only) - Samir Sharma The Topic for a Speech: How conversing in Hindi enhances your communication, power and makes you more vibrant and interesting communicator globally? 7 to 12 years - Yash Shekar Best Indian Attire: Ishika Govil, Yash Shekar A very special thank you to Aayush Permasar, who put not only put up all the decorations, but also worked tirelessly on the sound system. 9

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IIS- Fusion Senior Bollywood dance is influenced by dances of the world. It incorporates classical, folk, lyrical, jazz, ballet and other dance forms. It depends on who the choreographer is and in which dance form have they received their formal training. In our next performance, children ranging from 11 to 18 will be dancing to a medley of Bollywood numbers. Most of the students in this class, either have had a background in classical dance forms or are still training in 'classical' forms too. The performance today is dedicated to all the middle and high school kids who have taken time from their busy academics and sports schedule and enjoyed dancing for themselves Participants: Natasha Shukla, Shipra Pandey, Kunal Nakka, Priyanka Nanda, Rahul Nanda, Tanushree Pandrangi, Radhika Bhope, Prisha Singh, Riya Kappen, Kavita Priyadarshy, Kiren Ajrawat Simren Ajrawat, Jiya Manalel, Ayush Permasar, Riya Permasar, Neha Mathur, Kerul, Mathur Khushi Pillai, Kashish Pillai, Isha Jain, Mia, Kappen, Prachi Yadav, Tia Bhatnagar, Jerin Manalel, Apurva Perla, Arun Vellanki, Tina Joseph, Sanjna Kirtikar,Naini Shiswawala Ravi C. Narayan Educator, Entrepreneur, Volunteer, Business Advisor, goal to provide a brighter future to youngsters and Students, here in USA and at India. Special thanks to Mr. Walton Dawson President of CEO Grace Global Reach for Arts and Cultural Education

Tamil: Rajakumari Sudeshwaran 3 Poems One poem is about morals Two poems are a mother's lullaby to her kids - Requesting moon to bring items to her baby - Mother playing with her kid Participants: Sawmya Natarajan, Preenka, Sylesh Hindi: Uma Kapila Poetry Recital 1. Rail Hamari 2. TV Ne Chipkaya 3. Churia 4. Koyal Rani 5. Barsaat Participants: Ananth Jayadev, Lev Kakasenko, Theodore Kakasenko, Chirag Gulati, Anil Jain, Deeptha Ravindran, Abdul Haji

Hindi: Kavita Bhatt Lakdi ki kathi ( song) Participants: Rohan Anand, Rohaan Sindhwani, Sanjita Kompally, Charan Balakrishnan, Aryana Bajaj, Neil Agrawal.
Hindi: Meenu Nanda Gayatri Mantra Participants: Arnav Chandra, Ishaan Breinig, Tanvi Breinig, Aditya Saxena,Varun Saxena, Anoushka Chavan. Marali Harikar, Karthik Eswarapragada, Arav Singh, Neha Chandra, Simone Rao Ponni Velmurugan, Srisha Raj, Trisha Sahay Dance Segment Kuchipudi: Teachers: Saikantha Lakshmi Raparla Sravya Yeleswarapu Teacher Aides: Priyanka Dochibhotla and Akshitha Kolla *** Vedukondama : Ragam: JhunJhuti Talam: Adi Composer: Saint-Poet Annamacharya 10

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Bhangra: Sridevi Sarma This piece mixes traditional bhangra with bollywood and arabic dance moves Participants: Anuradhika Khullar, Sreena Achuthan, Sravya Yeleswarapu, Lavanya Yeleswarapu Sridevi Sarma, *** Fusion Dance: Anjana Ghosh Introduction to Bollywood-Fusion: Anjana Ghosh Bollywood, takes its name from Hollywood, Bolly for Bombay. Bollywood, is the Indian film industry, known to have held the record for the maximum movie productions annually. Well going back to the name, now with Bombay changing to Mumbai, folks connected to the Indian Film Industry were just too happy that the politicians and other whimsical people could not wrestle their way into changing Bollywood to probably Mollywood, just because!! IIS- Fusion Junior That said, kids of Indian parents all over the world have connected themselves most via the Indian movies. Indian movies as we all know are akin to New Yorks Broadway musicals, and the dance style is known as Bollywood. Bollywood dance is influenced by dances of the world. It incorporates classical, folk, lyrical, jazz, ballet and other dance forms. It depends on who the choreographer is and in which dance form have they received their formal training. In this case, the dance teacher Anjana Ghosh, has trained mainly in Bharatanatyam, Kathakali and Mohini Attam, three classical dance forms from south India. She has been teaching for more than 15 years, initially classical forms and now Bollywood-Fusion. Her choreography typically contains intense aerobic and high-energy moves with a touch of martial arts for posture and rhythm, to keep the dancers extremely energized. The intention is always to have the participants prepare a group routine of a specific duration based on a lyrical Bollywood number that they could probably perform on stage. The performance today by children below 10 yrs, is choreographed on a Bollywood number, Maahiyaa from the movie Awaarapan. 18

This is in praise of Lord Venkateswara or Balaji, the Lord of Seven Hills in Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, India. Performed by Pre-Kuchipudi class of Sravya Yeleswarapu. Participants: Nishmaya Gundapuneedi, Hasini Atluri, Anwitha Vemuru, Nisa Rajan, Raashi Chandra, Rushmitha Ramineni and Arushi Bommidi *** Swarajati Ra Ra Venu GopaBala: Ragam: Bilahari Talam: Adi The dancers dance joyfully with Bala Krishna, who is the embodiment of adorable and victorious qualities. Participants: Siri Revoori, Shanthi Ashok, Shreeya Pullangari, Pooja Challala, Vaishnavi Katrapati, Pallavi Mamillapalli. *** Ganesha Kautuvam: Ragam: Naata

Talam: Adi

In praise of Lord Ganesha, Ganesha, son of Parvati and Shiva and the remover of obstacles. Ganesha has an elephantine countenance with a curved trunk and big ears, and a huge pot-bellied body of a human being. Participants: Keertana Eswarapragada, Nikita Reddy, Parisha Zinzuwadia, Anjana Mohan, Manasa Pentala, Anushka Ramakrishna, Neha Sripathi *** Paluke Bangaramayena: Ragam: Ananda Bahiravai Talam: Adi Composer: Saint Bhadrachala Ramadasu Saint Ramadasas Kriti on Lord Rama, where the dancers plead to Lord Rama to why he is not responding to their Bhakti.| Participants: Lasya Gavaravarapu, Harshya Gavaravarapu, Anchala Varma, Tanya Ravi, Kushi Pillai, Asmitha Shah, Pavitra Datla

Poorva Rangam: Ragam: Raga Malika Talam: Adi An invocation item where the dancers offer prayers to Lord Siva, the Lord of dance, Guru, the teacher and Sabha, the audience filled with learned men and women, esteemed artists, dance lovers, musicians etc. and seeks their blessings as they take first step as dancers in the divine world of dancing. Participants: Akshitha Vemuru, Neelanshi Saxena, Anusheka Khuller, Alisha Bajaj, Tarikasri Chittajalu, Sannitha Surapaneni, Tanvi Nallanagula, Aditi Alpoor
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Participants: Sri Vaishnavi Konagalla, Madhumita Srinivasan, Ghazal Tanavade, Divya Pappala, Shilpa Iyyer, Vertika Jha, Ayati Joshi, Jennah Walcott, Jacob Walcott, Raji Sudeswaran Vanita Venugopal, Padmini Simhan, Harshita Tirumalapudi, Santoshi Puvvadi *** Kathak: Anil Dahal The students of Kathak II will perform two taranas in Jaipur Gharana style Participants: Natasha Shukla, Shipra Pandey, Bela Bhatnagar, Megana Kasavaraju . *** Bharatnatyam: Vibha Harikar Ganesha Kauthuvam. Description : Ganesha Kauthuvam literally means a song in praise of Lord Ganesha. This dance is usually performed at the start of a Bharatanatyam performance. It contains pure dance movements performed to rhythmic syllables along with expressions describing the various aspects of Lord Ganesh. This song is set to Raga Gambhira Nattai and Adi Tala Slokas Description : This item is a medley of a few popular shlokas in praise of Lord Ganesh, Godesses Saraswathi & Lakshmi and Nataraja the God of Dance. The song is a RaagaMalika set to Adi Tala. Mallari Description : Mallari is an invocatory item in the Bharathanatyam repertoire. This song is a part of the ancient temple ritual and procession practiced in the Golden temple of Chidambaram in Tamil Nadu, India. The dance is a progression in three speeds and ends with a prayer to Lord Nataraja, the cosmic dancer. The whole world is the Lords stage and the sun and moon are his ornaments. I bow down to this pure and divine form. This Mallari is set to Ragam Nattai and Triputa Thalam. Participants: Anika Rao, Ekta Shethana, Neha Agarwal, Kalyani Ganta, Vishwa Soni, Madhu Gayatri Somayajula, Riddhi Shevlikar, Prartna Shekar, Shreya Surabhi, Marali Harikar Dyuthi Harikar, Anina Jojo, Ruhani Prasad, Shirley Benedict, Abhilasha Managoli

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Dasavatara Sabdam: Ragam: Raga Malika Talam: Misra Chapu Composer: Sri Sidhabathula Rangadasu In praise of Lord Sri Maha Vishnu, where the dancers describe the ten Avataras or incarnations of Lord Vishnu. Slokam is a piece from Geeta Govindam. Participants: Sadhana Betha, Niharika Dar, Hima Bindu Gampa, Taruni Maganti, Pratyusha Sivani Komaragiri, Priyanka Potapragada, Akshitha Kolla, Likhitha Kolla *** Kalinga Nartana Tillana Ragam: Gambhira Nattai Talam: Adi Composer: Sri Oothukadu Venkata Subbier Tillana is a Nritta item comprising of beautiful and graceful pure dance steps along with a number of alluringly sculpturesque poses and varied patterns of movements. This Tillana is in praise of Lord Krishna. Participants: Alumni Students Lavanya Yeleswarapu, Sneha Shah, Tejas Gupte, Deeksha Kola, Apoorva Lonkar, Divya Madhusudhan, Vishaka Ravishankar and Priyanka Dochibhotla, Sravya Yeleswarapu, Sri Lakshmi Karuturi *** Nritya Samarpanam by all teachers and students *** Kathak: Asha Vattikutti 1. Kathak--Intermediate class "Tarana" -- Jaya Jain This is a pure dance item where the dancers dances to the notations of the song interwoven with Tukde or short dance pieces. 2. " Shree Nand Nand" --- Advance class Dancers: Sreya Alturi, Satya Fajfar, This is a Abhinaya/ expressional Dance in Kathak to a poem written by Surdas from the 15th century A.D.. The song describes a scene In Vrindavan where Lord Krishna is seen dancing on the banks of River Jamuna under the Kadamba tree. Day after day the women of Vrindavan watch his beautiful dance and lose themselves in his beauty, with his captivating face and lively glances like the sparkling lightning. *** Kathak: Sheila Oak 1 - Kathak - Nain se Nain by Adnan Sami - These level I Kathak students will be demonstrating the fundamental footwork, hand movements and expressions they learned this year. They have worked very hard and have a high level of concentration and dedication. (1:51) Participants: Maya Santos, Rishita Jain, Navya Jain 13

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2 - Sheila's dance - Kathak modern pieces - This medley of recent bollywood songs demonstrates that even modern music uses classical dance as a base. Dil Cheeze Kya Hai from Umrao Jaan (original), song from Jeans (South Indian), and the new hit Mere Dholna Sun. She will use her over 20 years of Kathak experience to tie in modern and classical movements *** Bollywood Dance: Deepa Iyenger The performance is a bollywood dance performed by the students of Deepa Iyengar Participants: Pragya Verma, Rishi Sripathi, Neha Sripathi Isha talwar, Surya Rajasekaran, Anika Lamba, Roma Chitko, Trisha Sahay, Visho Murugan, Soumya Singh Rajkumar, Mannat Srivastava, Akshath R Chity, Saaketh Yanamaddi *** Kathak: Tanu Shrivastav Level I: 8 girls: Diya, Sanya, Eeshika, Anika, Ishita, Niiyathi, Jaya, and Payal. The beginners group will do some basic steps in teentaal in athak followed by salami, aamad, few tukdas, kavith and gat. Level II: 9 girls: Shevya, Parnika, Kritika, Anjali, Astha, Vidhi, Tvisha, Piya ans Asha. The level II will perform salami, aamad, toras, chakkardaartoda, kavith and gat in teentaal. level III: 7 girls: Sapna, Deepika, Shree, Tamanna, Nitika, Kavita and Anchita *** Modern Dance: Sheila Oak Modern Dance - These students have learned various forms of Indian Modern Dance. They will be performing to the theme song from the film Bodyguard, Chamak Challo and end with a Bhangra - Disco Wale Kisko Participants: Annika Singh, Maya Santos, Sai Shriya Seenuthoju, Abhigna Koochana, Rushika Devineni *** Bharatnatyam: Sangeetha Agarwal Level 1 students will be demonstration advance or basic steps in Bharatnatyam repertoire. They will also be performing to the Dyana sloka - Angikam Bhuvanam. # of students - 6 Level 2 students will be presenting a pushpanjali (offering of flowers) in Ragam Naatai and Thalam Adi. Number of students 4 Level 3 students will be performing Jathiswaram - an item with intricate footwork. This is set to ragam Vasantha and Rupaka Tlalam. 15