Indian Classics

 ===================================================================== Kalasamarpana Foundation ===================================================================== Saturday, November 27, 2021. 7:00. PM. 1.#NARASIMHACHARIS : Maranganti Venkata Narasimhachari & Vasanthalakshmi ===================================================================== ====================================================================== Narasimhachari and Vasanthalakshmi are well-known and highly respected performers, teachers and choreographers of the Bharathanatyam and Kuchipudi styles of Indian classical dance. Together this ‘Made for each other couple’ (as the press often refers to them) felt greater strength and impetus for progress. They have trained in Kuchipudi from Sri. Pasumarthi Venugopala Krishna Sharma, Sri. Mahankali Satyanarayana and Sri C.R. Acharya. The Narasimhacharis then learnt Odissi from Sri. Ramani Ranjan Jena, Kathak from Sri Vishnu Vaichalkar, Mohini Attam from Smt Vasantha Arav

================================================ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tuesday, November 9, 2021. 10:00. AM. Ileana Citaristi - Odissi and Chhau dancer, performer and dance instructor. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Profile : Ileana Citaristi in an Odissi pose -------------------------------------------- Background information : Birth name Ileana Citaristi Born Bergamo, Italy Origin Italian Genres Odissi Occupation(s) Odissi and Chhau dancer, performer and dance instructor ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2. Introduction : Ileana Citaristi is an Italian-born Odissi and Chhau dancer, and dance instructor based in Bhubaneswar, India. She was awarded the 43rd National Film Awards for Best Choreography for Yugant in 1995 and became, in 2006, the first dancer of foreign origin to be conferr