Jointly present

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Pallavi of Capital District and RPI Graduate
Indian Students Association
Jointly present
"E m o t i o n s"
BHARATANATYAM CLASSICAL DANCE
BY NRITHYALAYA FOUNDATION School of Indian
Classical Dance and Music, Montreal, Canada.
Sunday, October 22, 2006, West Hall Auditorium,
RPI, Troy, NY
Social Hour 1.30 PM
Concert 200 PM
This project is made possible in part through
COMMUNITY ART GRANTS- A program funded through
the State, Local Partnership Program of the New
York State Council on the Arts and the Arts
Center of the Capital Region.
Suggested Donations Patron-100, Sponsor-50,
General-12, Students-5, RPI Students- Free
Aditya Bengali 396-0198
Thiyagarajan, S 831-9430
Kasi Krishnan 810-1866
For more information
See overleaf for Bio-Data of artists and
Directions.
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Vasantha Krishnan was trained in  India in the
Kalakshetra style of  Bharata Natyam. She 
emphasized on the precise rendering of adavus
and  also the ultimate focus on Bhakthi. 
Vasantha Krishnan is the Director  of Nrithyalaya
School of  South Indian classical dance and
Music, which she founded in Montreal in 1976.
With such a rich educational background in that
artistic heritage, she became one of the prime
forces in spreading and enlivening the art of 
Bharata Natyam or the South Indian Classical 
Dance in Canada and United States. Since then,
Nrithyalaya Foundation and the School of
Classical Dance and Music has flourished under
Vasantha Krishnan. As Founder and Director, she
inspired and has over the years produced a stream
of  young graduates who have done the school and
the community  so proud.As classical dance
teacher, choreographer and performer, Vasantha
Krishnans creativity and enthusiasm  has
introduced  new pieces at every occasion. Since
then, she has achieved renown locally and abroad
for her teaching skills and excellence in
choreography.. Ananda Prasad has been with
Nrithyalaya since 1989, teaching Carnatic music
and Mridangam, creating musical compositions for
Nrithyalaya School of Indian Classical Dance and
Music and accompanying dance performances. He
started  learning Mridangam at the age of six
from Sangeetha Bhushanam A.S. Ramanathan at the
Ramanathan  Academy of Fine Arts in Sri Lanka. At
the age of sixteen, Ananda  Prasad  performed his
Mridangam Arangetram (graduation performance). He
earned Sangeetha Rathnam diploma in Mridangam
from the Ramanathan Academy in 1972. He is an
accomplished vocalist who has developed the God
given gift of Music by himself. .He is also a
music composer, poet, and short story writer. He
has composed many dance pieces that have been
performed  by Nrithyalaya School of Indian
Classical Dance and Music. During the
Nrithyalayas tour of India in 1995, his
versatility as a vocalist, lyricist and
percussionist was demonstrated in performances
before the artistic communities in India. A poet
with a passion, Ananda Prasad has published a
collection of  Tamil poems Suya Darisanam or
self realization. Jai Shankar had his training
at a very young age from Mrs. Alamelu
Subramanian, a renowned violinist. He is
currently under guidance from Madurai Sundar. He
has worked with all the leading stalwarts in the
Carnatic arena including Dr Ramani, Nedanuri
Krishnamoorthy, Dr, K J Yesudas, T.N.
Seshagopalan, and others. He has performed
extensively all over the world and was invited to
perform at the United Nations in Paris for the
last UN Meeting of the century in 1999. He has
also represented India in major Cultural
festivals including the Festival of India in
the USSR and the Festival of India in the
Middle East. He is also a graded artist of AIR
(All India Radio).Besides being a performer, he
is actively involved in teaching this art to many
students. Academically, he holds a Masters in
Computer Science and a MBA in He has performed
at many of Nrithyalayas programs. SriRam
Krishnan, son of Mrs. Vasantha Krishnan, learnt
Mridangam from his childhood from Sri Ananda
Prasad and has regularly performed at all
Nrithyalayas programs and at other places in
Canada. Aside from Mridangam, SriRam is also
well versed with Drums and Guitar. Reviews For
detailed reviews about Vasantha Krishnan of
Nrithyalaya and about Ananda Prasad, please visit
their website www.nrithyalaya.com. Directions to
West Hall Please visit www.pallavi.us. Click on
Calendar. Open the link to West Hall for
directions.