Thanks to Mr. Madhana for sharing this news with us. The annual dance festival of Natyarangam is here. This time it is based on relationships, hence aptly titled “Baandhava Bharatam”.
Update: Link to watch it live
Update: Here is the link to the article in The Hindu (August 16th, 2012)
When: August 19th till 25th
Time: 5:30pm (only on August 19th) and the rest of the days 6:15pm
Five outstanding artists are being felicitated during the inagural day of the thematic presentations
The Natyarangam Award – Prof. A. Janardhanan (Dancer & Guru)
Dr Sudharani Raghupathy Endowment Award for a Dance Accompanist – Smt. Girija Ramaswamy (vocalist for dance)
Shri Obul Reddy Senior Dancer Award – Smt. Urmila Sathyanarayana
Smt Vasanthalakshmi and Shri Narasimhachari Endowment for Talent Promotion – Smt. Aishwarya N. Balasubramanian
Special Award of Excellence – Sri K. Sethumadhavan (Make-up artiste)
| Date | Time | Theme | Dancers |
| 19th August 2012 | 5:30pm | GURU – SISHYA(Teacher-Pupil) | Shri C.V. Chandrasekhar & Shri Sibi Sudarsan |
| 20th August 2012 | 6:15pm | PRAKRITI – MANUSHYA (Nature –Man) |
Shri Renjith Babu & Ms Vijna Rani |
| 21st August 2012 | 6:15pm | STREE-PURUSHA (Woman- Man) |
Ms. Gayatri & Shri. V. Balagurunathan |
| 22nd August 2012 | 6:15pm | GRIHA BAANDHAVYAM (Relationships at Home) |
Ms. Sreelatha Vinod & Ms. Athena Madhu |
| 23rd August 2012 | 6:15pm | SAKHYAM (Friendship ) |
Ms. Umaa Nambudripad Sathya Narayanan & Ms. Lakshmi Parthasarathy Athreya |
| 24th August 2012 | 6:15pm | LOKA BAANDHAVYAM (Man and Society) |
Shri Praveen Kumar & Ms. Aishwarya Nityananda |
| 25th August 2012 | 6:15pm | ATMA BANDHUTVAM (Man and Self ) PARAMA BAANDHAVYAM (Man and God) |
Ms. Pavithra Srinivasan & Shri S. Gopukiran |
More details: http://natyarangam.in/festival/baandhava-bharatham-2012/
