Dr.Vyjayantimala Bali introduces Girish Panikkar of SIFAS

Senior dancer Dr.Vyjayantimala Bali organised a cultural morning at her residence in Chennai on January 10, 2008.The feast for the eyes was Bharatanatyam by Girish Panikkar – a former student of Kalakshetra and now working as a Senior Teacher at Singapore Indian Performing Arts Centre for more than twelve years.

Dr.Bali introduced him to gathering inclusive of friends, art-lovers, musicians, gurus and other dancers. Though Girish was not her student, he had participated in her dance – dramas like Sanga Tamizh Malai, Chandalika and others.

Girish performed for chosen pieces like Nritta Ganapathy in Kanakanki ragam, adi talam, a padam in Malayalam set to Sri ragam and adi talam, Neerajadala nayana in Mohanadhawani ragam and adi talam and a varnam on Lord Iyyappan in ragamalika.

Dr.Bali presented him a shawl and a pearl garland. Dancer – guru Jayanthi Subramaniam did the Nattuvangam, Gomatinayakam accompanied on vocal, Vedakrishnan on Mridangam, Kandadevi Vijayaragavan on the violin, and Bhavani Prasad on the veena.

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Meet Girish Panickker from Singapore

You cannot miss Singapore based dancer and teacher Girish Panickker at dance shows.
Long, flowing hair, flowing garments and demonstrative gestures that can stun onlookers.
Girish, who has been teaching at SIFAS in Singapore for 13 years now, never misses out on the ‘season’.
His friend, Chennai-based guru Jayanthi Subramaniam, lends a hand as he sets up recitals for himself and some of the dance students.
This year, Dhanya, Arivazhagan, Anupama and Meenakshi flew down too and have performed here and there.
So has Girish. He even got a prize at Krishna Gana Sabha.
On January 10, Girish will specially perform for Vyjayanthimala Bali at her house in Alwarpet.This show is open to invited guests. “We love her dance and I try and perform at her place when she is free,” says Girish.
His contact number is 94447 16101

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