South India Dance tour 2024

This February 18 students from Narthana Kalalayam travelled to India to perform the dance drama Sivagangai Chenthee , a dance drama about Queen Velunatchiyar and her army commader Kuyuli. The first stop of the tour was Chennai - a beautiful performance at Mylapore Fine Arts for Vazhuvoor Dance & Music School 10th celebration. Here our Guru Smt Pathmini Gunaseelan was granted the Vazhuvoorar title "Nritya Choodamani".

The next stop was Thanjavaur where our girls wowed the Thanjavur University Students and the Vice Chancellor & the Head of Performance Arts for the university.

The final part of our Bharathanatyam dance drama tour 2024 of “Sivagangai Chenthi” was completed with Madurai Meenakshi Amman’s blessings. The team was fortunate to have been given this opportunity with special permission from the Tamil Nadu authority to perform at Meenakshi Amman’s temple. A once in a lifetime opportunity and blessing.

“Sivagangai Chenthi”

Playwright Pulavar Sivanathan

Music composition- Neelamani Ramakrishnan

Dance choreography & production - Pathmini Gunaseelan

Narthana Kalalayam students who performed:

1. Shankari Gnanakumar

2. Saranka Gunaseelan

3. Shambavi Arulkumar

4. Sai-Kalyani Kanthagnany

5. Sai-Bhanumanjari Kanthagnany

6. Sai-Niranjani Kanthagnany

7. Abinayah Vijayakumaran

8. Mayuraah Ravindran

9. Harani Brahmma Rajaratnam

10. Shaihithiya Sivapalan

11. Sharukesi Theivendran

12. Roshinie Muhunthan

13. Menuja Vijayakumar

14. Nirusha Nirmalan

15. Suboshini Nithikaran

16. Lakshanyaa Nithikaran

17. Rashmiya Nithikaran

18. Meghana Pirabaharan