Archive · 7 Dec 2025
Bharatanatyam Recitals Enthrall Audiences
Two Bharatanatyam performances took place in Secunderabad.
First, Urmila Sathyanarayanan and her students performed a dance called 'Vaggeyakara Bharatham' at the Kalasagaram festival.
They danced to songs about love and devotion to gods like Shiva and Krishna.
The audience loved it, especially when Urmila danced as Lord Shiva and a student danced as Parvati.
The show ended with a lively dance called a thillana.
Later, a young dancer named Vivek Ramanan performed a solo recital.
He is very talented and also plays the mridangam.
He danced to songs about the god of love, Manmatha, and showed amazing skills.
The audience clapped a lot.
Both performances were beautiful and showed the rich tradition of Bharatanatyam dance.
Urmila Sathyanarayanan and her disciples performed a Bharatanatyam recital titled 'Vaggeyakara Bharatham' at the Kalasagaram annual festival in Secunderabad.
Vivek Ramanan, a talented U.S.-based Bharatanatyam dancer, presented a solo recital showcasing his skills in Bharatanatyam, Konnakol, and Mridangam.
Urmila and her students showcased elaborate dance patterns, abhinaya, nritta, and natya in various compositions, with themes of bhakti and devotion.
Vivek's performance included items from Kalidasa’s Ritusamhara and a Kshetrayya padam, highlighting his interpretative acumen and crisp mudras.
Both recitals concluded with thrilling thillanas, performed by the students and Vivek respectively, accompanied by live orchestras.
- Who
- Urmila Sathyanarayanan, her disciples, Vivek Ramanan
- What
- Bharatanatyam recitals
- When
- Tuesday evening, Sunday
- Where
- Keyes High School, Secunderabad
- Why
- As part of the Kalasagaram annual festival
- Event
- Kalasagaram annual festival
- Location
- Keyes High School, Secunderabad
- Performers
- Urmila Sathyanarayanan and her disciples, Vivek Ramanan
- Theme
- Vaggeyakara Bharatham, Manmatha from Kalidasa’s Ritusamhara
- Awards
- Kalaimamani, Sangeet Natak Akademi Puraskar, Nritya Kalanidhi
- Guru
- Padmashri Dandayuthapani Pillai, K. J. Sarasa, Madhusri Sethuraman, Vidhya Subramanian, Ramesh Srinivasan, Dr. Apoorva Jayaraman
- School
- Natya Sankalpa, Shankarananda Kalakshetra, Deepanjali
- Start Time
- 6:30 p.m.
