Please excuse the gap in time. There was a lot going on in Sri Vidya's professional and personal world, and updating this site was not possible earlier. If you're ever looking for events, and you can't see an update here, you can always check the HTR site listed on our links page. But now, we're picking up with 2010 events below.
An exclusive opportunity to learn with Vidya is coming up in March. The Evolutionary Abhinaya workshop will help dance practitioners and budding artists learn the latest brain research and psychology findings on emotions and connect these to the way they approach the ancient art of emotional expression. Vidya's Abhinaya research which began over 30 years ago under Bharata Vidhwan T.K. Mahalingam Pillai has continued with her foray into understanding ancient global mythology, spirituality, art, physics and psychology and bringing depth of emotion into Abhinaya as a yogic practice to remove one's ego and access the soul. Learn more about Evolutionary Abhinaya in the workshop, to be held at Seneca in Detroit, 10 am - 1 pm March 21st. Start the spring off with a heart full of authentic soul-searching Bharata Natyam technique. For more information, contact vidya@srividya.us.
Dance guru Sudha Chandra Sekhar is being awarded the title of 'Nritya Seva Mani,' for her ongoing dedication to the dance art, at this year's Cleveland Thyagaraja Aradhana on April 3rd. To attend the felicitation and for additional details, check out: www.aradhna.org.
This year's arangetram season includes: Proma Khosla, Ananya Reddy, Shreekari Tadepalli, Sneha Maripudi and Akshaya Rajkumar. Best wishes and a long dance career to each of you!! For more information on these events, contact: vidyanjali@hotmail.com.
6/20/2009 Arangetram of Anjali and Ashima Saripally, presented by HTR in Ann Arbor, MI. Details will be published here soon.
6/27/2009 HTR presents Sonali Reddy's arangetram in Ann Arbor, MI at 3 pm.
7/5/2009 Nikhila Venugopal performs her arangetram in Chennai with the Sri Rajarajeshwari Bharata Natya Kala Mandir orchestra. She will be presented by Smt. Sudha Chandra Sekhar, with the guidance of Kalaimamani Guru Kalyanasundaram (a.k.a. Kalli Mama.)
7/25/2009 Nidhi Sripada debuts as a dancer in her arangetram under the banner of HTR. Stay tuned for details.
8/15/2009 The premier performance of Haritha Vadari is presented by HTR. Details TBD.
8/22/2009 Anjana Kumar presents her first full-length dance recital under HTR. Location and time to be announced.
 5/20/2006 Vidyanjali Orchestra aka VOX, featuring Sri Vidya accompanied young Bharata Natyam artist, Teja Badami, in her outstading graduating performance. The eleven-year-old (12 on May 28th, 2006) Pittsburgh, PA resident is so committed to her art, her family had driven her up from Pittsburgh, many weekends to practice with our live orchestra, even flying Vidya in from California. Her deeply textured abhinaya, flawless execution of jathis and simple nature really serve to make her stand out beyond compare among young artists today. And yes, she's a Gemini, just like Vidya. She is also equally talented as a pianist, sharing that skill with upcoming arangetram performer from HTR, Tiasha Nandi (incidentally, also a Gemini.)
5/13/2006 Vidya sings as part of Ragamalika for Tamil Sangam in Cincinnati, OH.
 3/15/2006 Happy Holi!
 02/25/2006 Tandav 2006 was a grand success with 108 performing students, highlighted by Anjali, Anandini and Aparna Srinivasan, Krithika Rajkumar, and future grads Mallika Sarma and Tiasha Nandi. Last year's scholarship winner, Riaa Dutta also performed. This year's winner, Shana Altus, gives HTR the luxury of celebrating the first American from the Jewish community to receive the advanced studies funding in Bharata Natyam. Kudos to Shana for a wonderful essay and consistent efforts in learning and growing.
 01/14/2006 Anjali performs Nrityaradhana for Pongal with touching and emotionally uplifting renditions of Andaal's Thiruppaavai.
 9/16/2005 - Anandini weds Ohm. And dances with him too.
12/18/2004 -- General Motors presents UNIVERSAL RHYTHMS, a tradition-fusion starring Hindu Temple Rhythms dancers featuring the live music of the jazzy Glotown & the classical VOX. Check it out at Oakland U's Varner Hall, 7 pm, Saturday. Tickets - $10.
12/17/2004 -- Gopal from VOX pitches Carnatic originals to Syntel's Anirrudh Phatak, responding in Hindustani structure! Great upconing jugalbandhi at Bharatiya Temple's Friday Aradhna program this week.
8/15/2004 MI India's Anupama teamed up with Vidya and many other young volunteers to spearhead a live donor drive with the Detroit Red Cross at the India Day Celebrations in Novi. More info on how you can be a bone marrow donor, like Vidya ... www.matchpia.org
8/14/2004 -- Preeti Gudimella gave a gorgeous debut performance in this the 51st arangetram of HTR. Congratulations and good luck in your academic and artistic future!!!!
7/25/2004 - Anjali J. Sekhar (HTR perfomer, Vidya's sister and Detroit News reporter) wedded Marlon Fluker in a blissful multicultural ceremony, featuring Rev. Butts and Janaki Ram Sastry, followed by a major dance party. Ganga joined the boy's side as seen in the related photo (below) to validate Marlon's three knots! Keyword for those who attended: "Dhool!"
7/10/2004 Varnangal -- a lovely event in aid of the Keralite St. Thomas Catholic Mission, featured dances by HTR team members, including Krithika, with a live orchestra from VOX. Also, Vidya and Gopal performed some Carnatic treats. A great show all in all.
6/11/2004 and 6/12/2004 -- Jai Shree Hanuman! Beautiful programs for two days featuring live music by VOX and brilliant performances by HTR, including Sudha Chandra Sekhar herself. At 63, she doesn't look a minute older than 40, and dances with the same dynamism and devotion as she did decades much earlier. A beautiful new Charukesi Thillana composed by Gopal on Hanuman, was also featured.
 5/15/2004 -- Auburn Hills, MI Congratulations Krithika Rajkumar!! Our award-winning HTR student dazzled our audience with a mesmerizing performance in the 50th Arangetram of Hindu Temple Rhythms. Read more about this, and Sudha Chandra Sekhar (Vidya's mom) in the interview on www.narthaki.com
6/11/2004 -- 7 pm -- Flint, MI Sundarakandam show by Sudha Chandra Sekhar with live music from VOX. www.paschimakasi.org.
6/12/2004 -- 12pm -- Flint, MI Sundarakandam show by Sudha Chandra Sekhar with live orchestra from VOX.
6/20/2004 -- 12 pm -- Troy, MI Ratha Yatra dance performance by Hindu Temple Rhythms performers
7/10/2004 -- 5 pm -- Southfield, MI Varnangal -- a fundraiser for the St. Thomas Catholic Mission at the Millenium Theatre. Live HTR performances and Classical Music from VOX.
8/14/2004 -- 3 pm -- West Bloomfield, MI 51st arangetram of HTR. Comgratulation to Student Preeti Gudimella who brilliantly premiered with a full solo recital accompanied by VOX live.
9/7/2004 -- CONGRATULATIONS, MOM!!!! My mother is receiving the Lifetime Achievement Award for Dance Education -- at the National and State Levels. We are so proud of her efforts and will have more news on the award event coming soon.
10/2/2004 -- Anandini to perform in Shreveport, Louisiana. More news soon...
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