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 Art
transcends all borders and Chennai dance lovers are for a real
treat. The Consulate-General of Japan is organising an unique
program with Fusion as its theme. The interesting aspect being a
recital of Bharatanatyam and a creative dance of ' Man You shu ' .
The star of the cultural eveining will be the perfroming artist Mrs.
Fumiko Chandramouli, a Japanese national.
The program is being held at Narada Gana Sabha on Feb. 17 to
commemorate the 50th year of friendship between India and japan.
' Man Yo Shu' in Japanese means ' 'Collection of
Myriad leaves ' or ' 'Collection of Myriad ages '. It is the oldest
existing collection of Japanese poetry containing about 4500 poems
dated back from 6th century to 8th century. Mrs. Fumiko Chandramouli
has taken nine poems of this colletion.
Mrs. Fumika is a Japanese national and graduate
in philosophy and literature from Waseda universtiy , Tokyo. Its her
sheer passion for performing arts that brought her all the way from
Tokyo to Chennai . She is a proud student of Kalashektra.
 The
poems selected by Mrs.Fumiko for the recital visualize the beauty of
their land along with their sentimental feelings in contrast to the
seasons. Adding to the glitter of the evening, she is wearing a
Japanese costume and reciting the peotic lines and visualizing it
using Bharatanatyam technique. Now, thats really a good piece of
creativity.
Eminent educationist Dr.Meena Muthiah and
Bharatnatyam exponent Dr.Sudharani Raghupathy will grace the unique
function.
Chennai dance lovers are for a real treat,
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