 Balasaraswathi award for Meenakshi
The Balasaraswathi Award for 2006 for best dancer is to be conferred upon Meenakshi Raghavan by Sri Ragam Fine Arts, Chennai, on July 1.
The sabha is celebrating the 11th year dance festival in memory of Bharatanatyam dancer Padmavibhushan Balasaraswathi at the Ragasudha Hall, 85/2 Lux Avenue, Near Nageswara Rao Park, Mylapore, Chennai - 600 004.
The award is to be presented to two others also: N Anusha and Delhi Aarthi Shankar - by D Chandrasekar (IAS), Tamil Nadu State Election Commissioner.
The dancer-awardees would be felicitated by Tamil Nadu Iyal Isai Nataka Mandram president Rama Narayanan, M V Narasimhachari, S V Krishnan and Dr Sirkali Siva Chidambaram.
The dance festival is a five-day affair wher students of different gurus will be presenting Bharatanatyam
programmes.
July 1:
Bharatanatyam by students of Meenakshi Raghavan - 5 p.m.
Award function - 6 p.m.
Dance by N Anusha, disciple of Padma, Jaya Sathvika Natyalaya - 7.15 p.m.
July 2:
Dance by students of Nrithyarpana, disciples of Dakshayani Ramachandran - 5.45 p.m.
Dance by students of Bharathakshetra, disciples of Surya Narayanamurthy - 7.15 p.m.
July 3:
Dance by A Vinu Pradha, Sasi Neelamekam, M Pratheeba Priyadarshini, disciples of Usha Parameswaran, Naatya Arunanjali - 5.45 p.m.
Dance by Vaishnavi, disciple of Sheela Unnikrishnan and Lakshmi Priya - 7.15 p.m.
July 4:
Dance by Delhi Aarthi Shankar, disciple of Delhi Saroja Vaithyanathan - 5.45 p.m.
Dance by students of Natya Ranjana, disciples of Priya Karthikeyan - 7.15 p.m.
July 5:
Dance by students of Bharatanatyalaya, disciples of Lalitha Thiyagarajan - 5.45 p.m.
Dance by Vaijayanthi, Ragavi, Akshya, disciples of Dr Hema Rajan, Nirthyoppasana - 7.15 p.m.
S Chitra
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