Workshops, Past and Upcoming performances in Bharatanatyam, by Sanskruti and Invited Artists.
Our young beginners' level Bharatanatyam students have remained engaged with their dance during Covid19 lockdown. Watch them perform Saraswati Vandana keeping a safe social distance. https://youtu.be/8VmO-nkehqs
This lockdown, we at Sanskruti decided to do an online drawing and colouring competition for all our students. Rachel Riley, Cambridge-based author and illustrator, with her daughter Elin was our judge and we are very proud to announce all our winners and runner-up of this online competition. The competition was done entirely online and Rachel [...]
Our Bollywood beginners from The Bellbird Primary after-school club, aged 6-9, have been spending their lockdown time dancing to "Morni Banke" in their homes. Every Friday, 3:30pm, we all get together on Zoom to try out different Indian-folk based Bollywood moves! For this one, we tried out some Bhangra steps and the children have their [...]
An abhinaya piece, which Sia and I explored together at home these last few weeks of Covid-19 lockdown for NavSanskruti. Sia's first attempt at abhinaya especially learning the use of different hand gestures/mudras. A family affair with Sia's grandmother from Mumbai translating the Malayalam lyrics for us, Sia's Dad doing the video shoot at home [...]
In these strange and uncertain times, we at Sanskruti are very fortunate to use our resources productively to create a digital platform for all our students, teachers and visiting artists. We initiate Nav Sanskruti on April 29th, 3pm GMT with a dance performance by Sanskruti students. This dance piece was learnt entirely through our online [...]
Our Bharatanatyam students have been invited to University of Cambridge's Mastana 2020- An annual showcase organised by the University students. Date: Sat, 29th Feb, 2020 Time: Doors open 6pm Venue: Cambridge Guildhall Tickets available at https://www.cambridgelive.org.uk/tickets/events/mastana-2020
Five of our senior and intermediate Bharatanatyam level are selected for the upcoming IndianRaga Festival in London on 18th January, 2020. There will be three solo performances and a duet. Hearty congratulations to Niveditha, Diya, Sia, Oishani and Linnea and wishing all of them the very best for their performances at the competition. Date: Sat, [...]
Sanskruti is participating at Energise 2020, a dance platform curated by Energise Youth Dance, which will showcase dance from different genres across Cambridgeshire. Date: Saturday, 8th Feb, 2020 Venue: Swavesey Village College, Swavesey, Cambridgeshire, CB24 4RS Matinee Show: 2 pm start. We will showcase a Bollywood style dance by our students from Sawston Tickets for [...]
Our senior student Rose Roshini Gnanapragasam will be making her stage debut on Sat, 15th Feb, 2020, 5pm at The Robinson Theatre, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 8PE All are welcome. Please book your free tickets at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/rose-roshinis-bharatanatyam-arangetram-tickets-83920599773
Our little Sanskruti students are delighted to perform Bharatanatyam and Bollywood dance styles at the CECF's Cultural Diversity Day. Date: Sun, 24th Nov, 2019 Venue: The Atrium Hall Netherhall Upper School Cambridge, CB1 8NN Time: 2-4pm Admission: Free Book your free tickets at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cecf-cultural-diversity-day-event-2019-tickets-79281299501?aff=efbeventtix&fbclid=IwAR15lbGLqvUzK1ovEinwWQ83VMVtWtl020EFnxyusAN2cfDnxBWH6xM_Vzg
