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Top Indian dancer in Colombo
She will give a recital on Thursday January 31 at the Bishop's College Auditorium at 7 pm in connection with the 58th birth anniversary celebrations of Dr. Neelan Tiruchelvam. Urmila who was recently honoured with 'Nritya Choodamam' by the Krishna Gana Sabha at the Music Festival in Chennai, has had several titles awarded to her. The Tamil Nadu State Government honoured her with the 'Kalaimamani' award as well as 'The Sriram Award for Excellence and the 'Yuva Kalas Bharati'. Acclaimed for her exquisite perfection in dance, Urmila's artistry portrays a depth, intensity and naturalness which has always been an added attraction in her dancing. Some of her most prestigious performances have been at the Festival of Dances, New Delhi, the December Festival of the Madras Music Academy, the Karthik Fine Arts and at several other prominent Sabhas in the city. Her dancing has taken her to many leading capitals in Europe and she has participated in the Festival of India at Edinburgh. Children's workshop by Somalatha
Workshops on creative drama activities for children will once again be conducted by Somalatha Subasinghe for children, artistes and teachers commencing next month. There has been a great demand from parents requesting her to hold these workshops and as such Subasinghe will be conducting the workshops in two sections. The first of these are scheduled to be held on February 23 and 24 for artistes and teachers who are interested in working with and writing scripts for children. At this workshop her purpose is not only to encourage artistes and teachers to create children's plays but to also give them an opportunity to sharpen and develop their talents and capabilities. After following the basic course, these participants will get an opportunity to carry out practical exercises with children under her guidance on four Saturdays in March. These special workshops scheduled to be held every Saturday from March 2 are for children between the ages 5 and 14. The subjects which include acting, singing, movement, creative dancing, drawing and handicraft, aim at improving the child's inborn talents and developing the child's personality. Somalatha Subasinghe will be conducting the workshops with a group of young talented theatre performers and is of the opinion that these workshops will help to fill a vacuum at present since classes in creative drama for children, artistes and teachers are rare in this country. 'Blendings' - a varied art exhibition
It seems the vogue today for grand mothers to involve themselves in art besides looking after their grandchildren. Rupa Ganeshanathan joins this brigade of energetic grandmothers with the staging of her first art exhibition 'Blendings', which will be held at Lionel Wendt Gallery from February 1-3 10 am - 7 pm. It was just three years ago that Rupa Ganeshanathan decided to take up
to painting as a hobby. She followed classes with art teachers Nilanthi
Karunaratne and Nadine David and later decided on having In California she tells us she worked regularly with a group which she found interesting. 'Blendings' will see 45 of her paintings on display - paintings in oil, water colours and pastels. |
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Dance enthusiasts in Sri Lanka will have the unique opportunity to
enjoy the creative artistry of one of India's most inspired and dedicated
Bharata Natyam exponent Urmila Satyanarayanan.
her exhibition.
She worked diligently on her own painting landscapes, portraits,flowers in
Sri Lanka as well as in Melbourne and California whenever she visited
these countries.
