Photo © Dinesh KhannaNovember 7, 2009
Anusha Subramanyam performed with Wonderful Beast Theatre Company for the 21st Aldeburgh Poetry Festival. It's production 'Yes' was a specially created programme of the poems and songs of Adrian Mitchell, a founder member of Wonderful Beast - including an inspired re-working of the tortoise and hare fable recently performed at Tate Modern.
November 3 & 4, 2009Anusha Subramanyam performed for Many Heavens, One Earth Celebration during the Interfaith Conference and Summit in Windsor Castle and Friend's House, Euston. Her choreography "Nasadya and The Sacrifice of Life" was based on a series of stories and readings drawn from the major religions of the world. Choreography and Dance - Anusha Subramanyam; Music - Michael Ormiston; Narration - Omar Ebrahim.
"Anusha Subramanyam did an amazing 8 minute dance at the Windsor Castle for an environment event with HRH Charles in attendance. After her years with Body Mind Centering and Pilates, Anusha moves as if her skeletal and neurological structures are just one seamless sheath." (Anita Ratnam - dance artist, choreogrpaher, editor of www.narthaki.com)
November 1, 2009
Beeja performed at the V&A Museum as part of the Maharaja Exhibition. Royal Nritta was an interactive performance led by Anusha Subramanyam that recreated a regal world of dance and storytelling. Dancers: Arianna, Catherine, Elena, Katrina, Shyla and Somita.
October 10, 2009
Beeja conducted a series of open workshops for Time to Change at Regent’s Park, London, marking World Mental Health day. These workshops were part of Get Moving and Dance! initiative and were led by Shobana Bhalchandra, Lavanya Ramakrishnan and Shyla Lakshminarayana.
October 10, 2009
Shobana Bhalchandra on behalf of Beeja performed at Shri Sanatan Hindu Mandir for Brent Diwali Festival.
October 4, 2009
Beeja opened Diwali Festival on the Trafalgar Square with a group piece Nacha Gajanana choreographed by Anusha Subramanyam specially for this occasion. Vocals by Aruna Sairam; danced by Catherine, Elena, Katrina and Larah.
October 4, 2009
Beeja invited one of India's leading bharatanatyam dancers - Rama Vaidyanathan to teach a workshop at The Place. Participants had a chance to experience Rama's unique dance style and choreographic approach.
September 11, 2009
Anusha Subramanyam was teaching a free bhartanatyam taster session at The Place as part of The Place 40th Anniversary Celebration.
Beeja’s dancers Shyla Lakshminarayana and Somita Basak performed and led a dance workshop at Nyodema Festival in Bognore Regis, West Sussex. This charity event, dedicated to World Music and Arts, was organised in help of children in The Gambia, Africa.
"They were a major highlight of the day and many people commented on how wonderful the performance was. The workshop was great fun and very interesting. It was obvious that everyone really enjoyed it and we had quite a crowd watching with great interest." (Kathryn from Nyodema Charity)
August 9 – 16, 2009
Anusha Subramanyam was the Programme Director of Dance-India Summer School 2009 in Manchester. Dance-India, conceived and created by Milapfest, is an exciting and visionary dance education programme offering intensive training in three Indian classical dance styles: Bharatanatyam, Kathak and Odissi. This year’s teaching faculty was formed by the world-renowned artists, such as The Dhanajayans, Leela Samson, Priyadarsini Govind, Kumudini Lakhia and Madhavi Mudgal among others. www.danceindia.org.uk/DanceIndia/home.htm
Photo © Vipul Sangoi
August 12, 2009
Beeja's dancers Shyla, Somita and Elena performed Anusha's unique choreography at The Lowry, Manchester, during Dance-India 2009.
July 2009
Anusha Subramanyam received a Lisa Ullmann Travelling Scholarship to travel in the month of July 2009 to Pittsburgh, USA. Anusha was learning anatomy experientially, by exploring the fundamentals of body systems at the Centre of Body Mind Movement under the guidance of Mark Taylor. Anusha aims to further develop her technique and teaching practice for preparing the body, mind and artistry with reference to the practice of bharatanatyam in the UK and Internationally.
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Beeja performed at the National Portrait Gallery for the Open Weekend - Around The World.
July 17, 2009
Invited by Akademi, Elena and Shyla danced at The British Museum during Indian Summer season. Beeja's dancers performed in the beautiful settings of the Nereid gallery alongside Gauri Sharma's group and Quincy Charles (kathak).
Mritunjaya, an exploration of myths and legends of Shiva, was performed at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, London, by Sushmita Ghosh, an acclaimed kathak dancer and choreographer based in New Delhi, India, and Anusha Subramanyam.
Accompanying artists for the evening were Manorama Prasad (vocal), Shivshankar Ray (tabla), Bangalore Prathap (mridangam), Balu Raghuram (violin), Shobana Bhalchandra (nattuvangam) and Raaheel Husain (sitar).
May 16, 2009
Beeja's dancers Arianna and Elena performed in Nice, France, for the festival Art Protect 2009. Art Protect is an annual event celebrating intercultural dialogue between art, new technologies and environment, a concept conceived by the sculptress Dominique de Séguin.
March 29 – 31, 2009
Anusha Subramanyam and Beeja’s dancers Shyla Lakshminarayana and Aindrila Ghosh led dance workshops for drama graduates during The National Student Drama Festival in Scarborough.
March 12, 2009
Anusha Subramanyam taught bharatanatyam technique for BA programme dance students at Roehampton University.
March 5, 2009
Beeja danced for the charity event entitled “Building A Future – Education for 15 children” helping to raise funds for the small village primary school in Darjeeling, North East India. The charity show took place at Worlds End Studios in Chelsea, London and was hosted by the Gap Year Guru. Performers: Aindrila Ghosh, Ayishwariya Menon and Shyla Lakshminarayana.
February 5 -8, 2009
Beeja performed at the Destinations – Holiday and Travel Show, Earl’s Court Exhibition Centre. Dancers: Aindrila, Arianna, Elena, Lavina, Rinku, Shyla and Somita.
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