Category Archives: Guru

Glimpses from Madhuvanthi’s Arangetram

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Madhuvanthi Kikkeri  performed her Bharatanatyam Arangetram at the Granville Arts Center in Garland, Texas on Oct. 1st, 2011. She learned the art of Bharatanatyam dance from Guru Revathi Satyu at the Arathi School of Dance. This was Revathi aunty’s 100th Arangetram.

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Glimpses from Tanvi’s Arangetram

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Tanvi Mongia performed her Bharatanatyam Arangetram in the Granville Arts Center in Garland, Texas on Aug. 21st, 2011. Her Arangetram was blessed by his Holiness and also by family members and friends.

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Kuchipudi Rangapravesham – A magical experience

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I was very excited to shoot my very first Kuchipudi Rangapravesham two weeks back. Rangapravesham is equivalent to Arangetram in Kuchipudi (pronounced as ‘Koochipoodi’). I was told by several people about the speed of this dance, due to which I had prepared myself for a tough shoot. It was Bhaskari’s Kuchipudi Rangapravesham. Bhaskari Burra started learning Kuchipudi...

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Congratulations! Revathi Aunty

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I want to give a public shout out to celebrate Dance Council of North Texas’s(DCNT) honor in awarding our beloved Guru Revathi Satyu with the “Mary McLarry Bywaters Award for Lifetime Contribution to Dance”. It is nice to see that such art form and its contributors are being recognized in mainstream America giving it a...

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