Featuring
MEGNA MURALI (Bharatanatyam & Kathak)
&
“The Divine Flower” (Kuchipudi Dance Drama)
Featuring dancers from the Anjali Dance Company
Venugopal Josyula, Sadhana Gollapudi, Isha Parupudi, Amulya Peri

Performance will be at @ 5:00pm Sunday April 16th, 2017 at MATCH Houston

(3400 Main St., Houston, TX 77002)
Tickets: $20 (Open Seating) Available @ Match BOX Office
Email box-office@matchouston.org or call 713-521-4533

“This program has been made possible by grants from the Texas Commission on the Arts and the City of Houston through the Houston Arts Alliance”

Save the Date for one of the most famous productions by Kalakshetra – Sita Swayamvaram. This classic production, which is an oroginal by Rukmini Devi, will be staged on Friday, August 29 2014 at The Cullen Theater, Wortham Center.

Shanmuga Sundaram is in Houston again!! Shanmuga Sundaram is a brilliant dancer, teacher and choreographer, and a disciple of Smt. K. J. Sarasa. He was trained initially in Malaysia, then moved to Chennai and became a devoted sishya, even taking care of his Guru during her long illness (for the past few years), until her death last Jan 2. He now runs her dance school as well as his own. He recently organized a much touted and very successful dance festival in Malaysia,  ”Narthaka”, along with the highly reputed Odissi dancer Ramli Ibrahim. Shanmugam has performed at many prestigious dance festivals all over India and other countries around the world. This is his first visit to the US. He has a large repertoire of old and traditional dances as well as more recent ones that are more ‘peppy’.  Shanmugam will be here from June 4 – June 20. He will be conducting workshops on June 6-7-8 and June 13-14-15, teaching private, semi private and group classes to all who are interested. Please contact Dr. Rathna Kumar to schedule classes with Mr. Shanmuga Sundaram.

Join us for the Free & most anticipated Bollywood show of the year. Featuring many artists, professional dancers and cast members. Celebrating 100 years of Bollywood with a true filmy style story featuring hundreds of colorful costumes, “magical” surprises, and hit Bollywood songs that will get you up on your feet!

Check out the trailer here: Bollywood Blast 2013

The 2013 summer season has kicked off to a wonderful start with a line up of 16 of Dr. Rathna Kumar’s students performing their Arangetrams. Please do come and see these young performers excel under the tutelage of their guru, Dr. Rathna Kumar.

1. July 6: Gayatri & Toshani Viswanathan (Bharatanatyam) @ Manvel High School, Manvel, TX
2. July 7: Tanooha Veeramachineni (Kuchipudi) @ Kaplan Theater, Jewish Community Center
3. July 13: Radhika Shah (Bharatanatyam) @ Kaplan Theatre, Jewish Community Center
4. July 14: Ramya Bhavaraju (Kuchipudi) @ Bayou Building, University of Houston Clear Lake
5. July 20: Sarmishta Sinha (Bharatanatyam) @ Kaplan Theatre, Jewish Community Center
6. July 21: Shravya Arra (Bharatanatyam) @ Bayou Building, University of Houston Clear Lake
7. July 27: Sneha & Amulya Peri (Bharatanatyam) @ Kaplan Theatre, Jewish Community Center
8. July 28: Karishma Shah (Bharatanatyam) @ Kaplan Theatre, Jewish Community Center
9. August 3: Hirva Shah (Bharatanatyam) @ Kaplan Theatre, Jewish Community Center
10. August 4: Meghana Nutalapati (Bharatanatyam) @ BF Terry High School, Rosenberg, TX
11. August 10: Samyukta Hari (Bharatanatyam) @ Berry Center, Cypress, TX
12. August 11: Ragini Konde (Bharatanatyam) @ Kaplan Theatre, Jewish Community Center
13. August 17: Anjali Chikkula (Kuchipudi) @ BF Terry High School, Rosenberg, TX
14. August 18: Harshini & Harishvar Ganesh (Bharatanatyam) @ Clear Brook High School, Friendswood, TX