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Indian Classical Dance and Theory in Kuchipudi Style

Swara Thandavam Finals

We have completed our first year of completions eloquently and successfully. All participants had shown their artistic and technical skills, very outstandingly.

4  YRS-8  YRS

SANSKRIT              Anagha Shastry 1               Nandini  Pisupati 2                                Rithika Narravula 3

MUSIC                  
Veena Bijo 1                    Syamakrishna Mallajosyula 2                   Nandini  Pisupati 3

DANCE                 
Anagha Shastry 1               Pranavaa Elangovan
2

9  YRS-14  YRS

SANSKRIT            keerthana Adapa 1             Sanjay Adapa 2                                     Rishitha Anumola 3
MUSIC               
Veena Sivaraman 1            Shivani Adusumilli 2                                 Aparna Ramanan 3
DANCE              
Sneha Babu 1                    Alicia George 2                                      Amrita Sarkar 3

15 YRS AND OLDER 

DANCE                Venkata Lavanya Divakaruni 1                                                       Unnati Mehta 2


Reviews From Our Judges

Dr. Dhan Kalvakolanu
"Aahaarya, Inc sponsored "Swara Tandavam" is an innovative program that vividly presented the talents of local youth. I was very impressed with the performances of all participants. The parents of all participants deserve a special credit for training the children. As a judge, it was challenging to distinguish the differences between the top performers. Although some of them won the prizes, the others are not certainly weak or of low quality. The organizers did a fantastic job with program. It will be good idea idea to spread this program to other participants in the future. I hope the organizers, Mrs. Prabha Maruvada in particular, are thinking to expand it further. My congratulations to Ahaarya, Inc on its maiden event that certainly left a mark of its own."


G. Ramakrishna Rao
"The caliber of the contestants was high and they all performed with enthusiasm, energy and grace. It is heartening to see our children show such interest in our culture and learn Sanskrit, classical music and classical dance in spite of pressure from academic and other activities. This is, of course, made possible by the effort of loving parents and dedicated teachers. Contests like the one you are conducting will surely help to maintain the high standard for which our metropolitan area is known."


Prabhakar Thyagarajan
"It was indeed a pleasure to be a judge for Aaharya's Swara Thandavam final competition. The event was very well organized by Aaharya.  Through such competitions, Aaharya is playing an important role in the Washington DC area in providing an opportunity for youngsters to learn and appreciate the rich classical traditions of scriptural chanting, Indian music, and dance.  It was heartening to see the high level of enthusiasm and talent shown by all our youngsters, and hope even more parents and their children will be encouraged to participate in future

General Reviews

We have received numerous compliments and encouragements on our first Aahaarya competitions in Indian classical music, dance and Sanskrit chants. It was held in two rounds, Preliminary and Final, with three categories and three age groups.

We started the event with an opening of title song on Swara Thandavam, followed by Sanskrit prayers rendered by Uma Potarazu and prabha Maruvada.


Our main event started with Sanskrit group followed by Music group and then dance group. Quizzes were asked by Master of Ceremonies (Uma Potarazu and Subha Maruvada) after item was rendered by participant. Judges played their role very fluently to seek more technical and artistic knowledge in participant. We acknowledge our MC's for their pleasing and entertaining approach.


Aahaarya is honored to compliment each participant to display his/her proficiency and daring to face co-contester.  Aahaarya encourages more participants in the comming years and plans to organize special events by bringing past winners.

Swara Thandavam Competitions

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