DASHAKA
10TH ANNUAL
DANCE & MUSIC CELEBRATION

SPECIAL ATTRACTION
EKALAVYA

SATURDAY, JUNE 14 2014
1:00 PM - 7:30 PM 
(SESSION 1 - 1 PM - 3PM;
SESSION 2 - 3:30 PM - 5:30PM;
SESSION 3 - 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM)

CLAYTON HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM
#1 MARK TWAIN CIRCLE
ST. LOUIS, MO 63021



   Program for DASHAKA
Session 1: 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM

Welcome speech – 8 minutes
Video Show – 2 minutes
Music performance by music students 30 minutes
Vakra Tunda Mahakaya - 5 minutes
Pushpanjali – 7 minutes
Tukdas and Tihais – By Junior Kathak Students
Ganapati Kouthuvam - 5 minutes
Jaya Janaki Ramana – 10 minutes
Devamanohari Jatiswaram – 10 minutes
Prabhand - 5 minutes
Tumaka Chalata - 10 minutes
Tilang Tillana - 10 minutes
 
3:00 – 3:30 – Coffee & Snack Break
 
SESSION 2 – 120 minutes
3:30 PM – 5:30 PM

Video Show – 2 minutes
Amba Vaani – 5 minutes
Kathak Kids – Ganesha and Sargam – 10 minutes
Bhooshitha vanamaala – 5 minutes
Maata Kaalika – 5 minutes
My mistress’s eyes – a Shakespeare Sonnet – performed as the only solo of the evening
Taal Maala – 10 minutes
Tiru Mangai Alwar – A short dance drama presentation by Prerna Srinivasan (Pittsburgh, PA) – 20 minutes
Honoring Ceremony - 30 minutes
Soorya Performing Arts recognizes individuals who supported art development.
 Endaro Mahaanubhaavulu – 20 – By Arangetram Seniors
 Special feature – Whispering Winds –10 minutes
A composite feature of Kathak, Bharathanatyam and Carnatic Music
Music by Guru Seema Kasthuri / Choreography by Kasthuri Brothers – Prasanna & Pulikeshi
 
5:30 – 6:00 – Snack Break

Memory lane
Video Presentation on fun moments of Soorya Performing Arts & Book Release
 
Session 3: 6:00 - 7:30
Ekalavya
– 90 minutes
A Duet Dance Drama on great student of India who sacrificed everything for his teacher
Based on the story from Epic Mahabharatha
 By Guru Prasanna & Guru Pulikeshi Kasthuri