Our Journey in One Year !
Dearest Friends,Hope you had a great time spending with family & friends during Pongal/Shankranti.
The last one year has been a big roller coaster ride for us with highs & lows & yet we are standing firmly rooted on the ground.
all because of your love & affection towards us.
Just wanted to share with you some highlights of our journey:
We have enriched ourselves learning,observing some masters through the various activities we organized at our dance studio like lectures, Interactive sessions with people of eminence like Dr.Maya Rao,Shathavadhani Dr.R.Ganesh who offered the unique art (Ashtavadhana) & the Natya Shastra sessions, elevating performance by Mrs.Leela Samson,Talk on Wellness by Sri.Vishweshwar Hegde, Music by Pt.Vinayak Torvi & others which gave us all Blissful times !
Between January 2010 to this January 11th we have shared our joys with a large number of audiences of more than
2,00,000 people through stage performances alone.
Through Television performances we do reach out to millions but being able to share energies LIVE- On stage performances was something to cherish !
We commonly hear complaints that classical arts do not reach out to youngsters /college goers or that young people are no more interested in watching classical programs.Well...we always think it is it is our responsibilities as artists to create that interest in young people & In this context, we are very happy to say that our performances got overwhelming responses from over 75,000 students who watched our dance choreographies at the following venues - SDM College Dharwad,Mysore Dusserah ,Alva's Virasat & ABVP show ,Bangalore. Many have even written to us through mails & facebook.
We wish to give all credits to our hardworking & passionate team of ADC for sharing quality art with the world !
GREAT JOB ARTISTS ! KUDOS !
Legendary Artists like Dr.Bala Murali Krishna,Dr.N.Ramani, Smt.Sudha Raghunathan, Great Scholars like Shri.Bannanje Govindacharya,Shathavadhani Dr.R.Ganesh & Philanthrophists /Educationists like Dr.Veerendra Hegde,Dr.Mohan Alva,President of Shri.Ramkrishna Ashrama Shri.Gauthamananda ji , have all blessed us by their presence & appreciation to our creativity.
We also had the great privilege of performing in front of Great Gurus like Kalanidhi Mami ,Leela Samson, Madhavi Mudhghal,Kumudini Lakhia, Prof Chandrashekar,Udupi Lakshmi Narayan Sir, Savithri Jagannatha Rao & several true connoisseurs have also immensely loved our works.
Each of these people represent the Power of Several Gods & Goddesses !
The program organized by our very dear friend Jayarama Acharya brought us the honor of being felicitated by the Paryaya Swamiji of Udupi at the holy precincts of the Krishna Mutt & later part of the year we had the opportunity to present our Rama Katha Vismaya for the 80 years Birth Celebrations of Pejawara Swamiji at Udupi.
Our Interactions students world over at Dance India - UK organized by MILAP FEST was again a great uplifter of our spirits.
In many of our performances, we came across several people (who were total strangers) who became our soul mates as they connected with our art as shudhdha rasikas. After the performances some have even hugged us with immense love & blessed us for our well being & longevity - Genuine wishes :)
Those were some of the the best moments in our lives.
To sum it up , ART WAS & WILL ALWAYS BE OUR ONLY LIFE SAVIOR , LIFE ENHANCER.
It gave us tremendous strength to face calamities,like Rajendra's serious hand injury, Medical emergencies & repeated hospitalization of my mother & the recent loss of my dear brother,in all these times the only thing that stood by us was OUR INDIAN ART.
Meeting Great Stalwarts, Friendship with Art lovers from various cities & countries & top of all, the Immense power of our ADC dancers ,all of whom we dearly love have been the GREAT INSPIRATION for us to MOVE ON.
Seeking your best wishes to receive & offer more to the world in the coming years.
God Bless all.
Nirupama Rajendra
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