01Presented
Shakthi
The Power Within
Tanvika Karupakula
The many faces of the feminine divine, and the strength a dancer finds in herself along the way.
- Date
- Venue
- Dublin High SchoolDublin, California
04Arangetrams
Ascendingthe stage
Arangetram is Tamil for ascending the stage: the evening a student performs a full solo margam with live orchestra, offering years of training to the guru, the family, and everyone gathered.
Index03 arangetrams
- 01Tanvika KarupakulaShakthi — The Power WithinPresentedDublin High School, Dublin, California
- 02Ananya MaramRamayaniyam — The Path of DharmaPresentedDougherty Valley Performing Arts Center, San Ramon, California
- 03Sahaana BalamuraliEkam Sath — Truth Is OnePresentedDublin High School Auditorium, Dublin, California
02Already performed
Evenings thathave happened
02Presented
Ramayaniyam
The Path of Dharma
Ananya Maram
A margam built around the Ramayana — courage, duty, and grace read through nritta and abhinaya.
- Date
- Venue
- Dougherty Valley Performing Arts CenterSan Ramon, California
03Presented
Ekam Sath
Truth Is One
Sahaana Balamurali
Ten years of training offered as a single evening on the theme that all paths arrive at one truth.
- Date
- Venue
- Dublin High School AuditoriumDublin, California
03The evening itself
What an arangetramasks of a dancer
Two and a half hours alone on stage. A live orchestra — vocal, mridangam, violin, flute, and the guru on nattuvangam — playing to the dancer rather than the other way round. The full margam, in order, from Pushpanjali to the closing Mangalam.
It is not a graduation. It is the point at which a student becomes someone who can carry an evening, and the beginning of whatever performing life follows.