Shanthala Arts Academy presents 
Shanthala-25: Dance Festival 
December 26 - 28, 2009 Bangalore 

November 30, 2009 

Celebrating its 25th year of existence, Shanthala Arts Academy has been presenting cultural events from July 09 and will continue till June 2010. The series began with BAHULYA, a dance feature by the academy founder-member Guru Prasanna Kasthuri (St. Louis, USA), a 10 day Dassera cultural fest and dance features by Pulikeshi Kasturi and Renjith Babu (Chennai). 

In the month of December, the academy will present a dance festival on Dec 26, 27 and 28 featuring well known artists from Bangalore, Chicago, St. Louis and a dance feature by the Shanthala Dance Ensemble choreographed by Sushma Mohan from New Jersey. The academy will be inaugurated by  Guru C Radhakrishna, the only living legend of the Kolar school of Bharatanatyam. 

Saturday 26 Dec 09  
6pm: Inauguration of the festival by Guru C Radhakrishna 
6.15pm: DANCES OF ECSTASY by Shanthala Dance Ensemble. Choreographed by Sushma Mohan (New Jersey)  
7pm: Bharatanatyam feature KUNTI by Chithra Chandrashekar Dasarathy  

Sunday 27 Dec 09 
6pm: Bharatanatyam by Aishwarya Nityananda 
6.45pm: Dance feature SANGAMAM TSUNAMIYAM by Calai Chandra (Chicago) 
7.45pm: Kannada Dance Drama BHADAVADDAJUKIYAM choreographed by Pulikeshi Kasthuri  

Monday 28 Dec 09 
6pm: Bharatanatyam by Shalini Baskar (St.Louis, USA)  
6.45pm: Bharatanatyam by Suhasini Kishore  
7.30pm: Bharatanatyam by Satyanarayana Raju 

WHERE: Seva Sadana Auditorium 
WHEN: Dec 26, 27, 28, 2009 - 6pm  
WHAT: "Shanthala-25" Dance Festival to celebrate the academy's 25th year of existence 
INFO: Shanthala Arts Academy, Pulikeshi Kasthuri: (080) - 23374758 or 9448074748  
e-mail: krv_pulikeshi@yahoo.com  
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