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Varsha Seshan

Dashami – Version 2020

October 27, 2020 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

Dashami is special. Each year, we have a small performance for all the children at dance class. They wear nice clothes and jewellery. Their faces glow with the anticipation of a dance programme. It’s the one day in the year that parents are allowed to come for class and watch them dance! Dressed in their […]

Filed Under: Dance Tagged With: Academy of Indian Dances, Bharatanatyam, Dashami, online performance, performance, programme

Dashami Poojai

October 6, 2017 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

Each year, we have a poojai at dance class for Dashami. Now, at the Academy of Indian Dances, there are four teachers, including me. Mythili Mami is, of course, head; that goes without saying. On Dashami, a little girl crept up to the corner where we were standing. “I want to speak to Ma’am,” she […]

Filed Under: Children, Dance Tagged With: academy, Academy of Indian Dances, art, Dashami, Guru Mythili Raghavan