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Siri RamaSmt. Siri Rama is an accomplished dancer, choreographer and teacher who has been performing for many years. She learnt dance under the distinguished gurus, Shri C.R. Acharyulu, Smt. Komal Valli, Shri Ramaswamy Bhagavathar, Smt. K. Vijayalakshmi, Shri T .V. Soundererajan and Shri T.S. Kadirvelu. She has given full length recitals and lecture-demonstrations in Bharata Natyam and Kuchipudi in several major cities in India, and has also toured Germany, the Middle East and the U.S. She maintains an active concert profile in India and returns every year to guide her senior students at Kanaka Sabha. Siri has completed her doctoral degree in Fine Arts at the University of Hong Kong.

Saroja SrinathSmt. Saroja Srinath is a musicologist and music composer. She retired recently as the head of the department of Bharata Natyam at Nalanda Nrityakala Mahavidyalaya (University of Mumbai). Smt. Srinath learnt music and musicology at the Central College of Carnatic Music in Madras where she was taught by several of the great masters of yesteryears and today, including Dr.S. Ramanathan, Musiri Subramania Iyer, T. Brinda, T. Mukta and M. S. Anantharaman. She has also learnt music from Dr. M. Balamuralikrishna. Smt. Srinath has also composed several dance items, and has been the producer of all the dance productions of Kanaka Sabha. She has lectured on Carnatic music for Gananjali in Hong Kong, and has written several articles on Indian classical music for several publications. She is a regular contributor to the Kannada press in Mumbai.

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