Bharata Natyam Dancers in Singapore

Priyalatha Arun	Bharata Natyam dancer, Nattuvanar, Actor with English Theatre Group, Stage and Film/TV host and presenter for Indian music and dance programmes
	studied Bharatanatyam from the teachers/graduates of Kalakshetra in Singapore has performed extensively in Singapore and in countries such as UK, Russia, Australia, Indonesia, Korea, Philippines, Brunei, Malaysia and India. was featured in a half-hour English documentary entitled "Life Stories" telecast over Singapore TV in October 2001. lawyer by profession years since debut performance: 30 Excerpt from review in Substance, Singapore: "Priya has been acknowledged as one of the best Indian dancers in Singapore ... beauty and skills of Priya ... the standard that many will have to follow." Excerpt from review in Dinamani, India: "Priya Arun from Singapore danced very capably, full of emotion .... with a good grasp of rhythm, the swaras and jathis were executed with ease." last updated: June 2002
Languages: English, Tamil, Malay, familiar with Malayalam and Mandarin
Ph: 64555169 (h) 62979662 (fx) 62979661 (o) * Email: priya_naidu@pacific.net.sg
Address: 1 Springleaf Rise Singapore 787981 * Institutional Affiliation: Singapore Indian Fine Arts Society

Durga Mani Maran	Bharata Natyam and Contemporary dancer and teacher
	disciple of Jayanthi Kesavan; for the last four years has been working with Mrs Neila Satyalingam in Apsaras Arts as a ful time artiste for the past two years has been learning under eminent teachers in Chennai during the December festival presently studying dance in Lasalle-SIA College of Arts trained in ballet and modern dance has performed in major dance dramas such as Meenakshi Kalyanam, Kannapar, and Aarupadai in 2000 has performed in Spain, Hong Kong and Australia as well as several times in Singapore, including many Chingay parades years since debut performance: 5 last updated: June 2002
Languages: English and Tamil
Ph: 93824505 (hp) 6765 0014 (fx) * Email: durga_mani@lycosasia.com
Address: Block 201, Petir Road, #14-691, Singapore 670201

Dr. Siri Rama	Bharata Natyam and Kuchipudi dancer, choreographer, nattuvanar and instructor; founder-editor of dance web-site www.kanakasabha.com
	studied Bharata Natyam under several gurus, including Komal Valli, Vijayalakshmi Krishnaswamy, T S Sounderarajan, T Kadirvelu, and Ramaswamy Bhagavathar studied Kuchipudi under Guru C R Acharyulu has presented numerous solos and lec-dems in several cities in India, and in the USA, Germany, the Middle East, Hong Kong and Singapore has choreographed and presented numerous dance dramas including Tulsidas Ramayan, Kamba Ramayanam, a dance-drama adapation of Girish Karnad's Hayavadana, Jaya Jaya Ganesha - complete list available at web-site has trained dancers for over twenty years, including four arangetram students holds a PhD from U of Hong Kong in Fine Arts, researching the dance sculptures in Belur and Halebid founder-editor of Indian dance web-site www.kanakasabha.com years since debut performance: 25+ Excerpt from review in Independent, India: Siri's recent recital, however was a welcome change - it had a subtlety that was in sharp contrast to the more competent but far less classy performances by established artistes such like Radha and Raja Reddy or Yamini Krishnamurthy ... her abhinaya showed spontaneity and empathy with the heroine of the piece. Excerpt from review in Times of India, Inda: Siri Rama enthralled the audience with quick flashes of emotions and abhinaya. She moved with great ease and grace on the stage. last updated: June 2002
Languages: English, Kannada, Telugu, Tamil, Hindi, Marathi
Ph: 6238-8706(h), 6238-8706 (fx) 9003-0845(hp) * Email: sirirama@kanakasabha.com* URL:www.kanakasabha.com/sirirama
Address: 24 Jalan Lada Puteh Singapore 228936 * Institutional Affiliation: alapana arts

Meenakshi Srinivasan	Bharata Natyam and Contemporary Dancer
	trained under Venkatachalapathy, Alarmel Valli and Kalanidhi Naryanan has performed in India, and Singapore as a contemporary dancer, worked with Jan Freeman Dance Company and Attaklari, and peformed in the Indo-Japanese Contemporary Dance Festival an architect by profession years since debut performance: 10 last updated: June 2002
Languages: English, Tamil, Kannada, Telugu, Hindi, Malayalam
Ph: 64669702 (h), 93673134 (hp) 63245458 (o) 63245450 (fx) * Email: minchiii@yahoo.com
Address: 04-16,Coronation Plaza, 587 Bukit Timah Road, Singapore 269707 * Institutional Affiliation: Singapore Indian Fine Arts Society