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Performance details of the Arangham Dance Troupe

In 2007
Date Dec 29, 2007, 6.30pm
Show NEELAM... drowning in bliss for Brahma Gana Sabha
Venue Sivagami Petachi Auditorium
Date Dec 28, 2007, 7.30pm
Show Anita Ratnam performs FACES... blessed unrest
Music: Anil Srinivasan
Venue Krishna Gana Sabha
Date Dec 18, 2007, 10 am
Show Lecture demonstration on SANGEETAM IN DANCE for Natya Kala Conference
Venue Krishna Gana Sabha
Date Nov 11, 2007, 4.30pm
Show NEELAM: drowning in bliss by Anita Ratnam
Presenter: Jothi Raghavan
Contact: (978) - 392 - 4677 / jothi_nrityanjali@yahoo.com
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Venue Sorenson Theater for Performing Arts, Babson College Auditorium, Wellesley, Massachusetts, USA
Date Nov 7 & 8, 2007
Show NEELAM: drowning in bliss by Anita Ratnam as a tribute to respected Indologist Prof. Dennis Hudson, Professor of World Religions at Smith College, who passed away last year
NEELAM: drowning in bliss on November 7, 8pm
DANCE KATHA (dancing tales from India…stories of UMA, Sati, Meenakshi and the Ramayana) on November 8
Venue Chapin Auditorium, Mary Wooley Hall, Mt Holyoke College, South Hadley, Massachusetts
Date Oct 30, 2007, 3pm
Show RITUAL, DANCE, AND FEMINISM: SYMBOLIC GESTURES AND THE FEMALE DANCING BODY
Workshop by Anita Ratnam
Priya Srinivasan: priyas@ucr.edum
Venue University of California, Riverside, CA
Date Oct 30, 2007, 6 - 8pm
Show DANCE & THE MIND SCREEN, workshop by Anita Ratnam
Presented by Angahara Dance Ensemble (co-presented by Dance Department, Orange Coast College)
Contact: Ramaa Bharadvaj; 714 / 692-1695 angahara-ramaa@yahoo.com
Venue Dance Studio C, Orange Coast College, Fairview Road, Costa Mesa, CA
Date Oct 27 2007, 7.30pm
Show Anita Ratnam presented about HER... in 4 chapters (Experiments in Neo Bharatam)
This performance arcs through the multiple faces of woman - mother, lover, devotee, ascetic, rebel, friend, and goddess.
Anita performed her signature items on ANDARI, ANDAL, MEERA and an excerpt from 7 GRACES
For CELEBRATING FREEDOM, Dakshina's 4th Annual Fall Festival of Indian Arts.
e-mail: info@dakshina.org / www.dakshina.org
Venue Lincoln Theater, 1215 U Street NW, Washington DC
Date Oct 25, 2007, 9am-11am
Show Panel discussion
VOICES IN SOUTH ASIA: REVIVAL, RESTORATION, AND VISIBILITY - was part of this conference featuring scholars, writers, performers, practitioners and activists who were involved in and passionate about the languages with which they work and live. This panel highlighted various languages and cultures within South Asia in terms of particular experiences and/or connections to projects, scholarship, and creative work.

9:00am to 11:00am on Thursday, October 25, 2007.

The panel members included Rita Kothari, Sukrita Paul Kumar, Anita Ratnam, and Sudipto Chatterjee. The moderator for this discussion was Ketu Katrak
www.humanities.uci.edu/icwt/globalconversations

Venue International Center for Writing and Translation, University of California, Irvine
179 Humanities Instructional Building, Irvine, CA 92697-3375
Contact: 949-824-1948 (voice) / 949-824-9623 (fax) / icwt@uci.edu ; khkatrak@uci.edu
www.hnet.uci.edu/icwt/globalconversations
Date Oct 24, 2007, 7.30 pm
Show about HER... in 4 chapters, experiments in Neo Bharatam for "Global Conversations: A Festival of Marginalized Languages"
Hosted by the International Center for Writing and Translation
www.humanities.uci.edu/icwt/globalconversations
Venue Little Theatre, University of California, Irvine
Humanities Hall 161, (Building #601), Irvine, California 92697
e-mail: icwt@uci.edu ; khkatrak@uci.edu
directions and maps are available at
http://www.uci.edu/campusmaps.shtml
Date Oct 18-21, 2007, 8pm
Show 7 GRACES by Anita Ratnam
Venue Joyce Soho, Manhattan, NYC, USA
Date August 29, 2007
Show Lecture and performance for DHYANA committee of Lady Shri Ram College, titled "Women in Buddhism"
Venue New Delhi
Date August 30, 2007
Show 7 GRACES by Anita Ratnam
Venue Indian Habitat Centre, New Delhi
Date Jun 23, 2007
Show DANCING STORIES at the CENTRAL PARK STORYTELLING FESTIVAL - the eternal legend of Prince Rama in the RAMAYANA by Anita Ratnam.
For details: www.dianewolkstein.com
Venue NYC, USA
Date May 11, 2007
Show about HER... in five chapters
It is a collection of existing works from her repertoire and includes a new solo called REBEL that is inspired by Chandralekha.
about HER..... an exploration of the divine feminine in five chapters. Through the choreographic motifs of NEO BHARATAM, the performance arcs through the multiple faces of woman - mother, lover, devotee, ascetic, rebel, friend, goddess. Ambika, Andal, Sati, Parvati, Meenakshi, Tara, Mahamayee.
Venue THE SUBSTATION, Armenian Street, Singapore
Date Mar 22, 2007
Show WOMAN IN SKETCHES – SACRED AND PROFANE ('Frau in Skizzen - sacrum et profanum') - Indian myths, European lyrics and life itself.

Anita Ratnam will perform 7 GRACES. The program has been orgnanised by Alexandra Romanova.

At: TiKK Karlstorbahnhof Heidelberg, 8pm
Tickets: 06221-9789 24
For details, e-mail: alexandra@atirupa.de / www.alexromanova.com

Venue Pondicherry
Date Feb 20, 2007
Show Anita Ratnam performed 7 GRACES at the inauguration of "AAGAMAN - The Coming," the collage art exhibition by VV Ramani at Aurodhan Art Gallery
Venue Pondicherry
Date Feb 18, 2007
Show Neelam, Drowning in Bliss as well as an item on Meera by Anita Ratnam for the ALL INDIA VAISHNAVA CONFERENCE
Venue Guwahati, Assam
Date Feb 12, 2007
Show 7 GRACES by Anita Ratnam for the launch of RAJSHREE PATHY FOUNDATION OF THE ARTS in conjunction with the SACRED FEMININE art exhibition
Venue Sitra Hall, Coimbatore
Date Jan 7, 2007, 7.30 pm
Show Neelam, Drowning in Bliss by Anita Ratnam
Venue Bharat Kalachar, Chennai
Date Jan 5, 2007, 10 am
Show Neelam, Drowning in Bliss by Anita Ratnam
Venue Music Academy, Chennai