Sunday, July 11 1:00 pm EDT
Kalpavriksha; celebrating nature with Carnatic Music
Bharathi Ramasubban
Vocalist Bharathi Ramasubban shares her thoughts and examples of a variety of compositions where the composers have used nature for themes and ideas in their compositions. There is an 80-minute video – available from Wednesday evening to Sunday morning.
Please watch this video before the Zoom discussion with the artist at 1 PM.
The Video will be available here for viewing from 5 PM Wednesday July 7th to 11 AM Sunday July 11th (EDT).
FREE for Dhvani Annual Subscribers.
Sunday, June 20 1 pm EDT
Dhvani Presents The Song of the Tambura a lecture demonstration on the exceptional qualities of this ancient and sonorous instrument by Ranjani Sivakumar.
FREE for Annual Members
Friday, May 21 6:00 pm EDT
Dhvani Presents
Mr. Ghatams
N. Guruprasad | D.V. Venkatasubramaniam | N. Rajaraman | G. Chandrasekara Sharma
Available from Friday, May 21 6 PM EDT till Monday, June 7th at 9 PM EDT
Sunday, April 25 1:00 pm EDT
The art of the storyteller
Ami Majmudar is the consummate storyteller. She will share one of her favorite stories from the Puranas.
FREE for Annual Subscribers
Saturday, July 24 11:00 am EDT | 10:00 am CDT | 9:00 am MDT | 8:00 am PDT
Abhinaya Deconstructed; Bharatanatyam Master Class for teachers. practitioners, and advanced students
Ramya Harishankar of Arpana Dance Company Student of the late Kalanidhi Narayanan
Saturday, October 30, 7:30 PM EDT
This concert will celebrate the music of the four brothers, Chinnayya, Ponnayya, Sivanandam and Vadivelu whose contributions transformed many aspects of what we now call Bharatanatyam.
Bharathi Ramasubban – vocal | Vittal Rangan – violin | NC Bharadwaj – mridangam | Anirudh Athreya – kanjira
Artist Reception on Zoom immediately following.
Available from Saturday, May 01 at 5:30 PM PDT – till Tuesday, May 4th 5:30 PM PDT ( 8.30 pm EDT | 6.00 am IST next day)
Through the eyes of the Apsaras
Exclusive Premiere presented by the Abhinaya Dance Company of San Jose
Friday, April 30 6:30 pm EDT
Trinity – a Carnatic musical play in English
A Madras Players production
with Vidwan Vijay Siva, Vidushi Gayathri Venkataraghavan and Vidwan Dr. Sunder in the title roles.
Available from Friday, April 30 – till Sunday, May 2nd
Saturday, May 29 7:30 pm EDT
This is a story that weaves together the compositions popularised by the legendary Veena Dhanammal and her lineage of exemplary musicians.
Aishwarya Raghunath – vocal | RK Shriramkumar – violin | K Arun Prakash – mridangam
Sunday, May 2 1:00 pm EDT
A lecture-demonstration about the chitravina and its precursor, the Gottuvadyam. Bhargavi will demonstrate how these instruments are played and the nuances of the tones they can produce.
FREE for Annual Members.
Saturday, April 24 6:30 pm EDT
Kutcheri by Archana & Aarathi
Dr. Hemalatha – violin | B. Ganapathyraman – mridangam | Trichy Murali – ghatam
Saturday, April 10 7:00 pm EDT
a solo concert by Nisha Rajagopalan
Saturday, May 8 – Monday, May 10 7 pm EDT | 4 pm PDT
Bharatanatyam by Kavita Thirumalai interprets five emotions
Saturday, April 17, 7:00 pm EDT
Arohanam ; Bharatanatyam by Bhavajan Kumar
Vocal: Sri. Vignesh Ishwar, Sri. OS Arun, Sri. G Srikanth Nattuvangam: Ms. Leela Samson, Smt. Shobana Swamy, Sri. Bhavajan Kumar Mridangam: Sri. Karthikeyan Ramanathan, Sri. G Vijayaraghavan Veena: Sri. Bhavani Prasad, Sri Mudikondan Ramesh Violin: Sri B Ananthakrishnan Flute: Sri Sruthi Sagar
Videography: Sri Sarveshan
Friday, April 2 8 pm EDT | 7 pm CDT | 5 pm PDT
Saturday, April 3 7 pm EDT | 6 pm CDT | 4 pm PDT
A tale of lost souls from the Mahabharata
EXCLUSIVE NORTH AMERICA PREMIERE presented by JustUs Repertory & Dhvani India Performing Arts Society