Sunday, July 25 1:00 pm EDT
War or Peace; story from the Mahabharatha
by Theater Nisha
Sauti, Vaishampayana, and Sanjaya were present at the Kaurava court when Sri Krishna came to broker peace between the Pandavas and Kauravas. These three observers have agreed to join us on Zoom to narrate the story from the Udyoga Parva of the Mahabharata.
FREE for Dhvani 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
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).
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
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
Artist Reception on Zoom immediately following.
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
Saturday, May 8 – Monday, May 10 7 pm EDT | 4 pm PDT
Bharatanatyam by Kavita Thirumalai interprets five emotions
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.
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
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, April 24 6:30 pm EDT
Kutcheri by Archana & Aarathi
Dr. Hemalatha – violin | B. Ganapathyraman – mridangam | Trichy Murali – ghatam
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, February 19 – 6:30 pm PST | 9:30 pm EST (Saturday, February 20, 8:00 am IST) Discussion and Workshop with Melvin Varghese and Gautam Marathe
Friday, March 19 – 7:00 pm PST | 10:00 pm EDT (Saturday, March 20, 7:30 am IST) Performance and Discussion with Sudharani Raghupathy
Friday, April 16 – 7:00 pm PST | 10:00 pm EDT (Saturday, April 17, 7:30 am IST) Performance and Discussion with Yashoda Thakore
Friday, April 16 7:00 pm PST | 10:00 pm EDT (Saturday, April 17, 7:30 am IST)
Performance and Discussion with Yashoda Thakore
When Eyes Speak – Indian Choreography Festival 2021