San Diego is known worldwide as one of the best tourist destinations. Our first concert was scheduled at San Diego on May 20, for the San Diego Tamil Sangam. While Srikanth could not make it for personal reasons-Roja, Lavanya and I - had a lot of fun right from the word go. The highlight of this tour, however, was that almost all the shows were fund raisers - for rehabilitation work of Tsunami victims, helping orphaned children, procuring Braille equipment for visually impaired children in India and Sri Lanka. It was well worth all the trouble because apart from being well received, we had people giving us standing ovations, emotionally talking to us at the end of each show, older people blessing us. We worked very hard taking care of many details ourselves.
What seemed a distant dream then actually became a reality. In due course, we also received invitations to perform in North America. Since then, as a quartette, we have given many concerts, in and around Chennai. Roja Kannan, Lavanya Ananth, Srikanth and myself, were selected to perform at Bharatiyar's Illam, at an annual event by Natya Rangam-the dance wing of Narada Gana Sabha in 2002. We presented a thematic presentation on Mahakavi Subramanya Bharati's inspiring poetry. Professionally, it was a very successful trip as far as the response to our presentations was concerned. I realize it's so much easier for me to communicate through dance than through the written word!ĭuring this two month trip - from May18 - Jwe performed in ten cities, conducted dance workshops, met so many interesting people, ate at so many different places, tasted different cuisines. My all time favourite quote on dance actually explains my predicament whilst I write this tour diary of our (Roja, Lavanya and myself) experiences of our recent North American trip. This is the dancer's justification for being, and his reason for searching further for deeper aspects of his art. there are times when the simple dignity of movement can fulfill the function of a volume of words. The Dancer believes that his art has something to say which cannot be expressed in words or in any other way than by dancing.
In this exclusive column, Priya Murle shares the trio's tour experiences. The trio has also produced other thematic presentations - 'Ardhanaareesar Kuravanji' and 'Annaiye Potri' which have been well received by rasikas in Chennai.
They staged their much acclaimed production 'Bharatha Samudayam Vazhgave', themed on the compositions of the well known poet Subramania Bharathi.
Three Chennai based Bharatanatyam dancers Roja Kannan, Priya Murle and Lavanya Ananth, toured the USA recently, for performances and workshops.
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