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2010

May 1st: Vidyanjali 2: A Dance Offering



An exciting evening featuring the dance students of Sonali Skandan acccompanied by a live orchestra comprised of senior students of Shobana Raghavan and Bala Skandan.

5:00PM | Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis High School | 120 West 46th St. New York, NY 10036
Tickets: $16 general admission
Buy tickets online at https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/108180

April 2nd: 92Y Fridays at Noon dance series Fridays Retro
Jiva Dance will present new and restaged classics.
12 noon | 92Y | 1395 Lexington Avenue | New York, NY 10128
Free and open to the public

March 27th: Narthaki Festival, Houston, Texas
Sunanda's Performing Arts, Houston, presents
A Bharatanatyam dance festival NARTHAKI
presenting some of the most upcoming and talented Bharatanatyam dancers -
Pooja Kumar, Sonali Skandan and Navia Natarajan
JCC Auditorium at 6.30pm

February 18th: Tamarind Arts Council, NYC
Sonali will present a solo margam

February 12th: Manhattanville College, Purchase, NY
Jiva Dance will present an evening of selected works along with percussion by Bala Skandan

January 6th: Mylapore Fine Arts, Chennai, India
Sonali will present a solo margam

2009

November 19th: Narada Gana Sabha, Chennai, India- ssolo margam

October 9th: Jiva Dance at the Guria Festival, Columbia University

September 19th 6:00-8:00PM: Jiva Dance at the Sri Venkateswara Temple
for Navaratri Celebrations

September 14th 6:30PM: An Evening of Bharatanatyam with Professor CV Chandrasekhar

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Hunter College, Lang Recital Hall
69th St. between Park Ave. & Lexington Ave

World-renowned Dancer, Choreographer, Guru, Academician, Shri Professor CV Chandrasekhar will present a lecture-demonstration on aspects of Bharatanatyam.

This will be followed by a full margam concert by his disciple, Sonali Skandan, highlighting his choreography. The orchestra will be led by Professor CVC on vocals and nattuvangam, with AR Balaskandan on mridangam and Trina Basu on violin.

September 13th: Queens County Folk Festival
Akshara Percussion Ensemble and Jiva Dance will perform original and reworked pieces

September 12th 8:00PM: American Dance Guild Festival
Manhattan Movement Arts Theater - 248 West 60th Street in New York City

August 22nd 3:00PM: Sun to Stars Festival

August 15th: IAAC Erasing Borders Festival of Dance

July 7-8 Summer Arts Institute, NYC

June 5th: Jiva Dance at the World Heritage Cultural Center's Gala Fundraiser
Irvington Town Hall

May 23: Asian Indian Immigrant Experience

May-June: Teaching Artist Residency at PS 77M

March 30: Sarah Lawrence College

February 23, 24, 25: Natyanjali Dance Festival, Tamil Nadu, India
presenting solo Bharatanatyam
Feb. 23rd: Kumbakonam Temple
Feb. 24th: Thanjavur Temple
Feb. 25th: Chidambaram Temple

2008

December 28: Jiva Dance at the Indian Consulate
for a private event

December 11: Nectars of Passion with Mohan Kulasingam
Yoga Sutra
501 5th Ave. NYC
FREE

November 25: United Nations International School - Lecdem & solo performance

November 15: Vidyanjali 2008: A Dance Offering
Jiva Performing Arts Student Dance Recital
with musical accompaniment by Ranjtha Iyer (vocal), AR Balaskandan (mridangam), Trina Basu (violin), Sonali Skandan (nattuvangam)
5:30PM
Bayard Rustin Educational Complex
18th St. between 8th & 9th Ave. | New York, NY
Tickets $10

October 17: Debut of Jiva Dance at the Guria Festival, Columbia University

September 14: Sampradaya - A solo dance recital by Sonali Skandan featuring the choreography, vocals & nattuvangam of Prof. CV Chandrasekhar
with AR Balaskandan on mridangam & Jitendra Kishore on violin
Lang Recital Hall | Hunter College
69th St. between Park & Lexington Ave. Room 424N | New York, NY
Tickets: $15/$12 students & seniors

September 13: Sun to Stars Festival
Solar 1, Stuyvesant Cove NYC

September 8-12: Dance Intensive with Professor CV Chandrasekhar - New York, NY
for enrolled students

August 14: United Nations International Youth Assembly

July 14-18: Jiva Performing Arts Dance Summer Camp

July 9: Yale University - "Silk Road" with Ramzi El-Edibi

June 20: Legends of India - Bronx, NY

June 18: Arts Fair PS 89

June 16: Culminating Residency Concert at PS 89

March-June 2008: School Residency PS89

May 3, 10, 17, 31: Jewish Cultural Center dance workshop, NYC

May 9, 10, 11: Mary Anthony Dance Studio with Mohan Kulasingam

April 19: Engendered Festival improv session with Sanjay Doddamani, 3PM Jazz at Lincoln Center

April 17: Gala Benefit for Kiva.org
Philadelphia, PA
Cira Centre
www.kiva.org

March 26: Djam at JeBonn hosted by Bellyqueen

March 17: Queens Museum of Art with Sridhar Shanmugam

January 27, 2008: Solo Bharatanatyam Concert at the Varasiddhi Vinayagar Temple, Besant Nagar, Chennai, India conducted by CV Chandrasekhar

2007

November 8, 2007: United Nations International School

November 3, 2007: The Arch Studios, New York, NY

October 25, 2007: Nehru Centre, London UK

October 19, 2007: Tamarind Art Museum & Gallery

October 12, 2007: Sivananda Yoga Ranch, Woodbourne, NY for a private event

September 22, 2007: U R B A N   K U T C H E R I   2

September 10: Manhattanville College, Purchase, NY Culture Shock!

April 25th: Borough of Manhattan Community College

April 17th: Family Workshop @ IS025Q

April 11-23: School Residency at PS 56Q

March 22-25 2007: Rajika Puri & Dancers: Conversations with Shiva: Bharatanatyam Unwrapped
Joyce SOHO
155 Mercer St. NYC

March 3rd & 4th 2007: ABC Carpet & Home: Gateway to India

2006
December 18 2006: Karthik Fine Arts, Chennai, India

November 11 & 12 2006: Sampradaya: Celebrating Tradition
Featuring Bharatanatyam by Sonali Skandan & Odissi by Sonali Mishra
The Arch Worldwide
66 West 39th St. NYC

October 13 2006: Asian American/Asian Research Institute

October 7 2006: Guria Festival Columbia University, Alfred Lerner Hall, 8PM

September 29 2006: Fridays @ Noon at the Harkness Dance Center at teh 92 St Y NYC

September 16 2006: Rubin Museum of Art: Sikh Childrens Stories through Indian Classical Music and Dance

JUNE 9-10 2006: Joyce/SOHO URBAN KUTCHERI

April 21, 2006: Sunil Kothari presents "Classical Indian Dance Forms: Tradition in Transition"
Arch Studios NYC

2005
December: Chennai Music and Dance Festival, Chennai, India
12/29: Hamsadhwani
1/2: Nungambakkam Cultural Academy

Productions With Hema Rajan:
Dec. 16th: Hamsadhwani

November 19th 6PM: The Hindu Temple Society of North America, Flushing, NY

October 29th 2PM: Rubin Museum of Art

October 5, 2005   Rubin Museum of Art - for a private reception

September 13, 2005: DanceNow/NYC Sacred @ Synod Series
Cathedral of St. John the Divine, NYC

August 13-14:   fFIDA International Dance Festival
Toronto, Canada

August 27: 24th Annual Downtown Dance Festival
presented by Battery Dance Company

June 24th: Teachers College, Columbia University
presented a lecture entitled "Teaching South Asia through Indian Classical Dance" at the Educators for Asian American Youth, Families, & Communities (EAAYFC) Conference at Teachers College, Columbia University.

June 18th: The Himalyan Institute

June 10th: The Warren Gallery of Art, DUMBO

June 4th: South Queens Boys and Girls Club Diversity Event 2PM

May 26-29 Tradewinds 2005 Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center's United States Of Asian America Festival

May 19th: Brooklyn Friends School

May 12th 6PM: The Door

May 10th 7PM: Sound of the East and Sounds of the West: Indian Consulate

April 28th: New York University:
South Asian Studies Program Initiative Presents: SARGAM

March 18th: Bushwick School for Social Justice Day

March 19th: Introduction to Bharatanatyam Worksop for SAYA! (South Asian Youth Action)