2000-2009

TRADITIONAL TO THE CONTEMPORARY

2000 - 2009
2008
NATYANJALI
Natya Academy’s 15th year anniversary performance
Attended by full house crowd
at Winningstad Theater, Portland Center for Performing Arts
2006
NATYARPANAM
Featuring guest artists from Nadam Dance Company, Bangalore
Grant from Regional Arts and Culture Council
Heritage India
Full length evening performance, Seattle WA
Commissioned by Microsoft, Seattle
KRISHNA BHAKTI
Northwest tour:
Newark Theater, Portland
MOHAI, Seattle
Metropolitan Theater MET, Spokane
Grant from Regional Arts and Culture Council
Media sponsor- OPB-PBS

Krishna Bhakti with guest artist Manipuri dancer Sohini Ray
2005
October 2005
ANUBHAVA
Commissioned by PASA Lafayette
Grant from NEA National Endowment for the Arts
Master class on Indian dance at Louisiana State University
Performance: Performing Arts Society of Acadiana, Lafayette
September 2005
NATYANJALI
Kaul Auditorium, Reed College
Commissioned by Reed College
2004
GAJAMUKHA
30 city US Tour
NEFA-NDP Production and Touring Grant
Portland concert: RACC Grant
Marketing Support: PICA
Gajamukha Premier
Music Academy, Chennai, India
Performance attended by legends Lalgudi Jayaraman, Dr. Padma Subrahmanyan, Mandolin Shrinivas, Selvaganesh, TM Krishna, and many luminaries
GAJAMUKHA 30 city US Tour
Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland, OR (Presenter: PICA TBA Fest & Rasika)
Symphony Space, New York, NY (Presenter: World Music Institute)
Rialto Performing Art Center, Atlanta, GA (Presenter: Rialto & Gandhi Foundation)
Flynn Performing Art Center, Burlington, VT (Presenter: Flynn)
Listner Auditorium, Wash DC (Presenter: Washington Performing Art Society WPAS)
Wortham Performing Art Center, Houston, TX
Metropolitan Theater, MET, Spokane
Chester Fritz Auditorium, University of North Dakota
University of South Dakota
Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA
Carpenter Performance Hall, Irving Arts Center, TX
UW Meany Hall Seattle, WA (Presenter: UW World series)
Lied Performing Art Center, Lincoln NE (Presenter: Lied)
University of Cincinnati, OH
LaSalle Stewart Center, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR (Presenter: Rasika)
Coral Springs Performing Art Center, Miami, FL (Asian American Council, Indian Association)
NeuroSciences Institute, San Diego, CA
Purdue University, IN
Austin, TX (presenter: IFA- India Fine Arts, Austin)
GAJAMUKHA was also presented at other cities including: Dayton, OH; Chicago, Fort Myers & Jacksonville- Florida; New Jersey, Dallas, Austin, TX; Detroit etc.
2003
KRISHNA BHAKTI
Newark Theater, Portland
MOHAI, Seattle
Grant from Regional Arts & Culture Council
Culture Shock Festival
Newport Center for Performing Arts
Commissioned work by the Oregon Coast Council for the Arts
2002
ANANDA TANDAVAM
Newark Theater, Portland and at MOHAI, Seattle
Grant from Regional Arts & Culture Council
2001
NATYA STHUTHI
PSU Lincoln Performance Hall, Portland and at MOHAI, Seattle
With guest artist/Veena player Geetha Ramanathan Bennet
Grant from Regional Arts & Culture Council
Culture Shock Festival
Newport Center for Performing Arts
Commissioned work by Oregon Coast Council for the Arts
2000
OM GANESHA
West Coast Tour with performances at Portland, San Jose, Seattle and Salt Lake City
SHIVANJALI
Dance concert commissioned by AID Portland as fund raiser.