Society for Indian Classical Arts (SICA) is a student club at the University of Victoria that promotes Indian Classical Music and Dance in Victoria. “Vande Vasudevam” The best way to know about our upcoming programs is to sign up to our mailing list. Please visit http://web.uvic.ca/~sica/ to sign-up and see our a Kuchipudi (South Indian) past, present and future events. We are also on Facebook. Classical Dance Performance with Our Upcoming Event Live Music of Vocals, Violin, Flute Sitar and Tabla concert by and Mridangam Surmani Anupama Bhagwat (Sitar) Pandit Samar Saha (Tabla)

7PM, Sunday, September 11, 2011 Society for Indian Classical Arts (SICA) David Lam Auditorium University of Victoria MacLaurin Building, University of Victoria Friday August 26, 2011 “Kuchipudi” is a South Indian Classical dance form that originated in the them. The gentle breeze, flowers and birds remind them of the time village of Kuchipudi from the state of Andhra Pradesh in India. This dance spent with the lord. Those separated from their loved ones suffer from form is known for graceful movements with narrative (dramatic) charac- “Viraha”, the pain of separation. ters. Kuchipudi tradition represents more a dance drama where the Performers: Meenu Thakur , Payal Ramchandani, Ayana Mukherjee, dances are weaved around a set of characters and thus differs from Laxmi Reddy, Gulbin Sultana , Moutushi Mazumder other Indian Classical dance forms. “Tillana” Today’s dance is a rich tribute to Vishnu (one of the trinities in Hinduism) Ragam: Suruti, Talam: Tisram and his incarnation Krishna of Bhagwat Gita. Indian National Award Win- The sloka by Payal Ramchandani and Moutushi Majumder describes how ner Padmashree Jayarama Rao and his wife Vanashree Rao (the most Krishna danced on the head of the snake Kaliya. This Tillana describes the celebrated couple of this art form) will present the following items along “Kaliya Nartanam “of Krishna as he danced on Kaliya’s head. Along with with their group members : technique, the dancers will execute steps on the edge of a brass plate, a tradition of “Kuchipudi” style. “Vande Vasudevam” Performers: Jayarama Rao, Vanashree Rao, Payal Ramchandani, Ayana Composer: Annamacharya, Ragam: Sri, Talam: Khandachapu Mukherji, Laxmi Reddy, Moutushi Majumder, Gulbin Sultana This dance will follow after the first sloka (poem) “Ksheerabdhi Madhya Bhujagendra Mahasayana”. The song describes Lord Balaji in Tirupati as “Geetopodesham” Vishnu and Krishna. The devotee describes him as the lord of Vrindavan, Ragam: Ragamalika , Taalam: Talamalika the one with Kaustava mani (diamond), Garuda (Eagle) vahana and lotus These are slokas taken from “Srimad Bhagavad Gita”, depicting the eyed lord. The one who protects his devotees. scene in Mahabharata when Arjuna faces the enemy in the battle of Ku- Performers: Jayarama rao, Vanashree Rao, Meenu Thakur, Payal Ram- ruskhetra, in Mahabharata. Confronted with all his own relatives, he chandani, Ayana Mukherjee, Laxmi Reddy and Gulbin Sultana loses his will to fight. Krishna his friend and philosopher, inspires him to fight through his famous words. Arjuna, totally dejected, questions the “Ramana Vibho” necessity of killing for victory, Krishna tells him that the soul is immortal Composer: Swati Tirunal , Ragam: Aarbhi, Talam: Adi and he should do his duty. When Arjuna is still unconvinced Krishna Preceded by a sloka by Gulbin Sultana and Payal Ramchandani describ- shows his “Viswarupam” (Universe) and thus convinces Arjuna to go to ing the Lord Vishnu when he protected his devotee Gajendra and killed war. the crocodile with his chakra (wheel). “Ramana Vibho” is another prayer Perfomers: Jayarama Rao & Vanashree Rao song devoted to Lord Vishnu, as he lies under the serpent king with Laxmi at his feet. He is compassionate and “karunamaya”, the one who Conclusion always protects his devotees. Mangalam with the Dasavatara sloka depicting the ten incarnations of Performers : Ayana Mukherji and Moutushi Majumder Lord Vishnu, from Composer Jayadeva’s Ashtapadi.

“Lalita Lavanga Latha Ashtapadi” Musicians: K. Venkateswaran (Vocal), V. Sridharachary (Mridnagam), R. Composer: Jayadev Ragam: Vasant Bahar Talam: adi Sriganesh (Nattuvangam), Dattatreyulu (Fulte), R. Sarvanan (Violin) Preceded by a sloka by Vanashree Rao and Laxmi Reddy describing Krishna Radha’s Ras (love), this song describes the spring season and Makeup: Naresh Khare how all the gopis remember Krishna playing Holi (festival of colors) with Light and Sound: Milind Srivastav