Welcome to “My epic Indian Swayamvara”. I made this series around the year 2014-2015 as a way for me to look back, and cherish this personal saga. Since then I decided to share with others who may be in different stages of the process. Mostly, my intention has been to add humor to what …
As part of the AAPI celebrations, our dance school, Odissi Vilas was invited to perform at the Bohol Immigrant Park event organized by Rhthymix Cultural Works. Leading up to the performance day, most of our practices happened on zoom. Interestingly, it was a one off time for us when earlier that day we had performed …
The city of San Francisco had reached out to Odissi Vilas to participate in an SF downtown revival program. We were elated to help out and spread cultural awareness about Odissi in the heart of downtown near the Ferry Building. Manasi, Maureen and I performed several items over a period of 2 hours on a …
The city of San Francisco had reached out to Odissi Vilas to participate in an SF downtown revival program. We were elated to help out and spread cultural awareness about Odissi in the heart of downtown near the Ferry Building. Manasi, Maureen and I performed several items over a period of 2 hours on a …
The city of San Francisco had reached out to Odissi Vilas to participate in an SF downtown revival program. We were elated to help out and spread cultural awareness about Odissi in the heart of downtown near the Ferry Building. Manasi, Maureen and I performed several items over a period of 2 hours on a …
Our Odissi school put together a school recital Samyukta – an Ode to Odissi Sacred Temple Dance in August at Chabot College theatre. Our teacher Shri Vishnu Tattva Das and the students of Odissi Vilas performed, and we were honored to have guest musicians from Odisha, India to accompany us on this special event (http://odissimusic.org/). It was a …
Getting to pair up with Manasi, an elegant and graceful dancer/teacher for a duet performance at Odisha day celebrations. Unfortunately, the videographer left the premises right before we went on stage. So no recording of the performance itself. Instead, I have attached few stills captured during and post our performance. Item name: Saveri Pallavi
We were invited to perform at the San Ramon theatre that accommodates an intimate audience of a hundred as part of the Vasant Utsav event. A year back we were just 3 of us performing vasant pallavi. This year we doubled that number for our stage performance from 3 to 6! As always it was …
When I chanced upon an opportunity to be part of a professional theatre group in a compelling role, I seized it with a zest that surprised even me. It was a huge learning experience to closely observe, and immerse myself in the world of theatre artists. I grew immense respect for my fellow actors who …