Payyanur Local News

Abu Dhabi: The internationally famous dancing couple of India, VP Dhananjayan and Shanta Dhananjayan (the proud of our own Payyanur)staged a maginficient performance of Bharatanatyam today in AbuDhabi. The show was organised jointly by the UAE chapter of Soorya , NMC Group and Abudhabi Culutural Foundation. Sri. Dhananjayan stressed the need of giving importance to the classical dance and music in today's world. He stated that the modern fast music and cinematic dance will give only an instant pleasure. But the classical art forms will remain immortal for ever and moreover classical art elevates the audience mind to a higher level of peace and harmony. It also educates the viewer apart from providing entertainment. He praised the efforts of Soorya Krishnamoorthy in this regard.

The show began with an invocation performed by Dhananjayan couple. It followed by an item called "nrityopahara" which showed the great dancers' great experience and elevated the minds of the viewers to a very high level proving the dancer's claims. The items performed by Divya Shivsundar(d/o VP Ramachandran, the noted actor) was specially noted. The show ended with an item called "nritya angahara" by the couple. The dance program was accompanied by the artists-R. Kalaiarasan(violin), R.Karthikeyan(mridangam) and N.Sasidharan(vocal). Similar shows are conducted at various other venues in the middleast and europe.