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About Our Organization:
Laya Bhava Dance Academy serves to enhance and advance the cultural fabric of Ontario and Canada through the production, education and performance of and about arts, particularly dance and music styles originating from Northern Region of Sri Lanka. The organization’s vision is to promote a high standard of music and dance, as well as nurture future generations of dance and music students and artists in Ontario. The organization promotes the Arts by achieving the following objectives:
1) to educate and increase the public’s understanding and appreciation of the Arts by providing performances of an artistic nature in public places, senior citizens homes, churches, community centres and educational institutions and by arranging and delivering educational seminars on topics relating to such artist performances.
2) to provide instructional seminars on topics relating to the performing and visual arts.
3) To produce performing arts festivals for the purposes of illustrating, educating and advancing the public’s understanding and appreciation of performing arts.
4) To ensure the continuation of the Arts by educating and developing artists through training and participation in performances, festivals, and related workshops
About the Festival:
To produce a performing arts festivals for the purposes of illustrating, educating and advancing the public’s understanding and appreciation of performing arts in the Tamil Culture.
Laya Bhava Dance Academy serves to enhance and advance the cultural fabric of Ontario and Canada through the production, education and performance of and about arts, particularly dance and music styles originating from Northern Region of Sri Lanka. The organization’s vision is to promote a high standard of music and dance, as well as nurture future generations of dance and music students and artists in Ontario. The organization promotes the Arts by achieving the following objectives:
1) to educate and increase the public’s understanding and appreciation of the Arts by providing performances of an artistic nature in public places, senior citizens homes, churches, community centres and educational institutions and by arranging and delivering educational seminars on topics relating to such artist performances.
2) to provide instructional seminars on topics relating to the performing and visual arts.
3) To produce performing arts festivals for the purposes of illustrating, educating and advancing the public’s understanding and appreciation of performing arts.
4) To ensure the continuation of the Arts by educating and developing artists through training and participation in performances, festivals, and related workshops
About the Festival:
To produce a performing arts festivals for the purposes of illustrating, educating and advancing the public’s understanding and appreciation of performing arts in the Tamil Culture.
Our Last Collaboration Event: Bhakthi Pravaham April 20th 2018
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Four Tamil Dance Academy's joined forces to present Bhakthi-Pravaham at Thamil Isai Kalaamanram. We presented Bhakti Pravaham - the flow of devotion. A kalakshetra style repertoire of bharatanatyam featuring Smt. Induvadana Balan Malli and toronto dancers. Smt. Induvadana is the daughter and disciple of late Sri Adyar K. Lakshman. The performance took place at Thamil Isai Kalaamanram ( Unit#3, 1120 Tapscott Road, Scarborough, ON, M1X 1E8). The show began at 7pm. Admission is $10 and seating will be based on a first come, first served basis. This event included a 10 day workshop with master Artist Malli which culminated in a presentation by the workshop participants.
Partners for this Event: Laya Bhava Dance Academy, Niro Dance Creations, Indo-Dance Academy, Abhinalaya Natyalaya More Photos can be found at the following link: https://www.facebook.com/pg/eettv/photos/?tab=album&album_id=2583488021875749 |
Samarpanam Series - November 13 2016
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Speaker Professor Sudharshan Duraiappa
Dance Artist Sahana Ratneswaran Venue: Vaughan City Playhouse Theatre Ticket: $10 Sunday November 13th 2016 
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Collaboration - Blends of Bharatham Fundraser- March 13th 2016
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A fundraising event for the scarborough hospital. A total of $12500 was donated to the hospital.
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Guru Samarpanam - November 20 2015
Tamil Artists:
Padmini Anand
Nirothini Pararajasingam
Kirupanithy Ratneswaran
Shanthakumari Selvanayagam
Kumuthini Srikanthan
Nanthini Jegatheeswaran
Siva Thivyarajan
Guhendran Saravanapavan
Sahana Ratneswaran
Venue: Periya Sivan Temple Hall
Free Event
Padmini Anand
Nirothini Pararajasingam
Kirupanithy Ratneswaran
Shanthakumari Selvanayagam
Kumuthini Srikanthan
Nanthini Jegatheeswaran
Siva Thivyarajan
Guhendran Saravanapavan
Sahana Ratneswaran
Venue: Periya Sivan Temple Hall
Free Event
Samarpanam Series 2015
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Special Guest Artists:
Madurai R. Muralidharan Smt. Uma Murali Smt. Thiripurasundari Venue: Chinese Cultural Center of Greater Toronto Free event |
Kathakali Purappadu - October 4 2014
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Kathakali Purappadu
Kathakali Artist: Anupama Dineshkumar Chutti Artist: Unniettan Venue: Varasithy Vinayagar Temple Free Event |
Samarpanam Series - October 12 2014
Artists:
Bharatanatyam - Ramya Harishankar
Kathakali - Sahana Ratneswaran
Senior Bharatanatyam Artist Ramya Harishankar will be performing at Samarpanam 2014 this year. I would like to invite all of you; this is a FREE show and is open to the public.
RAMYA HARISHANKAR brings to Bharata Natyam all these qualities enhanced by vigorous training under the best gurus: the late Swamimalai K. Rajaratnam who followed the traditional Vazhavoor style and was renowned for his musical and choreography skills and Kalanidhi Narayanan, one of the finest exponents and teachers of the art of Abhinaya, the art of expressing emotions. With over two decades of training, Harishankar combines the elegance, grace and suppleness of the Vazhavoor School with the distinctive ability to express all shades of emotion with sensitivity and intuition.
There is will also be a workshop on Saturday October 11th 2014 evening.
Venue: Yorkwoods Public Library Theater, $10 Admission
Joint Event with Bharathi Arts - musical evening
Bharatanatyam - Ramya Harishankar
Kathakali - Sahana Ratneswaran
Senior Bharatanatyam Artist Ramya Harishankar will be performing at Samarpanam 2014 this year. I would like to invite all of you; this is a FREE show and is open to the public.
RAMYA HARISHANKAR brings to Bharata Natyam all these qualities enhanced by vigorous training under the best gurus: the late Swamimalai K. Rajaratnam who followed the traditional Vazhavoor style and was renowned for his musical and choreography skills and Kalanidhi Narayanan, one of the finest exponents and teachers of the art of Abhinaya, the art of expressing emotions. With over two decades of training, Harishankar combines the elegance, grace and suppleness of the Vazhavoor School with the distinctive ability to express all shades of emotion with sensitivity and intuition.
There is will also be a workshop on Saturday October 11th 2014 evening.
Venue: Yorkwoods Public Library Theater, $10 Admission
Joint Event with Bharathi Arts - musical evening
Samarpanam Series - September 15 2013
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Artists:
Vocal: Yadav Yadavan Mrdangam: Karthikeyen Violin: Thandadevi Mithradeva Flute: Kamala Sadasivam Nattuvangam: Kirupanithy Ratneswaran Dance: Sahana MC: Radio Personality KK Venue: Flato Markham Theatre Sponsor: Punguduthiva Village Association Free Event Dinner Provided |
Markham Dance Festival / Samarpanam Series
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