Arpana Dance Company

A thorough and insightful interview about Ramya’s journey & life as a dancer, performer, and teacher. Please watch!

These times have certainly sparked everyone’s creativity. And with the help of my son/ musician Aashray, a humble offering for Navaratri!

Arpana families and supporters, looking forward to seeing and hearing from you!

For this week’s Samarpan 2.0, we’re featuring sisters- 11 year old Meghana & 9 year old Aditi Ramaraju will be demonstrating the Dhrishti Bedha (eye movements) while 13 year old Sukruti & 8 year old Shraddha Pramarti demonstrate the Shiro Bedha (neck movements). Enjoy!

Good time to educate ourselves and create the ideal environment for the next generation! Do join us!

Congratulations to our guru, Ramya Aunty, on her 50th arangetram (dance debut) anniversary!

This week’s Samarpan 2.0 features 12 year old Kashvi Logu performing a pushpanjali. She joined the Arpana School of Dance in September 2018. Enjoy!

This week’s Samarpan 2.0 features 10 year old Smera Suresh who is performing the Alarippu...enjoy! She has been learning since 2017. Fun fact: Smera’s aramandi (half sitting leg posture) is so good that her class coined it Smeramandi!

Happy Friday! In this week’s Samarpan 2.0, we present our little Sanjana Sri Jagan, a 6 year old who has been learning for 1 year. She is demonstrating the Hasta Bedha, or hand gestures used in classical dance forms. Enjoy!

#lalgudi90 Our homage to the legendary violin maestro Sri Lalgudi G. Jayaraman on the occasion of his 90th birthday. This beautiful ragamalika composition explores the mythology of the Goddess through the navarasas, or nine basic emotions. ... Choreography- Ramya Harishankar & The Arpana Dance Company Dancers: Shefali Appali, Nitya Dholakia, Nikeeta Shah, Vivahni Shastry, & Visalini Sundaram Musical ensemble: Vocal: G.Srikanth Mridangam: B.P. Haribabu Flute: Mohanraj Jayaraman Violin: Kiran Athreya

This week’s Samarpan 2.0 features 12 year old Pragnya Ramkumar, who has been learning for the past 8 years. She will be performing a mallari...enjoy!

Third in our Samarpan 2.0 series featuring Avanika Prasad (9) and Lahari Dongre (11) learning since 2017 and 2018 respectively. Their keen interest, work ethic and enthusiasm has brought them here so quickly. Hope to see more Arpana students featured in this series in the coming weeks/months. Vocalist - Vini Sundaram

#FlashBackFriday to 12 year old Arya from the Arpana School of Dance sharing this piece on the occasion of Ganesh Chathurthi!

Introducing Samarpan 2.0! Samarpan, our annual recital had to be cancelled this year, but we want to appreciate the students who have been working hard from home, staying motivated during their zoom classes, and have continued to improve as dancers. We will be sharing a student from Arpana each week to encourage their efforts, and this week we are featuring 14 year old Prakruthi Praveen. Enjoy!