Soora Samharam, a full length Bharatanatyam Dance Ballet Drama, Broadway grade Musical

HD video and dance photographs from Vision-Aid's hit Bharatanatyam dance ballet - Soora Samharam - choreographed by Sri. Madurai R. Muralidharan, featuring over 50 premiere New England Indian Classical dancers. This dramatic tale of the birth of Karthikeya, and his vanquishing of evil demons has captured the imagination of many Indian poets including the great Kalidasa, who detailed this tale in the timeless classic Kumarasamabhavam. The tale begins with a romance between Lord Shiva and Parvathy and takes an unusual turn when Manmatha, the God of Love, is turned to ashes by the opening of the Third Eye of Lord Shiva. From the ashes, emerges Lord Karthikeya who then proceeds to defeat the evil demon, Soora Padman and transforms this demon into a beautiful peacock and a rooster. The tale also details the charming romance between Valli, a simple tribal girl and the handsome young Karthikeya.

Concept, Lyrics, Music, Choreography & Direction: Madurai R.Muralidharan
Production: Madurai R. Muralidharan, Guru Jeyanthi Ghatraju, Guru Ranjani Saigal, Vision-Aid

Singers: Kalpana, Kuldeep, Ananthu, Muralidaran, Ravali, Ranjani, Gayathri, Srikanth
Veena: Rajesh Vaidya; Flute: Naveen; Mridangam: D.A. Srinivas, Keshavan, Ramshankar Babu; Tabla: Chandrajit; Violin: V.L. Kumar; Keyboard: Navneedh;

Performers:
Shuruthe Ananthakrishnan, Niveda Baskaran, Sheethal Dwaraka, Guru Jeyanthi Ghatraju, Shreya Hegde, Pavitra Krishnan, Monica Manickam, Gayatri Menon, Sujatha Meyyappan, Nikita Minocha, Meyya Muthu, Nilanjana Nambiar, Shilpa Narayanan, Shwetha Nirmal, Guru Neha Parikh, Nisha Pillai, Susruthi Rajanala, Sanjana Rao, Sandhya Reddy, Guru Ranjani Saigal, Gopika Senthilkumar, Muvva Vangapalli, Priya Venkatesh

Child Performers:
Amy John, Bhoomika Kumar, Devika Nayar, Disha Surajiwale, Diti Pitre, Divya Arun, Gopika Nair, Hamsika Vedavinayagam, Jeyasakthi Kannan, Karthik Ramesh, Laya Ananthakrishnan, Madhumita Nambiar, Merlin Joyce, Meenakshi Dwaraka, Meghna Kanthan, Prisha Girish, Priya Veluri, Sadhaya Senthilkumar, Samyuktha Gopinath, Sankeerth Veluri, Shefali Bakre, Shireen Bakre, Shivani Belambe, Solai Alagappan, Sreeman Gopinath, Sruthi Kurada, Sruthi Ramesh

Cinematography. Camera, Editing, Dance Photography: Ganesh Davuluri, Dance Photographer

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