Bharatanatyam Rangapravesham at Cochin

Dharani, Kochi and Natyadhara, Munich, jointly organising the Bharatanatyam performance by Amra Ebert & Nina Mog on Tuesday, 08th August 2017.  The event will be held at Dharani's Sathi Kamala Hall, SRM Road, Cochin, Kerala from 06.30 pm.

The Artists - Amra Ebert & Nina Mog

Amra Marie Ebert from Munich, Germany who is currently living in Bangalore, Karnataka (India) started learning Bharathanatyam  at the young age of six  under the tutelage of Dr. Rekha Raju. She was also learning Carnatic music from Mrs. Sumathi Ramachandran.  She moved back to Munich after few years and continued her dance education with Chandra Devi at her dance school ‘Natyadhara’.  Amra  has performed for different events including the Street life festival in Munich. 

Nina Mog  from Munich, Germany was fascinated by the graceful movements of Bharatanatyam in her younger age. She joined ‘Natyadhara’, Chandra Devi´s School for Indian Dance in Munich from where she practised her skills and developed the understanding of Bharatanatyam and Carnatic music.  She visited ‘Dharani’ at Kochi, Kerala in 2013 and 2017, where she could pursue her passion under the guidance of Smt. Shyamala Surendran.  Nina has been performing at various shows in Germany, Switzerland and Luxembourg.

Dharani and Natyadhara

Smt. Shyamala Surendran is the founder and managing trustee of  ‘Dharani School of Performing Arts’ in Kochi. She is trained under prominent Gurus - dancing couple Dhananjayans of Chennai,  Padmabhushan Kalanidhi Narayanan and Kalamandalam Kalyannikutti amma. Shyamala has been performing and giving seminars and workshops all over India & outside. She has composed and produced several intricate dance dramas. In 2006 she received the “Kerala Sangeet Nataka Academy award” for her contributions to the performing arts in Kerala.

‘Natyadhara - Zentrum für Indischen Tanz und Kultur’ in Munich was founded by Chandra Devi (Simone Brero) who  received her training in Bharatanatyam and Carnatic music at “Dharani School of Performing Arts” under the guru, Smt. Shyamala Surendran in Kochi. She refined the art further under  Padmabhushan Kalanidhi Narayanan. Chandra has been performing and teaching regularly in Germany and other places all over Europe and India.  She has organized the dance producti ons ‘Natyananda 1 and 2’ and ‘The Cosmic Dance of Shiva’.

Date: 08 Aug 2017,  Time: 06.30 pm;
Venue: Dharani's Sathi Kamala Hall, SRM Road, Cochin, Kerala.