Bharathanatyam Recital by Sahana Balasubramanya at the Indian Cultural Centre

Indian Culture Centre, Colombo will be presenting a Bharathanatyam Recital by Sahana Balasubramanya, a young talented Bharatanatyam exponent from India at 6.00 pm on December 15, 2017 at the ICC auditorium located at 16/2 Gregory’s Road, Colombo 7, a statement from the association said.

Sahana has been trained at Ganesa Natyalaya, Delhi, under the able guidance of renowned Guru Saroja Vaidyanathan for twelve years in the Tanjavur style of Bharatanatyam. She is a senior dance faculty member at Ganesa Natyalaya and
also a member of her guru’s troupe and has danced at major festivals both in India and abroad, a statement form the cultural centre said.

She has performed widely in India and abroad such as at Epicentre, Gurgaon, Gayatri Fine Arts, Sahitya Kala Parishad, Chinmaya Mission, India International Centre, DRDO, Pracheen Kala Kendra (Chandigarh), Lady Sri Ram College, New Delhi and at the Ministry of Foreign affairs in Japan, among others and received critical acclaim for the same.

Sahana has also conducted numerous dance workshops in India and abroad and was selected to be the lead dancer for the Bharatanatyam segment, in the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games, 2010, held at New Delhi. Sahana has a Masters Degree in Mathematics from Delhi University. She has been awarded the Anupama Dua Scholarship for academic excellence at the undergraduate level and the University Endowment Scholarship for her Masters.