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Sangeetha
showed a flair for music at a very young age and took her first Bharatanatyam
steps at the age of four. Her first teacher, Subathra (nee Nagarathnam)
presented her in a dance drama, Krishna Leela, as a young Krishna, when
she was barely four and a half - whetting her appetite, for the years of
training, which followed.
Continuing
her dance training under Pushkala Gopal and Unnikrishnan, Sangeetha also
began Karnatic vocal and violin classes under L.Kothandapani. She is steadily
gaining proficiency in piano playing.
Sangeetha
has had opportunities to do short solo appearances at various community
dance events. She has performed at Mudralaya's showcases at the Logan Hall
and Polka Theatre in 2002 and 2003. She was also featured in Moham, directed
and performed by Chitra Sundaram at the South Bank and Waterman Arts Centre.
Sangeetha
won the first prize for dance and was adjudged to be the best overall junior
competitor at the Croydon Music Festival in both 2002 and 2003. She was
placed first for Bharatanatyam at the Sangeet Mela Music Festival. The
Federation of British Festivals presented her in their Royal Concert recently,
and she also performed for the ISTD Congress in London in 2003.
Her other interests include
art, swimming and chess. Sangeetha is 10 years old, currently in year 6
at Wimbledon High Junior School in London. |
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