| Upcoming Events |
1) 29th September, 2006 -
Durga Pooja Festival of Classical Music and Dance at Patna (Gandhi Maidan at 7pm)
2) Interview discussion on All India Radio - I as a poet
3) 5th and 6th October, 2006 -
ARPAN Festival 2006 - India Habitat Centre, Stein Auditorium at 7 pm (organised by me to promote future torch bearers of the classical performing arts tradition)
4) 7th October, 2006 -
Talk on Indian Performing Arts to participants of 74th International Training Programme at ICISA, Noida (2pm)
5) 10th October, 2006 (7pm) -
Performance for International Conference at the Indian Agriculture Research Institute, Pusa, Delhi
6) 11th October 2006 (7pm) -
performance at PSK, East Delhi
7) 12th October 2006 (7pm) -
performance for the International Conference, Physics Dept, University of Delhi
8) 17th October 2006 (7pm) -
performance at Mayfairs, Quatb, New Delhi
9) 25th October 2006 (7pm) -
performance at ISKCON Temple, Vrindaban
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| Press Reviews |
“Her feet dance, her eyes and hands do the talking….. fascinating experience as she executed aamad, that, tode, tukde and paranas with an electrifying display of footwork, body gestures employing the eyes, neck, chest, lips, hands in perfect coordination….through a mesmerizing dancing spell….”
(S.D.Sharma, Indian Express, Chandigarh) |
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PRESS REVIEWS |
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| “….reached celestial heights in portraying the various moods and specially her elocution in a most dramatic manner about Ram and Sita….” |
| (D.N.Malhotra) |
| “Preserving Art in Young Hearts….. Shovana's Arpan Festival…..” |
| (The Hindustan Times, New Delhi) |
| “Shovana enthralls audience…At one moment she was an ascetic, and at another she was the Naayika. She was Gajagaamini for a while and at the very next moment she looked like a peacock personified. Her moods and movements changed fast with the shift in presentation of different images, making each of them live on the stage….” |
| (The Hindustan Times, Patna) |
| “…. Explosive bursts of speed with highly controlled sensitivity … much meaning could be read into a mere smile …” |
| (South Wales Argus) |
| “ … Shovana Narayan's dance .. evoke a message of power and emotive depth …” |
| (Leela Venkataramn, The Hindu) |
| “…The star was undoubtedly Shovana Narayan … scintillating … can control the most difficult rhythms and variations with grace .. flowing, sparkling,languorous by turns, with beautiful long sustained spins. Brilliant footwork .. this was sheer delight …” |
| (Dance and Dancers, London) |
| “ .. a poetic expression .. had stepped out of a fine painting ..” |
| (Bangkok Post) |
| “ .. the loose-limbed, swirling pirouettes, the patterns of stamped footwork, the general mood of emotional vehemence …shimmering … showed each anklet rustling … body swaying gently in the wind …” |
| (Sunday Telegraph, London) |
| “ .. Shovana Narayn is the first to draw upon themes from the lives and teachings of great men of modern India, namely, Gandhi, Sri Ramakrishna Paramhansa, Sri Vivekananda, Sri Ramana Maharshi …” |
| (Dr.S.K.Saxena, The Pioneer) |
| “Captivating performance by Shovana…….. Padmashri Shovana Narayan had the audience eating out of her hands by her scintillating performance ……….' |
( The Tribune, Ludhiana) |
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