Healing in Harmony
'Healing in Harmony' is a collaborative short digital Indian neo-classical music and dance video, created entirely by nine artists of Silambam Houston using resources available to us during the COVID-19 shutdown, and dedicated to healthcare workers around the world.
This work was funded in part by the City of Houston through Houston Arts Alliance.
‘Healing in Harmony’ features the following artists:
Lavanya Rajagopalan (vocal, digital instrumental, Bharatanatyam)
Supradipta Datta, Kalaangan (Odissi)
Kalpana Subbarao (Kathak)
Nithya Sherman (vocal, Bharatanatyam)
Raji Natarajan (vocal)
Anusha Venkatramani (vocal)
Nilamani Venisetty (Kuchipudi)
Sandipto Datta (tabla)
Kaavya Rajarathnam (piano)
Raas: Tapestry of Love
'Raas: Tapestry of Love' is a digital reimagining of an iconic choreographic work created in 1988 by Padmashree awardee Prof. Sudharani Raghupathy, set to the music of Padmabhushan awardee Vidwan Madurai Shri N Krishnan, and reworked for the digital space by weaving together performances by 12 dancers from across the globe, all senior disciples of Shree Bharatalaya.
Music from the original soundtrack of Krishnam Vande Jagatgurum:
Vocal: Padma Rajagopalan
Violin: S. Vijayaraghavan
Mridangam: KSR Aniruddha
Flute: Srinivasan
Video scripted and edited by Lavanya Rajagopalan.
Performed and recorded on phone cameras in homes across the globe during the COVID-19 pandemic, by
Smitha Magal, Dublin, OH, USA
Priya Murle, Chennai, India
Srimathy Mohan, Phoenix, AZ, USA
Priya Dixit, Chennai, India
Mridula Anand, Hyderabad, India
Gayatri Ramaratnam, Bangalore, India
Lavanya Rajagopalan, Houston, TX, USA
Sasirekha Balasubramanian, Chennai, India
Prabha Dixit, Chennai, India
Aishwarya Ananth Karthik, Bangalore, India
Anusha Venkatramani, Houston, TX, USA
Smruthi Jayasundar, Jersey City, NJ, USA
This work is funded in part by the City of Houston through Houston Arts Alliance.