Indian classical dance performance set

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From left, Aparna Satheesan, Kuchipudi dancer, Rajendra Kedlaya, Yakshagana dancer, and Jwala Rejimon, Bharatanatyam dancer. (Submitted photo)
From left, Aparna Satheesan, Kuchipudi dancer, Rajendra Kedlaya, Yakshagana dancer, and Jwala Rejimon, Bharatanatyam dancer. (Submitted photo)

By Mark Ambrogi

Jwala Rejimon wants to share her love.

“There is an organization that promotes Indian classical music but there wasn’t an organization for Indian classical dance,” Jwala said. “Nritya means dance and priya means lover, so it’s just an organization to present classical traditional Indian dance.”

Nrityapriya Fine Arts will present Sri Rama Charitham, which is based on Ramayana, at 3:30 p.m. July 16 at Westfield High School’s auditorium, 18250 N. Union St., Westfield. Nrityapriya Fine Arts is a non-profit organization with a portions of funds donated to promote Indiana Classical Arts in the United States.

Jwala, 18, who will be a sophomore at Purdue majoring in speech and language and hearing sciences, graduated from Carmel High School in 2016.

Jwala has been dancing since she was seven years old, learning from teacher Mangala Anand until she 15.

“Then I got an opportunity to learn from teachers in Chennai, India, so I’ve been going every summer and winter,” Jwala said.  “I even took a semester off of my freshman year  (in college) to learn from there.”

Reijmon Varghese, president on the nonprofit and Jwala’s father, said this is the first time in Indianapolis area that someone is having a common platform for four different classical dance forms from India.

“I hope to have this every year with a different storyline and different artists,” Varghese said.

The Indian Classical dance forms of Bharatanatyam, Kathak, Kuchipudi and Yakshagana will be showcased during this 90-minute dance drama.

“We want to showcase the beauty of each art form in its purest and most traditional form,” Jwala said. “It’s not water down or anything.”

Professional musicians traveling from India will from an orchestra to accompany the dancers.

“We love Bollywood dances also, but many growing up in this country, children my age and younger don’t grow up seeing the beauty of classical India culture so we wanted to bring some of that here so they can experience that,” said Jwala, who was born in India and moved to Carmel with her family when she was three years old.

Tickets can be purchased at nrityapriya.org.


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