Young talents MEGHANA MOHANDAS

First prize, Mono Act, Tableau and second price painting, folk dance Keralolsavam 2002

Young Dancers to perform Arangettam

Muscat --A group of dance artists will perform their arangetram at the Darsait Temple Hall on Thursday from 8pm onwards.The dance evening, which will be graced by Indian Ambassador K. M. Meena and his wife Poonam Meena, will feature seven, young and talented dancers from various Indian schools here and a senior dancer, who are expected to scintillate at their arangetram performance.

Sanjana Mohandoss

All seven budding dancers -- Shivapriya Viswam, Sanjana Mohandoss, Atulya Sebastian, Amalshree Sarasan, Banisha Balan, Shilpa Suresh and Abhishek Anand-- are disciples of Santha Krishnankutty, a wellknown dance teacher here. G. Radhika Ganesh, the other performer, is also Santha's disciple.A guest artiste, Seetha Kunhikannan, will also be performing on this occasion.The dancers are expected to perform in Bharatanatyam, Kuchippudi, Mohiniattam etc.

Abhishek Anand

There will be group dances as well as solos. The programme will begin with a group performance.The accompanying artistes include Santha Krishnankutty (natavangam), Thalavady Krishnankutty (vocal), Umesh Kumar (violin), Sundaresan (mridangam) and C.N. Viswanath (flute). The programme is being compered by Sharmila Ashok Balan.

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