Sri Parthasarathy Swami Sabha’s 116th year dance festival – ‘Bharat Nritya Utsav’ will be inaugurated by Dr. Nalli Kuppuswami Chetti at Narada Gana Sabha, Alwarpet today (Jan 18). Guru Chitra Visweswaran will confer the title of ‘Natya Kalasarathy’ on Urmila Sathyanarayanan. Priyadarshini Govind, director, Kalakshetra Foundation will felicitate. A thematic dance presentation – ‘Sauram – an ode to Surya, the Sun God’ by Urmila and the students of Natya Sankalpa will follow the inaugural function. At 6 p.m.
The festival will go on till Mar 11 and will include performances by the students of gurus Bhagyashree Satthish, Anitha Guha, Sheejith Krishna, Usha Dorai, Sheela Unnikrishnan and several others. At R. K. Swamy Auditorium, 5, Sundareswarar Street, Mylapore.
