Thunderous solos at Natya Vriksha’s World Dance Day 2026
Madhu Nataraj, Geeta Chandran, Anita Ratnam and Sharanya Chandran (Pic credit: Facebook/Geeta Chandran) On 25 and 26 April, Natya Vriksha held the World Dance Day celebrations at the IIC in Delhi. It is a huge effort undertaken each year by Guru Geeta Chandran, Rajiv Chandran and the team of Natya Vriksha. The first day started at 9 a.m. with a movement workshop by Surjit Nongmeikapam. Sagarika Patwardhan and Guru Sucheta Chapekar (Pic credit: Facebook/Geeta Chandran) In the afternoon, around 4 p.m., the post-lunch session was a lecture-performance titled ‘Pravaahita’ by Guru Sucheta Chapekar and her granddaughter Sagarika Patwardhan, on their Marathi and Hindi repertoire of Bharatanatyam. It was an engrossing session in which Sucheta ji demonstrated the legacy of Bharatanatyam, and the most amazing thing was to see her still dancing perfectly! They presented Nritya-Ganga, a unique presentation combining Bharatanatyam dance technique and Hindustani classical music...