Patanjali: Legends of Yoga and Dance 2008

Credits:
Production - Rangoli Foundation for Art & Culture

Concept, Choreography, & Artistic Direction - Malathi Iyengar

Additional Choreographic Credits:
The Benevolent Kali - Choreography by Lakshmi Iyengar
Invoking Kali Choreography by Murali Mohan Kalvakalva
Kathak dance excerpts - Choreography & Performance by Murali Mohan Kalvakalva

Yoga Practitioners:
Ashley Albrand, Ranjith Babu, Kathryn Budig

Dancers from India:
Ranjith Babu, Neewin Hershall, & Murali Mohan Kalvakalva
Rangoli Dance Company:
Ronald Burton, Lakshmi Iyengar, Malathi Iyengar, Hema Iyer, Shaheen Sheik, & Soumya Sundaresh.
Rangoli Dancers:
Sheila Aula, Shivani Aysola, Vyshnavi Aysola, Anjali Gopalan, Nikita Iyer, Shilpa Mantri, Karisma Nagarkatti, Sumathi Nanguneri, Aarti Rao, & Chirag Sumathi.
Guest Dancer - Navia Natarajan

Music - Rajkumar Bharathi
Sound Design - David Karagianis

Lighting Design - Eileen Cooley
Costume Design - Lakshmi Iyengar
Set Design - Suresh Iyengar

Program Notes - Malathi Iyengar
Videography - Perfect Video, Costa Mesa, California
Patanjali Trailer & Editing - Michael Weaver

Musicians (India) featured in the Patanjali Score:
Nattuvangam (Vocals and Cymbals): Malathi Iyengar & Neewin Hershall
Vocals: Rajkumar Bharathi, Fayaz Khan, Trivandrum Krishna Kumar, S. R. Veeraraghavan, & Nikita Iyer
Mridangam & Khanjira: Gurumurthy G, Nellai Kannan
Tabla: Praveen D. Rao, Morsing: A. S. Krishnan
Violin: Embar Kannan, M. A. Sundareshwaran, & Kalaiarasan, Flute: Palghat Sriram, Balasai, & A. P. Sarvotham
Veena: Rajesh Vaidhya & Veenai Subrahmanyam
Sarangi - Fayaz Khan
Harp - Veenai Subrahmanyam
Costume Construction Support: D. S. Aiyyelu, Tushar Bhatt, Lakshmi Iyengar, Murali Mohan Kalvakalva, Ponnurangan
Wardrobe Assistant - Harai Deker
Set Construction Support - Gaston Medina, Ranjith Babu, Gurumurthy G., Neewin Hershall,
Murali Mohan Kalvakalva, Nandakumar U., & Vivek V.

Resource & Technical Advisors:
Dr Christopher Key Chapple, Srivatsa Ramaswamy, Ganesh Shatavadhani, BKS Iyengar & Ramakrishna Mission

Saturday, August 9, 2008
Main Stage, Santa Monica college, 1900 Pico Blvd, Santa Monica, California 90405. USA
www.rangoli.org

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• Rangoli
• Patanjali
• Indian
• India
• Hindu
• performance
• stage
• show
• dance
• dancing
• Iyengar
• Malathi
• Lakshmi
• Shiva
• Yoga
• Bharatanatyam
• Chidambaram

[taraney]

the guy at 2:50 is my dance teacher :D

[sukkot54]

good veena, but the flute is miked too loud, distortion.

great show though. good production values and scenery

thanks vm

[chelli4196]

I had the best time of my life being in the show two times in a row. Hope to be in more. V.A.

[prasannakasthuri]

Very Beautifully choreographed. Wonderful dancers. Hope you had put the original music, which wouldhave enhanced onine watching with originality.