Archived 2008 Events
Pongal Festival
January 13, 2008
Shiva Murugan Temple
1803 2nd Street, Concord, CA 94519
Young Audiences School Demonstration/Performance
Friday, February 8
2008 Santa Rita School
700 Los Altos Avenue
Los Altos, CA 94022
SJ Dance Co-Choreography Event – Rasika Kumar
Solo – Friday, February 22, 2008 – 7:00pm
Saturday, February 23, 2008 – 7:00pm
Dance Theatre at SJSU
Spartan Complex SPX 219, San Jose, CA 95109
Arangetram – Megha Ranganathan
Saturday, February 23, 2008 – 5pm
CET Theater
701 Vine Street, San Jose, CA 95110
Maha Shivarathri Celebrations
Sunday, March 2, 2008
880 Kifer Road, Sunnyvale, CA 94086
Maha Shivarathri Celebrations
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
6148 Bollinger Road, San Jose, CA 95129
Arts Express
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Children’s Discovery Museum, 180 Woz Way, San Jose, CA 95110
2008 Spring Concert & Student Recital – Mayil Adum Alaganâ
Sunday, March 30, 2008 – 3:30pm
Mexican Heritage Theatre
1700 Alum Rock Avenue, San Jose, CA 95116
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School Demonstration/Performance
Friday, April 4, 2008
Silver Oak Elementary School
5000 Farnsworth Drive, San Jose, CA 91338
Papanasam Sivan Festival
Saturday, April 19, 2008
Divine Science Community Center Inc
1540 Hicks Ave., San Jose, CA 95125
Abhinaya – Open House – Demonstration and Rehearsal
Friday, May 2, 2008 (7pm – 8:30pm)
Saratoga School of Dance,
18778 Cox Avenue, Saratoga, CA 95070
All Kinds of Dance (AKOD) Cornerstone Event – National Dance Week
Sunday, May 4, 2008
Masonic Lodge’s Ballroom/Auditorium
890 Church Street, Mountain View, CA 94041
Choreography Showcase
Saturday, May 31, 2008 – 2pm
Historic Hoover Theater,
1635 Park Ave., San Jose, CA 95126
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Arclight Rep Theatre “Shakespeare on the Square” Festival Pre-show performance by Abhinaya Dancers (Green Show)
June – 6-7-8 ; 14-15-16 ; 20-21-22
Fridays and Saturdays – 7pm, Sundays – 6pm
Theatre on San Pedro Square, 29 N. San Pedro Street, San Jose CA 95112
San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival World Premiere of new work with SF Foundation’s Choreography Commission Award
June 7, 2008 – 2pm and 8pm
June 8, 2008 – 2pm
Palace of Fine Arts
3301 Lyon Street, San Francisco, CA 94123
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Arangetram – Megha Koduri
Saturday, June 14, 2008
Santa Clara Convention Center
5001 Great America Pkwy, Santa Clara, CA 95054
Arangetram – Nidhi Gandhi
Saturday, June 28, 2008
Saratoga High School McAfee Center
20300 Herriman Ave., Saratoga, CA 95070
Guest Artist Padma Shri Dr. Sunil Kothari – Dance Historian, Scholar, Author, Critic. An illustrated talk on ‘Recent Developments in Indian Dance’ with screenings of excerpts from DVDs of leading choreographers
Sunday, June 29, 2008
Moreland Community Center
1850, Fallbrook Avenue, San Jose
Arangetram – Lalitha Kristipati
Saturday, July 26, 2008
Saratoga High School McAfee Center
20300 Herriman Ave., Saratoga, CA 95070
Arangetram – Priya & Divya Patel
Saturday, August 2, 2008
Louis B Meyer Theater
500 El Camino Real, Santa Clara, CA 95050
Arangetram – Kavita Varadarajan
Saturday, August 9, 2008
Mexican Heritage Theater,
1700 Alum Rock Ave., San Jose, CA 95116
Yuva Bharati – Kalpana – A dance concert based on Student Choreography
Sunday, August 10, 2008 – 6:00pm
Choreography: Rasika Kumar and Malavika Kumar. Abhinaya Dancers:Yatrika, Anjana, Neeraja, Madhav, Preeti, and Pooja
Cubberley Theater
4000 Middlefield Rd., Palo Alto, CA 94303
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Arangetram – Kaushika Vayyala
Saturday, August 16, 2008
Santa Clara High School Performing Arts Theater
3000 Benton St., Santa Clara, CA 95051
Rasika Kumar – Solo 2008 WestWave Dance Festival
Wednesday, August 20, 2008 – 9 PM and Thursday, August 21, 2008 – 7PM
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts,
701 Mission St., San Francisco, CA 94103
Arangetram – Pia Mishra-
Saturday, September 6, 2008 – 5:00pm
Mexican Heritage Theater
1700 Alum Rock Ave, San Jose, CA 95116
Shiva Murugan Temple Fund Raiser- Dharma Yuddh – Stories from Mahabharata Great War – Solo Dance Performance by Rasika Kumar
Sunday, September 14, 2008 – 3:00pm
Cubberly Theater
4000 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto, CA 94303
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Abhinaya Dance Company’s Performance
Sunday, September 21, 2008 – 2:00pm
India Community Center
125 Los Coches St., Milpitas, CA 95035
Rama Vaidyanathan’s Solo Dance Performance
Sunday, September 28, 2008 – 5:00pm
3250 Monroe St., Santa Clara, CA 95051
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Vijaya Dasami – Student Recital
Saturday, October 11, 2008 – 4pm
Moreland West Community Center
1850 Fallbrook Ave., San Jose, CA 95130
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“Rivers – A Mystical Journey” – Fall Concert
Saturday, November 15, 2008 – 7pm
Sunday, November 16, 2008 – 4pm
Mexican Heritage Theater,
1700 Alum Rock Ave., San Jose, CA 95116
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