Showcase of Talent for Kusum Sharma’s Shri Natraj School of Dance

 

 

 

HOUSTON: Shri Natraj school of Dance celebrated their annual talent program, this past weekend at Shri Radha Krishna temple on Sunday May 19. The program lasted little over an hour and was well coordinated and the event emcee Nipun Kakkar, did a very good job engaging the audience with his jokes, trivia and funny quotes and handing out chocolates to kids and adults when they got the Trivia question correct.

The performance started right on time with a Bharatnatyam dance in praise of Lord Ganesha. The students then showcased over the next hour all the three styles of dance that the school offers. Each dance sequence was different, very colorful with elegant and precise dance moves. The executive dance director of the school Kusum Sharma is herself well versed in Bharatnatyam , Kathak and Bollywood and personally teaches the student at the two location in Houston where the dances are offered. The maturity of the expressions was well noted in the senior students, the little ones were like a ball of energy.  The advance students have been dancing with Kusum Sharma since the school started ten years ago. Guest speaker of the evening was respected Padmakanth Kambathi of Sanatan Hindu Center, who talked about the center and radio channel that air the program on AM 1090 from 9-12pm every Sunday. The school which recently launched it’s face book school (www.facebook.com/shrinatraj) had raffle drawing to promote their website. Three lucky winners gladly accepted their prizes, their effort on facebook had paid off. Kusum Sharma concluded the program by thanking the parents and family for encouraging the kids and bringing them for classes each week without fail.

Shri Natraj School of Dance has been culturally active in Houston since it was founded in 2004 and has done among other programs Ramleela since 2005, Krishna leela, Mughal-e-Azam, Meera and many more. Kusum Sharma’s brand of Ramleela has become very popular in Houston in recent years and a much awaited program for Houstonians each eyar.

This year Ramleela will be held on Oct 27, 2013. For more information visit www.shrinatraj.com or www.facebook.com/shrinatraj