Thandav’23
The Natyasudha club also known to be the dance club of the Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham hosted an awestriking club induction event commonly known as THANDAV with the title of the event being THANADV’23. The event was successfully conducted in the Amriteswari hall on the evening of 21st November 2023 starting at 5:30 pm. The Natyasudha club has a total of 7 teams starting as 4 girl teams and they are Praana, Tarang, Jhalak, and Scarlet Creed and the rest of the 3 groups are Rhythm Radzz, E360, and Descendants.
The event started off with the lighting of the lamp from the esteemed invited chief guests to theevent Dr.A.S.Ramkumar(Prof.Students Welfare) followed by the club faculty coordinators Dr.VijayaChandrakala K.R.M (Dept.Electrical and ElectronicsEngg.) and Dr.DhanyaSathyan(Dept. of Civil Engg.) and as well as the Presidents of the club Swarup Rosario and SreeSakthiwas a part of lighting the lamp along with the esteemed guests. Following the lighting of the lamp it was followed by the prayer song from Jahnavi from the Raagasudha club.
With all the praying to god to make the event a success the event started with a bang with the first performance being delivered from the Team Rhythm Radzz. The team Rhythm Radzz led by Devananth G is a team that primarily takes its style to kuthu and freestyle along with contemporary delivered a really good start and the vibe the event needed. Their performance focusing on the themes of present 2000s and retro 90’s music was really bliss and the required entertainment was provided. It was followed by Team Jhalak led by Rani Krishna primarily focused its dance style on bollypop and freestyle including semi-classical contemporary, performed on theenlightingtheme of the story of kuyili and their performance added some grace and aura to the event and left the audience with a great feel. The third performance was given by the Team Descendants led by Sanjay their dance style is mainly hip hop, break, and freestyling performed a very specular theme of a time machine representing the dance styles and music styles from the 90s and till present date. The whole team along with the theme and their dance left the audience to think of the fresh concept from a dance.
The middle order of the performances to the event was delivered by Team E360 led by Kalki Chandrasekhar Reddy focused their dance style mainly on Mass, Freestyle, And Energetic beats and good numbers of Hip Hop. The team performed on a soothing theme of heartune showing how one’s invention though useless to many was major life-turning for an orphan. Their fresh concept made the audience experience different emotions towards their closest people. Then it was time for the most awaited team performance at number Team Praana led by Haritha N R, which is a classical style focused team with trained dancers in classical dance forms, took to the stage with the most spectacular concept of Nagavalli and started performing and to say they left the audience at the edge of their seats audience were completely immersed with the performance from the beginning to the end of the performance the team left the whole group speechless.
The next team following Praana was the Team Scarlet Creed Led by Arya Vasudevan which focuses mainly on western, freestyle, and mass dance styles danced on the concept of inclusion of women in sports and they put a different message towards the audience and left the stage with a powerful and high vibing dance. After all of these beautiful performances, the time came for the last performance and it was delivered by Team Tarang led by Nandana KP the team performed on the theme of Women’s Empowerment and delivered and dance performance that brought a smile on everybody’s face from the audience during their performance as they danced with a nature of enjoyment and happiness.
That performance concluded the dance parts and the audition registration QR was put for first and Second years to register to get into the Natyasudha Club, With that note the event concluded with the photograph of the whole club and it came to an end.
The stage came alive with an explosion of talent as Praana, Tarang, Jhalak, Scarlet Creed, Rhythm Radzz, E360, and Descendants teams delivered a mesmerizing students’ dance performance. Each team brought a distinct flavor to the showcase, collectively creating a kaleidoscope of diverse styles and a pulsating rhythm that left the audience in awe.
Natyasudha Auditions 23
The Natyasudha Auditions registration link was open from the day of the event Thandav’23 on 21st November 2023 and it was open to 25th November 2023 and a total of 183 registrations were received. The auditions were held for two days the dates were 27th and 28th November 2023. Sudhamani Hall was used for holding the auditions and total of 140 students showed up to the auditions and a number of 45 members were selected and were declared under the particular teams within 3 days of the auditions of round 2.
The students’ dance auditions were a dynamic showcase of talent, as each participant infused their unique style and creativity into the choreography, making the selection process a celebration of diversity in movement.
