Dancing Duo
The Dhananjayans left Kalakshetra in the late 1960s to build a career on their own. During that time, only the wealthy and aristocrats who could spend to have their own children perform, dominated the dance scene in Chennai. However, the caliber of the Dhananjayans was such that they stole the thunder with their novel ideas that they brought to their presentations through a unique repertoire that they developed. The vitality of dance, their costumes, the attraction of merging of the male and female dance principles in specially conceived duets were all part of the charisma of their performances. They started to receive invitations from both within the country and from abroad. They have traveled all over the world to major cultural centers to present their art.
Some of their major performances/productions include:
- Pandit Ravi Shankar's Magnum Opus "GHANASHYAM" 1989/90
- National Dance Institute, New York "CHAKRA", with a cast of 1,000 multinational children
- A joint venture of Ohio Ballet Co., Cuyahoga Community College and Cleveland Cultural Alliance - Jungle Book Ballet
- Choreographer for International Art Festival of Government of Singapore, "Sita Rama Katha" 1986 In the same festival, choreographed dance drama "Sanghamitra" with Singapore Artistes 1994
- Mahaabhaaratham dance drama jointly produced by French Theatre Fluerry & Association Vaani in Reunion French Island 1998, 1999
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