SAIIER 2018:Aurohamsadhwani Arts Centre
 Arulvazhi Education Centre |
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 Ilaignarkal Education Centre |
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Entity::Aurohamsadhwani Arts Centre has been running for over ten years, offering music and dance classes taught by professional teachers. We believe that music and dance can envelop and go beyond the barriers of any religion or cultural differences of the different human races and embrace all differences within. Aurohamsadhwani is supported by a team of five members from Auroville.
Activities of the year:
This year we offered four classes: veena, Bharat Natyam, keyboard, and guitar. Students from Auroville and the surrounding villages participated, ages 4 to 56 years, boys, girls and women.
- Veena class: 14 children, 7 adults
- Bharat Natyam class: 20 children
- Keyboard class: 5 children, 1 adult
- Guitar class: 5 children
- Total: 52 students
- Our veena students participated in Ragamaliga and Thalamaliga art and culture programmes conducted by the Tourism Development Corporation, Puducherry.
- We had a concert with 50 veenas for the 50th Aniversary of Auroville, held in the Amphitheatre. Our keyboard students also performed in this program.
- Our Bharathanatyam students did a performance called “Puthiyathor Ullagam” together with Kanchana's Odissi dance students, based on the story of Satyavan and Savitri.
Outcomes:
5 Bharat Natyam dance students are ready to do Salangai Pooja and 5 students are preparing Arangetram. This type of programme offers the opportunity to the AV and the village students who are not able to join such classes in the city. Learning music together and understanding each other, helping each other brings unity among themselves.
