Won People Choice Award @ Short + Sweet Dance Festival NZ | 2019 THE SIXTH WAVE By Artham Dance Company Choreographer Bhuvana Venkat Creative Director Padma Akula Only, from the long line of spray Where the sea meets the moon-blanched land, Listen! you hear the grating roar Of pebbles which the waves draw back, and fling, At their return, up the high strand, Begin, and cease, and then again begin, With tremulous cadence slow, and bring The eternal note of sixth wave in. The Sixth Wave performed by Kamshika Umasuthan Eena Bajaj Mythili Varma Ruchika Rajkumar Dharshana Ponnampalam Sumedha Hariswamy Dates: 13 and 14th September 2019 Time: 8pm Venue: TAPAC; 100 Motions road, Western Springs. Auckland. New Zealand. ARTHAM Dance Company Founded by Padma Akula and Bhuvana Venkat (2015) is a New Zealand based dance production company providing unique experience for it's NZ audience, through exploratory and experimental story telling with an underpinning classical Indian dance form. Artham Dance Company is committed to showcasing original, engaging and exceptional work. Contact : arthamdance@gmail.com #ArthamDanceCompanyNZ #ArthamDanceCompany

Ranthambhore | A Night safari @ Sandringham Reserve, Auckland NZ | Artham Dance Company | AK Satellites | 2017 RANTHAMBHORE @ Sandringham Reserve By Artham Dance Company Choreographer Bhuvana Kannan (Venkat) Creative Director Padma Akula Artham Dance Company's ‘Ranthambhore’ is inspired by the wildlife sanctuary in India, rested upon deciduous forests and grassy meadows. The park is located in the Sawai Madhopur district of Rajasthan, being considered as one of the famous and former hunting grounds of the Maharajas of Jaipur, today the Ranthambore National Park terrain is major wildlife tourist attraction spot. It is one of the best places in India to spot wild cats in their natural habitat along with many other beasts and reptiles. The dance starts with the mating of Peacocks intentionally interrupted by Tigers performing hunting strategies, followed by Chameleon taking over the scene and watching Bull fights and ruthless hunting of wild animals and crossing of venomous reptiles over the paths. It's a little tour to Ranthambore National Park. Presented in classical Indian combined with tribal folk and daubed in contemporary ink, Artistic Director and Choreographer Bhuvana Kannan and Creative Director Padma Akula lure you into an Indian Night Safari. Devised by the fascination of Puliyattam [Tiger Dance] and tracing a return to old folk art dance of Tamil, ‘Ranthambhore’ explodes with exuberant moves to music composed my musical maestros. North Eastern rhythms of Rhydhun by Taufiq Qureshi and Southern percussions of Thaarai thappattai by Isaignani (Musical Genius), Ilaiyaraja. For centuries, only men have performed the pulliyatam – the tiger dance of Tamil Nadu – but in this fierce reimagining, Artham Dance Company’s all-female crew offer a contemporary take on an old tradition. Inspired by the Indian wildlife sanctuary Ranthambhore, this wild twenty-minute tour evokes steamy forests and grassy meadows, with all the beasts that lurk within. Ranthambhore @ Sandringham Reserve 2017 performed by Kamshika Umasuthan Veenavi Ranaweera Sneha Shetty Shreshtha Maiti Dharshna Ponnampalam & Anjula Prakesh as Kabaragoya [Inspired by a character in The Mourning After] ARTHAM Dance Company Founded by Padma Akula and Bhuvana Venkat (2015) is a New Zealand based dance production company providing unique experience for it's NZ audience, through exploratory and experimental story telling with an underpinning classical Indian dance form. Artham Dance Company is committed to showcasing original, engaging and exceptional work. Contact : arthamdance@gmail.com #ArthamDanceCompanyNZ #ArthamDanceCompany

Won Tempo Short + Sassy Award @ Short + Sweet Dance Festival NZ | 2015 THE RHY OF RAIN By Artham Dance Company & Agaram Productions Choreographer Bhuvana Venkat Creative Director Padma Akula An Indian classical fusion exploring the unsung, eternal love between the sun and the water. The mystical science of earth’s water cycle – the never-ending, wondrous saga of condensation and evaporation. The rhy of rain. Performers: Athira Raj Sruthy Manikketh Eena Bajaj Veenavi Ranaweera Kamshika Umasuthan Shreshtha Maiti ARTHAM Dance Company; Founded by Padma Akula and Bhuvana Venkat (2015) is a New Zealand based dance production company providing unique experience for its NZ audience, through exploratory and experimental story telling with an underpinning classical Indian dance form. Artham Dance Company is committed to showcasing original, engaging and exceptional work. Contact : arthamdance@gmail.com #ArthamDanceCompanyNZ #ArthamDanceCompany