Uncategorized | November 6, 2008
From a UW press release:
The University of Wyoming Department of Theatre and Dance will offer a classical Indian dance class, led by acclaimed Bharathanatyam dancer Raghu Raj P, from 8:10-9:25 a.m. Monday, Nov. 10, in the Margaret Mains Dance Studio in the UW Fine Arts Building in Laramie. The class is free and open to the public.
A research assistant in the UW Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Raghu began studying Bharathanatyam dance at age three. He has been developing and refining his expertise in this art form ever since.
Raghu has given more than 400 performances and won more than 100 prizes in this dance form, including the Supreme Dancer Award by the Forest Minister Sri Rabganathji.
Additionally, Raghu has worked as the director of Shivashakthi School of Dance for more than four years, guiding students to complete their junior and senior exams in dance. He is currently the team leader of SANSKRITHI, a dance team of PES Institute of Technology. Raghu has also won more than 30 awards for choreography, both at state and national levels, in a short span of three years.
This event is sponsored by the UW Fine Arts Artist-in-Residence endowment.
The Wyoming Arts Council believes that experiencing the arts should be accessible for all, including people with mental and/or physical disabilities, older adults, military/veterans, people living in institutions and those who lack access to the arts due to geographic isolation, cultural difference and economic hardship.
