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AHRB Research Centre for Cross-Cultural Music
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Mayuri Boonham, Subathra Subramaniam, and Gayathri Vadivelu
Photograph of Subathra Subramaniam,Gayathri Vadivelu and Mayuri Boonham MAYURI BOONHAM - Choreographer & Dancer Mayuri trained under Prakash Yadagudde at The Bhavan Centre, London and received a first class diploma in Bharata Natyam dance and music in 1994. Her Arangetram (traditional solo debut performance) was staged at the Riverside Studios in 1995. Mayuri works as an independent, innovative Bharatanatyam dancer and choreographer as well as one half of ANGIKA and Boonham & Marwood. Mayuri has created and performed several works, which include The Apotheosis of Love, Vaach (Speech) and a series of commissioned cross-disciplinary collaborative works To Paganini (The Fifth Veda), Force of Play and Obsessus (premiered at London's South Bank) with the leading award-winning violinist Anthony Marwood. Mayuri has worked as choreographer for Snap Theatre's productions of Hanif Kureishi's My Beautiful Launderette and Buddha of Suburbia. In 2003 Mayuri was jointly commissioned by Channel 4 and Arts Council England to create Beyond-Reach, a dance film as part of the Dance4 2003 series. This film was broadcast on national television and was selected along-with her recent Cave of the Gods short for the prestigious International Dance on Screen Festival, London. Mayuri is a recipient of The Lisa Ullmann Travelling Scholarship and a Bonnie Bird New Choreography Awards Winner. SUBATHRA SUBRAMANIAM - Choreographer & Dancer began her training in Malaysia and completed it under Prakash Yadagudde at The Bhavan Centre, London where she successfully staged her Arangetram in 1993. Performances include: a number of productions at The Bhavan Centre; with the National Youth South Asian Dance Company; and as a finalist in the New York Indian Dance Show (1993). Subathra toured nationally with Srishti Dance Creation's production Hidden Forces. In 1997 she was involved in a choreographic lab held by Sampad and was Dancer in Education for Shobana Jeyasingh Dance Company, 1995. Subathra has carried out extensive dance workshops in schools, colleges and universities. In May 2003, Subathra was part of The Cape Farewell team of scientists, artists and educationalists which sailed to the Arctic to address issues of global warming. She is continuing her art/science work with "Creative Partnerships" and the Cape Farewell team. In September 2003, Subathra was a choreographer and performer at the "24 hour performance" in Copenhagen directed by Stuart Lynch of Paradance. The performance formed part of the prestigious Images of Asia Festival. Subathra is a qualified Science teacher and is currently completing an MA in Education. GAYATHRI VADIVELU - Dancer first started dancing Bharata Natyam and Odissi at the Sutra Dance Theatre under the direction of Ramli Ibrahim in Malaysia. She has also been trained in ballet and contemporary dance techniques. In 1991, she joined Ibrahim's Sutra Dance Theatre, touring internationally and attending dance festivals such as the La Baule Dance Festival in France and the Orient Arts Festival in Estonia. In London, she did a workshop with the Shobana Jeyasingh Dance Company. |
