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12-Nov-11

Ramayana

International Ramayana Institute of North America

Our school participated along with other dance schools from Thailand, Combodia and Vietnam to depict several important scenes from Ramayana.

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05-Nov-11

Entertainment and showcase

Waltun Place, Chicago

Gauri Jog was invited to perform and show Indian Classical Dance to board memers of Goodman Theatre andseveral other prominent people in Chicago. We performed Kathak dance on Tall Dhamar, Thumri and our new sensation Chatrang

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08-Oct-11

Himalayan Yoga & Meditation Teacher Association Retreat

Techny Towers Retreat Center, North Brook, IL

Our school was invited to showcase Indian dances to participants of Himalayan Yoga at the retreat at beautiful Techny Towers. We performed ten dances including traditional Kathak, Thumri, Bollywood, Garba, Dandiya Raas and Fusion.

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17-Jul-11

China Town Summer Festival

China Town, Chicago

We are so proud to be part of this summer festival. We have been performing for the last several years and very happy to perform several dances including Salame Isqq, Kathak Tarana, Lavni, Fision and Jai Ho

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06-Jul-11

Rotaray International Festival

Downtown Barrington, IL

Our school was invited to perform at this International Festival to entertain large number of attendees at the fair. We performed ten different dance sequences including Classical Kathak, Fusion, Bollywood and Yoga.

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24-Jun-11

India Night Celebration

Giovanni’s Banquets, Rockford, IL

We were invited to part of this big gala dinner to show Indian Classical dances to attendies. We danced on lavni (traditional folk dance from Maharashtra), pure classical Kathak, Taal Dhamar and Ganesh Vandana

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14-May-11

Guru Vandana program by HSS

Willow Recreation Center, Hoffman Estates, IL

Performed a dance sequence based on Madhuban Me Radhika to entertain teachers and other attendies at the event.

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04-Mar-11

Rang de basanti the Spring Dance Festival

Balaji Temple Aurora, IL

Our school performed four dances at ths festival including Nacho To Dekhi, Tarana, Thumri and On Shanti Om

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26-Feb-11

AACC Lunar New Year Banquet

Hyatt Regency O’Hare

As part of Lunar New Year celebration our school performed several dances attended by over 1500 people.

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15-Jan-11

Sankranti by Telugu Samaj

Hindu Temple, Lemont, IL

We were invited by Telugu Samaj to perform a dance item at Hindu Temple, Lemont, IL. Five of our dancers performed Kathak dance based on a popular bollywood song, Madhuban Me Radhika Nache Re. This was our limited engagement in a large program arranged by Telugu Association.

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15-Jan-11

Sankrant At Maharastra Mandal

Balaji Temple, Aurora, IL

Maharashtra Mandal, Chicago invited us to perform at Sankrant Celebration. Our dancers performed seven dances including Radha Krishna dance, bollywood, kathak and folk dance from Maharashtra, Lavni. Lavni dance was big hit with all people and received big applause. The program ended with popular song "Jai Ho".

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