V. SOUMYASRI PERFORMANCES TEACHING EXPERIENCE OTHER AREAS CONTACT TRAINING IN DANCE   M.F.A (Nalanda Nritya Kala Mahavidyalaya, Mumbai Uni) – 1995 Ugc-Net (Lecturership) In Performing Arts – 1998 Learnt Bharata Natyam At Nalanda Nritya Kala Mahavidyalaya Under The Able Guidance Of Dr.Kanak Rele , Guru Soundarya Rajan, Guru Deepak Majumdar, Smt. Thangamani (Kalakshetra), Dr. Malathi Agnisvaran Smt. Ambika Panickkar, (Faculty At Nalanda) Learnt Kuchipudi Since Childhood From Gurus, Dr. Uma Rama Rao (Dean, Telugu Uni) Smt. Sumathy Kaushal, Famous Kuchipudi Dancer Dr. Rajyalakshmi Seth, Research Scholar And Guru, Mumbai V.SOUMYASRI A Distinguish Bharatnatyam Artist PERFORMANCES Top PERFORMED WIDELY IN INDIA AT MANY FESTIVALS AND CITIES. SOME OF THE MAJOR PERFORMANCES ARE AS FOLLOWS BELOW. 1985 Performed Lambadi Dance (Banjara Folk Dance Of Andhra Pradesh) At Icrisat, Hyderabad 1988 – 1990 Performed In Group And Solo And Represented College In Many Presentations In Mumbai And Hyderabad. 1990 – 1995 Took Part In College Productions Choreographed And Directed By Guru Dr. Kanak Rele (Santwani, Shilapaddikaram, Dasa Avataar) And Performed In New Mumbai, Banaras, Bhopal, Chennai And Hyderabad. 1994 -1995 Represented Andhra Maha Sabha And Played The Main Part In A Musical Play Based In Telugu And Performed At Andhra Bhavan, New Delhi As Part Of Andhra Pradesh Formation Day Celebration On 1st November, 1994 Where Padmabhushan Rajareddy Was The Chief Guest. FEBRUARY 1995 Presented The Same Above Play In Chennai For World Telugu Conference. AUGUST 1995 Performed Kuchipudi At Indo-Swiss Society, Mumbai. FEBRUARY 1996 Participated In “Kuchipudi Mahotsav” At Hyderabad Organised By Dept. Of Culture, Andhra Pradesh And Iccr. 25TH DEC 1995 & 1996 Performed Both Bharata Natyam And Kuchipudi At Omkarananda Ashram, Rishikesh On The Occasion Of Omkarananda Jayanthi Celebrations. 2000 –2007 Creative Dance Performance In Mussoorie For ‘Samskar Bharati’ Organisation In Oct’02. Performed A Choreographed Classical Ensemble With A Student In Rishikesh In Nov’02. Performed Kuchipudi And Bharatanatyam For The “Swar Sudha” Function Held In Rishikesh Both In Nov’03 And Nov’04. Kuchipudi Performance At Iit, Kanpur In Dec’03 Performed In And Around Uttaranchal State At Various Dance Festivals. Bharata Natyam And Creative Dance On 14th Nov’05 In Mussoorie Bharata Natyam And Kuchipudi Recital On 20th January’ 07 At Alandi, Pune. Bharata Natyam Recital For JJ Performing Arts “Chidambaram Bharata Natyam Festival” On 20th February’ 07, Aurangabad APRIL 5TH , 2007 Choreographed Jataka Tales And World Dances For Podar International School Annual Day Celebrations, Aurangabad. JUNE 25TH TO 28TH Kuchipudi Workshop In Hyderabad 5TH JULY’07 TO 31ST JULY ‘07 Directed And Choreographed Dance Drama “Shivaa- The Shakti” Consisting Of 200 High School Students For Mussoorie. International School, Mussoorie. AUGUST 2007 TILL DATE Faculty For Bharata Natyam And Choreography For B.P.A & B.D Students At The Dramatics Dept., Dr. B A M University, Aurangabad OCTOBER 3RD 2007 – NEW DELHI Bharata Natyam And Specially Choreographed Dance Ensemble On The Theme “ Mother Earth” Based On The Organic Farming And The Farmer’s Plight In Marathawada Region In Maharashtra For The First Conference On Organic Agriculture In New Delhi. Performance By V.Soumyasri And The Four Trainees (Rural Women) From Integrated Institute Of Rural Development (IIRD), Bidkin. NOVEMEMBER’ 07 Trained Bamu Uni. Students For Classical And Creative Dance For Inter-University Youth Festival “Indra Dhanush Festival", Aurangabad. Also Trained For Zonal Youth Festival In Gwalior (December’07) And Marathawada Inter-College Festival At Jalna And Had A Good Standing FEBRUARY 15TH, 2008 Presented “Bharat Saptak”, A Bharata Natyam Recital Of Her Students And Devmudra’s First Production “three earths” (based on current scenario of farmer’s issues, tribal women plight in Assam and the nature) In Aurangabad. FEBRUARY 29TH, 2008 Choreographed “Colours” An Amalgamation Of Songs, Drama And Dances Using More Than Three Hundred Students For Podar International School’s Annual Programme, Aurangabad APRIL 8TH 2008 – HYDERABAD Performed Kuchipudi On The Occasion Of 600th Jayanthi Celebrations Of Saint Poet Sri Annamacharya For Lasyas Priya’s Narasimha Vijayam – Nritya Rupaka In Assocaiation With Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams And Dept. Of Culture, A P APRIL 29TH 2008 Presented Bharat Natyam- Thangta, A Unique Combination Of War And Shringara, A Dance Ensemble With University Students From Dramatics Dept., For 45th State Marathi Film Awards Ceremony, Aurangabad JUNE 2ND 2008, AURANGABAD Directed And Choreographed “Mahishasuramardini” A Dance Drama Written By R D Pawar, The Same Age Old Epic With Relevence To The Present Day Context. A Combination Of Indian Classical, Martial And Folk Dance Forms Specially For Natya Shastra Vibhaag Of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathawada University, Aurangabad As Part Of Their 31st Natya Mahotsav. JULY 31ST 2008, MUSSOORIE Choreographed And Directed “Arshakanya Shakuntala” For Mussoorie International School’s 24th Founder’s Day Function. The Dance Drama Had More Than 200 Students As The Dancers, Actors, Singers And Music Accompanists. 20TH TO 29TH AUGUST 2008, AURANGABAD Dance Workshop And Performance Of “Nava Rasa” , Natya Shastra Vibhaag, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathawada University, Aurangabad NOVEMBER 14TH, 2008, MUSSOORIE Performed Bharata Natyam And Classical Fusion ( Kuchipudi, Bharatanatyam, Odissi And Kathak) With The Troupe Devmudra For Students Of Many Schools In Mussoorrie . NOVEMBER 16TH 2008, RISHIKESH Gave A Kuchipudi Dance Recital On The Occasion Of The 1st International Yoga And Music Festival, Rishikesh TEACHING EXPERIENCE TOP Acted And Performed In Nalanda Dance Research Centre’s Productions (Santawani, Shilapadikaram, Shakuntalam ) And Taught Graduate Students As Part Of Post Graduation Studies Worked With Intermediate And Under Graduate Students Of Varied International Cultures In Some Of The Prestigious Isc /Icse Schools In India And Choreographed Many Dance Dramas In Hindi, Telugu, English And Sanskrit(Mira Madhura, Sadhana, Agnishikha, Krishnapriya, Sivaa-The Sakti). Designing And Writing A Book For The Syllabus For The Akhil Gandharva Mahavidyalaya And Schools For Indian Dance As Subject. Taught At Many Prestigious Schools Beginning From Arya Vidya Mandir, Mumbai In 1993. Omkarananda Saraswati Nilayam In 1995, Rishikesh Mussoorie International School , 1996 Seth Anandram Jaipuria School, Kanpur 1998 Head Of The Dept., Performing Arts- Musoorie International School In 2001 Was Responsible For All The Time Table Preparations, Conducting Examination And Also Designing Syllabus For Performing Arts Specially For Dance And Drama.Teaching Young Minds The Subjects Dance And Drama As A Learning And Creative Expression. Moved to Maharashtra in 2006 and taking professional assignments of choreographing at Pranjali World School, Mumbai, Designed dance and drama curriculam for primary school children of Pranjali World School according to the norms and rules IB Baccalaureate teaching methods 2007, Podar International School, Aurangabad and other private organizations.Preparing for many competitions and school gatherings and programmes Aug 2007 onwards- Natya Shastra Vibhaag, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathawada University, Aurangabad as faculty for dance and choreography Prepared and submitted detailed syllabus in August 2007 (to be implementd for the next acadmic session), Dramatics Dept., D r B A M U, Aurangabad for BPA AND MPA courses (course study covering subjects like dance, drama, music, history, communication skills in English , dance therapy , folk arts, sculpture and choreography) Teaching Abhinaya (facial histrionics, dance and movement studies to BPA, BD and MPA students as a contributory faculty at Dr. B A M U, Aurangabad Imparting training and choreographing innovative themes, socially relevant issues using the medium of classical, folk , theatre and also modern dance. Doing voluntary work with many NGO s teaching health issues, yoga and body consciousness workshops through folk and semi classical dance idiom and theatre and spreading the awareness of dance as a vocation OTHER AREAS TOP Working And Spreading The Importance Of Organic Farming And Education For Girl Child In Rural Areas Through Arts (Dance, Drama And Movement Training) To Rural Women With Close Association With An Ngo- Integrated Institute For Rural Development (Iird) At Bidkin, Aurangabad District. Is A Member Of International Dance Council (Cid) Unesco, Paris And Was Invited To Perform And Participate In The 21st International Dance Congress On 5th Sep’07 In Greece. REGULARLY WRITES ARTICLES FOR DANCE JOURNALS, www.narthaki.com , www.rukminidevikalakshetra.com , artist-indiagallery , www.artindia.com , Lokmat Times , www.boloji.com and others Was Instrumental In Spreading And Introducing The Classical Dance Forms Of South India To The State Of Uttaranchal, She Has Also Taught Many Folk Dances Of Maharashtra And Andhra Pradesh To The Locals And School Students In Mussoorie. Has Been Imparting Training To Many Students (Prestigious Schools And Institutes) From 1990 To The Present Day In Mumbai, Hyderabad, Kanpur, Rishikesh, Mussoorie, Dehradun And Now In Aurangabad Recently In September’07, Started Devmudra- A Movement School, Here In Aurangabad Imparting Training In Bharata Natyam, Kuchipudi, Folk And Oriental Dances. The School’s Aim Is Spread The Movement Of Dance And Give Training In Both Practical And Theoritical Aspects Of Dance Keeping With The International Standards. At Present, It Is Affiliated To Akhil Bharatiya Gandharva Mahavidyalaya, Miraj, Working To Get Affiliated To Ugc’s New Program For Arts (Open University System) In 2009. Worked With Students Of Varied International Cultures In Some Of The Prestigious Schools In India And Choreographed Many Dance Dramas In Hindi, Telugu, English And Sanskrit. Taught And Interacted With Spastic Children And Differently Abled Children Through Dance Movement Therapy. Also Worked With Rural Women Making Theme Aware Of The Physical Health Through Dance Movements And Yogic Exercises. Trying And Working To Evolve A Language For Dance In The Form Of Notation And Create Awareness Of Dance As Therapy. CONTACT V.SOUMYASRI DEVMUDRA – a movement school 24, SAIKRUPA, MHADA COLONY, AURANGABAD-431005 Mob: 9881681101, 9756836901 devmudra2007@gmail.com vsoumyasri@hotmail.com