KalasuriVasugiJegatheeswaran

About

started her training in BharathaNatyam at the age of three from her mother. There after she graduated in India under the tutelage of Tanjore Smt. Jegathambal, PadmasriAdyar K Lakshmanan, Smt. ShanthaDananjayan and Kalaimamani Shri S. K. Rajaratnampillai. On completion of training she obtained the title of "BharathaChoodamani" and the Diploma in Dancing and Natuvangam. She did her arangetram in 1976. Vasugi has performed in many venues both local and foreign. She performed at the SAARC conference in Dhaka, Bangaladesh in 1985, at Expo 86 in Vancouver , Canada and at the Sixth International Tamil Conference in Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia. She has also performed in cities such as Calgary , Toronto , Madras and Bangalore . During a span of more than 27 years in this field, she has produced many ballets. KalasuriVasugiJegatheeswaran is now training many students at her own Institute, Natya Kala Mandir, Sarasavipaya and at Holy Family Convent, Colombo. She has also served in the Dance Drama Panel of the Arts Council of Sri Lanka. She conduct BharathaNatyam classes each two days per week. The course begins with lessons in the basic dance steps and on completion students are taught in accordance with the traditional BharathaNatyammarga (format). VasugiJegatheeswaran has been teaching at the Centre since 2005.

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