Sangeetha Iyer - Dancer, Choreographer & Designer

My Profile

Family

Sangeetha Iyer, the great granddaughter of Shri Sivarama Saasthrigal who was ‘Sree Bhaagvatha Sapthaaha” discourser. He could recite and elucidate the whole of the 18,000 verses from the Great Purana, his father Sri Subbarama Saasthrigal, who was known as " Sapthaaha mahaasaasthrigal", whose lineage Sri Sivarama Saasthirgal followed in the discourse .He lived in  Nanu Pattar village, one of the Agrahaarams in Palakkad.Sangeetha was born in Kalpathy, in Palakkad District

( Kerala).  Her parents are Shri. Balasubramanyam and Lakshmi. Sangeetha was introduced to dance by her mother at a very young age.

Gurus

She was blessed to have initial training under Smt. Kalamandalam Premalatha and Smt. Kalamandalam Usha.  

She was trained in Mohiniattam by Smt. Kalamandalam Hymavathy the retd. Professor and the Dept. Head for Mohiniattam of Kerala Kalamandalam. 

She learnt Kathakali under Shri. Kalamandalam Soman, disciple of Padmabhooshan Kalamandalam Raman Kutty Ashan. 

Performances 

• She has performed in many national festivals across India:
• South Zone cultural centre closing ceremony organized at Nagpur from Nov 6^th – 16^th
• Kannada Rajyotsava programme orgasined by Deva Devi Kalaniketan – Nov 1, 2013
• Mudra Dance & Music Festiva 2013, October 20^th
• Shiva Shakti Trust Navarathri Mahotsavam October
• Innovative Filim City Dussera Festival October 03, 2013
• Eeshamukhi Ganesha Temple Annual Dance and Music Festival August 24, 2013
• India International Centre Delhi – May 2013
• Kandaloor Krishna Temple , Vellinezhi - June
• Bangalore Lalitha Kala Parishath – February 15, 2013
• Performed in Orissa, Bangalore and Kerala in the Mohiniattam Festival organized by Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Academy in November and December 2012
• Soorya Festival October 30, 2012
• Friday evening Progamme in Yavanika – July 13, 2012
• Onam Festivals in Bangalore during August – September 2012
• Margazhi Mahotsavam in Chennai – 2012
• Mysore Duessara Festival - 2011
• Hampi Utsav – 2011

Performance 2014

January 30 - Lec. Demo at Suchitra Filim Society Organised by Ananya 

February 02 - Performance at Suchitra Filim Society

September 28 - Performace at Kalyan Nagar Ganapathy Temple

Awards

Apart from dancing she  enjoys acting and has done various Malayalam stage plays and received The Best Actress Awards for the Malayalam Play Aavarthana Virasam.