SwaRaag’s high octave quality event brought by Founder and President Swathi Subramanian, showcased incredible talent in Music & Dance that wowed the audience till the very end. The PrimeTime special featuring five time GRAMMY winner Mark Walker (drums) & Gold Medalist Amol Khanapurkar (tabla) brought the house down with their Jugalbandi. The Bollywood World Fusion finale escalated the ambiance with Amol Khanapurkar, Nalini Krishnan, Raghu Saranathan & Sankar Gangaikondan on the vocals presenting fresh resonating hits. Whereas the Live band with Christy Mathew (keyboard), Manish Kurup (guitar), Hiral (octapad) & Mark Walker (drums) added the finest impact to the overall music in the auditorium!
Presiding over the SwaRaag Panel were honorable Judges:
Final Dance Judges: Arsh Mehrotra | Aparna Sindhoor | Jeyanthi Ghatraju
Final Song Judges: Tirthankara Das | Ramchandra Joshi | Janani Swamy
Audition Dance Judges: Kalaimangai Anbalagan | Swathi Subramanian
Audition Song Judges: Sudha Lakshmi Rao | Uma Sankar | Hiral Parikh
The winners of the various competitions were:
SOLO DANCE
1st Place: Shrvani Balaji
2nd Place: Sheetal Kelkar
DUO DANCE JUNIORS
1st Place: Khushi & Medha Morparia
2nd Place: Anoosha Barau & Arya Anand
DUO DANCE SENIORS
1st Place: Neha Ghalsasi & Namita Dodwadkar
2nd Place: Namita Dodwadkar & Nandish Desai
SPOT CHOREOGRAPHY
1st Place: Shikha Bajpai
2nd Place: Nagaraju Cemitathollu
SOLO SONG Age 9 - 16
1st Place: Anjani Pangal
2nd Place: Shreya Madhu
SOLO SONG Age 17 – 32
1st Place: Manasa Majeti
2nd Place: Shalini Kashyap
SOLO SONG Age 33&Up
1st Place: Shailesh Salgar
2nd Place: Sunil Nambiar
GROUP DANCE SENIOR Winning Teams
1st Place: Jai Ho Fusion Mix | Choreographer - Jaikishan | Jai Ho Dance School
Group Members: Meghna Nair, Tishya Marwah, Meghana Paras, Neha Paras, Krapakshi Sharma, Sakshi Gera, Mansi Gera, Pooja Hingorany, Sanjana Basu, Infanta Antony, Sreya Sankar, Ahana Nimmagadda, Jaikishan, Nagaraju Cemitathalu, Pradeep Virags
2nd Place: Exotic India | Choreographer - Neha Parikh | Chidambaram Nrityakala Academy
Group Members: Preetika Kulkarni, Ananya Venkatesan, Suma Cherkadi, Maansi Desai, Meera Kurup, Sumedha Rao, Nandita Kasireddy, Sahajaa Surpaneni
3rd Place: Raamleela | Choreographer - Jasmine Shah | Aangikam Dance Academy
Vishruti Shah, Aashna Shah, Hernisha Radia, Nikhaar Shah, Priya Kumari, Nikita Patel, Kajaal Gandhi, Komal Gandhi, Maya Joshi, Shivani Patel, Shikha Pandey, Yamini Kumar, Puja Patel, Anika Sriram, Roshani Sahoo, Nilam Mistry
GROUP DANCE JUNIOR Winning Teams
1st Place: Indiawale | Choreographer - Jasmine Shah | Aangikam Dance Academy
Juhi Lalwani, Forum Patel, Isha Patel, Ami Patel, Devanshi Shah, Shreya Sen, Payal Gandhi, Pooja Patel, Tina Tailor, Bhavya Patel, Aadhya Putter, Meera Kumar, Milani Behra, Eshna Master
2nd Place: Jai Maharashtra | Choreographer - Neha Parikh | Chidambaram Nritya Kala Academy
Aarohi Darisi, Arya Gor, Shreya Nagri, Spoorthi Chetan, Yuvika Akkineni, Priya Gavini, Damini Singh, Ruchitha
Congratulations to Founder, President, Program Host of SwaRaag Performing Arts, Inc.: Swathi Subramanian and the team
Kalaimangai Anbalagan | Uma Sankar | Hiral Parikh | Rekha Palriwala | Anandini Sekhar | Asha Manish | Mahesh Palriwala | Shikha Bajpai | Abhijit Kanade | Jai Kishan | Manjiri Danke | Jaya Kulkarni | Shobha Shastry | Swetha Subramanian | Rens Methratta | Vaibhav Dabade | Swathi Subramanian.