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Swathi Subramanian 12/07/2016 SWARAAG amazes with new teams, choreography … ringing in 2016 Winners! New choreographers and groups, over 100 contestants bringing unique routines and the sparkle of Airtel Super Singer Rohini Rajaraman – with ties to Rahman and the music industry, made SwaRaag 2016 a memorable year of amazing performances. The effortless and engaging hosting of Swathi Subramanian, Founder/President of SwaRaag kicked off the evening with excitement and a competitive challenge. The regular competitive categories of Solo Song, Solo-Duo Dance and Group Dance were held in various age groups. In trying to be inclusive of moms who love the dance, Ms Subramanian decided to open a new age division in group dances called ‘Dazzling Moms’. Extremely competitive groups of ‘moms & more’ gave impactful performances in the first half that became the talk of evening during break-time. Several new choreographers brought unique dance styles and semi-classical elements of choreography that added a good blend to the Bollywood styles. Ms. Subramanian shared ‘It is exciting and wonderful to see how dedicated the contestants are towards the competition, and their parents who have clearly given much time and thought to designing creative background props adding theatrics to their child’s performance. SwaRaag is proud of their participation!’ This year Spot Choreography category was opened to guests for the first time, which brought a lot of bold energy from young kids in the audience who showed their confidence on stage. The 2016 show reflected an array of remarkable performances reflecting all ages. At the close of the event, over 500 guests were treated to a special PrimeTime engagement of RAHMAN Rock Fusions by none other than SwaRaag’s Celebrity artist Airtel Super Singer Rohini Rajaraman - who has worked with A.R. Rahman in Rahman hits like ‘Kay Sera Sera’, ‘Muqqala Muqqabala’, ‘Khwaja’, ‘Jai Ho’ got the crowd roaring. Ms Subramanian stated, ‘Rohini Rajaraman’s rendition of Rahman’s Vande Mataram moved so many in the audience, that guests had their cell phone torches turned on and were waving their hands as they repeatedly chanted Vande Mataram with her. It was so moving. The live band and her flawless singing with her ability to reproduce songs in original scale were captivating beyond reach!’ PrimeTime Musicians: CHRISTY MATHEW [composer/keyboardist], Hiral Parikh [Drums], Oleg Smirnov [Guitar], Sam Rao [Octapad] Past Winners from 2015 SwaRaag also added a little spark to the prime-time presentation: Shailesh Salgar, Shrvani Balaji, Sruthi Ramesh, Kathir Meyyappan Choreographers represented at SwaRaag 2016: Meena Unni | Devika Dhawan | Jai Kishan | Udaya Rani Umesh | Shaila Verma | Bina Negandhi | Pushpa Rajanna | Jyothi Setty Swathi Subramanian: Founder/President/Program Host of SwaRaag Performing Arts, Inc. Highly Efficient and Rocking SwaRaag TEAM Vaibhav Dabade | Shobha Shastry | Gopi Bala | Shikha Bajpai | Anushree Bopardikar | Kalaimangai Anbalagan | Anandini Sekhar | Shailesh Salgar | Hiral Parikh | Asha Manish | Jai Kishan | Swetha Subramanian | Rens Methratta | Swathi Subramanian Presiding over the SwaRaag Panel were honorable Judges: Final Dance Judges: Final Song Judges: Audition Dance Judges: Audition Song Judges: Preeti Nagar | Sarita Deshpande | M. Rama Rao SWARAAG 2016 WINNERS SOLO DANCE SENIORS SOLO DANCE JUNIORS DUO DANCE SENIORS DUO DANCE JUNIORS SPOT CHOREOGRAPHY Winner: Sruthi Ramesh SOLO SONG Age 9 - 16 SOLO SONG Age 17 – 35 SOLO SONG Age 36&Up GROUP DANCE SENIOR Winning Teams Group Members: Devika Nair, Namitha Nair, Anna Mathew, Meera Kurup, Sithara Nambiar, Parvathy Sreekanth, Jessica Joseph, Navya Sebastian Group Members: Meghana Nair, Sanjana Basu, Pooja Hingorany, Tishya Marwah, Vrinda Punj, Infanta Anthony, Sreya Nimmagada, Crispy Sharma, Reeya Kansra, Sareena Kansra Group Members: Ritika Singh, Meghna Iyer, Arya Anand, Aanya Parmar, Sana Nadkarni, Preksha Munot, Sneha Shetty, Neha Chandra, Amy Koleth, Arpita Sharma, Anika Shroff, Somin Virmani, Anushka Philip, Meghana Edpuganti, Shreya Godhani, Aahana Tiku, Isha Mehta, Shruthi Puranik GROUP DANCE JUNIOR Winning Teams Group Members: Madhav Girish, Daivik Pillai, Edwin Eldho, Neha Ninan, Ishaanvi Rajesh, Shika Amin, Saandrika Gopal, Soorya Soorej, Cicilia Thomas, Sharon John, Hannah Thomas, Madhav Nair, Arlene Chacko, Kezia Kuriakose, Gopika Nair, Teresa Mathew Group Members: Bhavana Heggadahalli, Stuti Patil, Aishwarya Patil, Deeksha Gouda, Nishta Kumar, Neha Gopinath, Swara Igoor, Diya Sharma Group Members: Divya Rani, Kalyani Kanuri, Resmi Nair, Srividya Ramachandran, Shraddha Patel, Pratyusha Myneni, Ankita Saluja, Lakshmi Jemolla, Neetu Gupta You may also access this article through our web-site http://www.lokvani.com/ |
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