It is a proud moment for RukminiDevi Natyakshetra when 16 students of our institution performed fine arts in a Technical Institute, MIT campus at a Natural Language Research Conference in front of Professors from all over India. The students were of 9 to 13 years old were so excited to see the campus and had cheerful moments inside the campus,at the same time who also made a remarkable performance of 6 items(Alarippu, Jatheeswaram,Varnam, Keerthanai, Padham and concluded with Thillana) which brought out smile and admirations in the face of viewers. The orchestra had Mr.Samaya Kumar(Faculty of RukminiDevi Natyakshetra) on Vocal, Mr.Premnath(Founder of RukminiDevi Natyakshetra) over Nattuvangam, Mr.ChandraSekhar(Renowned Artist) over Veena and Mr.Sekhar(Renowned Artist) over Miruthangam.

         The event was arranged by ASEEMA Trust and Smt.V.R.Devika,Founder of Aseema Trust who witnessed the event gave a wonderful speech appreciating the students of RukminiDevi Natyakshetra and she also manifested the dance expressions(Bhava) with the use of Mudhras thereby correlated it as the language of Bharathanatyam. The viewers thus had poignant illustrations of a way of communication with the people through the fine arts. Adding to that Smt.V.R.Devika gave a visit to RukminiDevi Natyakshetra campus on Dec 25th, 2011 cheering the school students by cutting cake and spending time with students. While concluding her visit, she complemented the participants with Rs.300 each as a key earning.

Venue: Natural Language Research Conference, MIT, Chennai.
Date: 18/12/2011