The Innovator Choreographer
Endowed with a highly imaginative mind, her creativity meditates between moral commitments to the traditional form blended effortlessly with contemporary experiments. An interface of technical mastery and creative expressionism, her productions introduce a vast repository of movements and an intensely versatile body language – simple, eloquent, visually inspiring making the classical dance comprehensible without compromising on aesthetic standards.
Thematic Productions
Depicting the Shakta Cult eulogising the Shakti, i.e. the powerful Tridevi - Saraswati, Laxmi and Parvati who destroy the evil manpower and emerge victorious as the Adyashakti, verses from the Devi Mahatmaya and Devi Sukta.
Adyashakti Vandana
Concept, Choreography & Direction: Dr. Sandhya Purecha
Group Performance on Recorded or Live Music
Music: K.A. Sivaramakrishnan & N. N. Sivaprasad
Duration: 20 minutes to 60 minutes
Troupe: 5 to 16 Artists
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Depicting various incarnations of Shiva from the Shiva Purana and Hindu Mythology like Neelkantha Shiva, Sati-Shiva Vivah, Sati Balidan, Kamadev Dahan, Parvati Parinaya, Kartikeya Janma, Ganesh Utpatti, Gangavatarnam, Tripurasura Vadha, Adhakasura Vadha, Kalantaka Shiva, Nataraja, Ardhanarishwara.
Om Sarvam Shivamayam
Concept, Choreography & Direction: Dr. Sandhya Purecha
Group Performance on Recorded or Live Music
Music: Parikshit Bhatkhande
Duration: 20 to 70 minutes
Troupe: 8 to 22 Artists
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A beautiful love saga of the union of Radha and Krishna based on the Ashtapadis from Jayadeva's lyrical poetry Geet Govind.
Geet Govind
Concept, Choreography & Direction: Dr. Sandhya Purecha
Group Performance on Recorded or Live Music Music: Manoj Desai
Duration: 40 to 75 minutes
Troupe: 6 to 8 Artists
Adi Shankaracharya Mahima
Concept, Choreography & Direction: Dr. Sandhya Purecha
Group Performance on Recorded or Live Music
Music: Parikshit Bhatkhande
Duration: 20 to 70 minutes
Troupe: 6 to 16 Artists
Based on the Sanskrit Stotras of Adi Shankaracharya like Ganga Stotra, Yamunashtakam, Narmadashtakam, Bhaja Govindam, Ardhanarishwara Stotra, Panchakshara Stotra and Umamaheshwara Stotra.
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A historical journey based on the book The Discovery of India (1946) that covers a 5000-year history of India from its beginnings to independence from the British in 1947.
Discovery of India
Concept, Choreography & Direction: Dr. Sandhya Purecha
Group Performance on Recorded or Live Music
Music: Manoj Desai
Duration: 70 minutes
Troupe: 40 Artists
Insaniyat ka Zakheera
Based on the concept of humanity through the preachings of Saints and Ancient Indian Treatises.
Concept, Choreography & Direction: Dr. Sandhya Purecha
Group Performance on Recorded or Live Music
Music: Parikshit Bhatkhande
Duration: 20 to 70 minutes
Troupe: 6 to 16 Artists
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Concept, Choreography & Direction: Dr. Sandhya Purecha
Group Performance on Recorded
Music: Deepak Patekar
Duration: 45 minutes
Troupe: 20 Artists
A visual portrayal of tales from the Shiva Purana on the origin and significance of the celebration of Mahashivaratri.
Shivalilamritam
Ananda Rang
A choreographic rendition describing the 14 dreams visualised by Queen Trishala during the birth of the 24th Tirthankara, Lord Mahavir from Jain Scriptures.
Concept, Choreography & Direction: Dr. Sandhya Purecha
Group Performance on Recorded
Music: Ashit Desai
Duration: 45 minutes
Troupe: 20 Artists
Concept, Choreography & Direction: Dr. Sandhya Purecha
Group Performance on Recorded or Live Music
Music: Ashit Desai
Duration: 45 minutes
Troupe: 6–8 Artists
A choreographic rendition of the powerful Jainism Bhaktamar stotra penned in Sanskrit by Acharya Manatunga a missionary Jain monk.
Bhaktamar Stotra
Concept, Choreography & Direction: Dr. Sandhya Purecha
Group Performance on Recorded or Live Music
Dance Styles: Bharatanatyam, Kathak, Kathakali & Contemporary
Music: Kamlesh Bhadkamkar & Varsha Bhave, Guidance by Viju Shah
Duration: 70 minutes
Troupe: 21 Artists
Spreading environmental awareness to Save Nature, Save the Environment and Save the Future.
Dharma
Concept, Choreography & Direction: Dr. Sandhya Purecha
Group Performance on Recorded or Live Music
Dance Styles: Bharatanatyam, Kathak & Folk Artists
Music: Ashit Desai
Duration: 70 minutes
Troupe: 22 Artists
Bringing Paintings to life through this thematic portrayal of Buddha based on the paintings of the Mulagandha Kuti Vihar, Sarnath.
Buddha Charita
Concept, Choreography & Direction: Dr. Sandhya Purecha
Group Performance on Live Music
Music: K.A. Sivaramakrishnan
Duration: 60 minutes
Troupe: 10 Artists
Based on the Ten Directions from the Sanskrit text Sritatvanidhi
Dasha Dik Swarupam
Parvati Parinaya
Based on the Dohas from Tulsi Ramayana
Concept, Choreography & Direction: Dr. Sandhya Purecha
Group Performance on Live Music
Music: K.A. Sivaramakrishnan
Duration: 70 minutes
Troupe: 20 Artists
Laghu Ramayana
Based on the Verses from the Laghu Ramayana
Concept, Choreography & Direction: Dr. Sandhya Purecha
Group Performance on Live Music
Music: K.A. Sivaramakrishnan
Duration: 60 minutes
Troupe: 12 Artists
Shishu
Choreographed specially on children, this production is a portrayal of the beautiful poetries penned by Rabindranath Tagore's writings of Shishu, Gitanjali and Geetabitan.
Concept, Choreography & Direction: Dr. Sandhya Purecha,
assisted by Priyadarshini Ghosh & Mohana Iyer
Group Performance on Recorded Music
Music: Shubroto Mukerji Babuda
Duration: 60 minutes
Troupe: 60 Child Artists
Choreographic Ensembles
Research Based
Concept, Choreography & Direction: Dr. Sandhya Purecha
Group Performance on Recorded Music
Music: Manoj Desai
Duration: 40 to 70 minutes
Troupe: 6 to 16 Artists
Based on Kumbha Raja's Kalasa Karanas (rare desi Karanas) from the Nritya Ratna Kosh woven into Kalidasa's lyrical poetry Rutusamhara.
Arthashringara
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Concept, Choreography & Direction: Dr. Sandhya Purecha
Group Performance on Recorded Music
Music: Manoj Desai
Duration: 40–75 minutes
Troupe: 6 to 8 Artists
A Research Production based on the 8 Nayikas - Heroines as illustrated in Bharata’s Natyashastra woven into lyrical Ashtapadis from Jayadeva’s Gita Govinda.
Ashtanayika
Concept, Choreography & Direction: Dr. Sandhya Purecha
Group Performance on Recorded Music
Music: Manoj Desai
Duration: 20 to 70 minutes
Troupe: 6 to 12 Artists
A choreographic ensemble on Abhangas written by rare women saints of Maharashtra - Janabai, Muktabai, Soyrabai and Venabai.
Brahmanand
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Concept, Choreography & Direction: Dr. Sandhya Purecha
Group Performance on Recorded Music
Music: K. A. Sivaramakrishnan
Duration: 20–120 minutes
Troupe: 6 to 16 Artists
Creative Contemporary Choreography based on the Sthanakas, Mandalas, Gatis and Charis from the ancient Indian Sanskrit treatise, Abhinaya Darpanam.
Guru Dakshina
Concept, Choreography & Direction: Dr. Sandhya Purecha
Group Performance on Recorded Music
Music: Prashant Thackeray
Duration: 60 minutes
Troupe: 16 Artists
Choreography based on Gyanpeeth Awardees’ writings in different languages like Tamil, Telugu, Bangla, Asami, Marathi
Choreography on Gyaanpeeth Awardees
Concept, Choreography & Direction: Dr. Sandhya Purecha
Dance Styles: Bharatanatyam, Kathak, Odissi & Lavani
Group Performance on Live Music
Music: K. A. Sivaramakrishnan
Duration: 120 minutes
Troupe: 16 Artists + 16 Musicians