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Vibes - Reviews
The program was good and was presented very well. I really enjoyed the Abhimanyu song and it came out very well. Song selections were also good. We really enjoyed the whole program. I expected a 3 hour program but it was only a 2 hour program. Over all costume design was also good. It was very different from your usual programs and quite creative.Kudos to the entire team. Regards,
Asha
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By the end of the program one thing was very evident and that is the fact that the audience was thrilled by the performance and was very satisfied to have been to a quality entertaining event.
This is the primary objective for any event and having achieved that without an iota of doubt, Sanhiti has proven that they are here to stay and entertain the audience for years to come.
Dances:
I could see a significant improvement in the quality of dancers this time in "Vibes" compared to "Vanavil". They looked well trained and did a fabulous job in each and every number. Especially the male dancers were par excellence this time. Sai without a doubt stole the show. He was out there smiling at the audience, executing the steps confidently, just adding color and energy to every song he was in. It was difficult get the eye off of Sai when he dances.
My #1 song of the evening was the Telugu number "Pattu Pattu". The song by itself is very catchy and the execution was flawless. The salsa number, Annakili, courage, Narumugaiyae, Vande Matharam, Suppose were other awesome numbers. "Suppose" had formation/blocking issues on Saturday which were not there on Sunday making it more enjoyable to watch. Narumugaiyae was very cute and showed the potential to do classical moves by Munish and Rajeev. The "Courage" choreo was awesome. Adding the announcement of the three acts made a phenomenal effect on the song and it was very well received. The icing on the cake was the flag formation for "VandeMataram" with the wheel in the center.
First half set the expectation with the audience and the second have just exceeded the expectations.
Skit:
Skit was a instant runaway hit with the audience. I was laughing non-stop to many jokes and of course everybody's all time favorite joke was the "Hindi" joke. Srini, this is the most convoluted joke I have ever heard. First of all it was supposed to be an "underline" and someone sees something written UNDER it? This is weird, but something was unique about this that made this joke the very best. Srini this proves that nee kallileerndhu naar urippennu. Other play with words such as "Padhi velai panni company-ya 'pathi'chiruchu", "Judge Jaga – jogging poyirukkaru", "Phenomenon", "mallu", "Holy cow" were amazingly refreshing.
Srini, the latent talent in you is no more latent.
Execution:
When things go fine we may not realize the hard work that went goes making the program a success. But when things go wrong, we can easily see the holes in the execution. So to say the show was a success is not a joke, each and every one of you should feel very proud to make this a success. Even a single mishap could have altered the result, so give your self a high-five for making this event a great grand success– By this time the power of word of mouth would have reached those who did not make it to the event; I am sure they are feeling that they missed out a great event.
Another thing the audience left for home is with the feeling of wanting more. That is a better feeling than being overwhelmed.
It is one thing to earn the name and reputation and it is totally a whole new ball game maintaining the hard earned reputation. Sanhithi has shown that it is capable of doing both.
Looking forward to your next performance.
Thanks,
-Mani Ram
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It was great to see you guys conduct such a successful show. We wereall very impressed and did not find any flaw in anything - Alldancers and actors did a good professional job, the choreography wasawesome for every dance, costumes were appropriate, lighting wasamazing, skit and script were original and very funny, delivery of the jokes were very good, the theme (Vibes) was good choice and all in all the beginning bharatanatyam dance and the ending with Vande Mataram with the Flag was just spectacular. I am being very honest, we did not find any flaw that need to be corrected. We will definitely sign up for your dance and dramas for sure in the future.
Anika enjoyed the 'Suppose' song and she was dancing for the telugu song and Arun's favorite was the Vande mataram. He was totally moved by that song and was impressed by the flag formation at the end.
Cheers
-Lakshmi
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I cannot agree more to whatever Janani has mentioned. I think it was a great team effort and everyone gave their best. Costumes, lighting, sound effects were all great. I especially liked the choreography, comparable to only a few great ones that were done during my school days. It was encouraging to see quite a few non-indians and may be something to think along the lines of what would attract them more. My one suggestion would be to look into encouraging more of the "ABCDs" (if I might call them that:)) to participate in these programs as well, as a way to blend them more into our culture. My other suggestion would be to provide a one-liner (just like the one in the hand-outs)to differentiate between the various sections. I think the fillers did that job very well but sometimes people were a little confused when one dance scene ended and the next started (Especially for the creative dance numbers) Anyway, your group has already found many permanent fans and all our wishes for this to continue.
Bye,
Menaka
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About Vibes:
It was an excellent show, Sahana enjoyed it a lot. The conceptualization was wondeful, to come with such a show is just so amazing. Congtas to all three(JPR) of you. The dancers were all very good and couldn't really say that one was not good.The costumes were good. It showed that the production was great in all(infact had mani ram's standard:) ). One thing I did not enjoy much was the courage sequence- Abhimanyu scenes, it did not come through too well. costumes were too jazzy I thought. Srini's script was fabulous, I was cracking up all the way and at break. Convey my wishes to him too. The program went non stop with great continuity..All in all, it was a great show with lots of hard work. I think you should stage this another weekend
Deepa.
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Most mentionable event in the show is the skit. Nice performance by Balaji in the role Ganesh. Nice dialogue delivery by Maya. Judge Jaga and MPD Vasanth added charm to the event. Everybody in the skit performed with ease n naturality and the whole credit goes to the creator of this.
Now coming to dance:
* Most pleasant performance – Narumugayae
* Good co-ordination – the kannada kolattam song (not sure of the song though)
* Most graceful and best male dancer – Saikiran Kumar
* Most graceful and best female dancer – Roopa
Most enjoyable things in the dance performances were Sai’s peppy performance in “kattu kattu” (joyful telugu) song and Roopa’s expressions in “Suppose unna kaathalicha” song. Needless to mention that all the performers did a fantastic job.
Thanks guys, for the nice Sat eve with Annapoorna's best pongal I ever had in US!!
Cheers,
Srikanth
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Goodies:
1. Comedy track - excellent
2. Vandamatram - Best performance
3. Narumugiye Narumugiye.... - Song, Dance, Dressings, Background
Matched very well
4. All songs lighting effect & background settings was excellent
5. Kid did a fearless excellent stage performance
6. Karnataka folk dance was, one more feather on hat...
Suggestions:
1. No where viewer's participated.... So in one song you should have called some kids from viewers and asked to dance along with troop of dancers.
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Excellent show today great costumes, selection of songs and dancing. I particularly liked your expressions in the fear piece. The script for the skit inbetween was hilarious we already congratulated Srinivas for that. We all the enjoyed the show. Wishing you sucess in all your future shows. The sets/ props for all the songs were outstanding. The men stole the show this time with their energetic dancing :-)
Viji
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First of all, Congratulations once again, for a great show! It was creative, entertaining and very professionally executed. What I personally loved about the show was that there was never a dull moment. In fact, quite the opposite. Every dance was unique: great costumes and beautiful choreography. And the script: I can't say enough about the script. Once again, Kudos to Srinivasan for writing a winning script. He had the audience in splits.
It takes tremendous dedication and commitment to pull off such a show.
Our Congratulations to the 'Sanhiti' team.
Looking forward to next year's show!!
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You guys totally rocked. I watched you guys practise for Narumugaye a few weeks ago and was amazed at the details involved in the choreo. And that was just one song. After watching the entire show, I can totally see the planning and effort that has gone into it. It is fair to say that it has paid off. The show was tight. Hardly a dull moment. Changes happened without glitches. Kudos to the production team and the dancers, who were ready when they had to be.
The dancers were all so good. I hate to single out people in such a large group effort, but other than JPR, sai, priya, munish stood out. Sampy's Abhimanyu was done very well. The salsa choreographer( I forget her name) was amazingly graceful. Cheenu, the skit was so funny man. It integrated with the show so well. There were so many dialogues that were so cheenu. Sai, you better be careful man. Next time kavi shows up somewhere alone, they are gonna go, "enna appa varliya? :-) " The entire cast did very well.
Overall, it was an excellent show. We really enjoyed it.Great job.
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Sanhiti's Vibes 2005 was an awesome show. I enjoyed the whole show . The following are my important comments: (disclaimer: my knowledge of dance is zuk)
1. The biggest success in the whole program was the 'formations' when multiple people were on stage. Particularly it seemed to me, the more people there were, the better were the 'formations' - ie summa diagonalla nikkira makkaL straight line aaradhu etc., (and much more complex things were happening ). 2. I really liked the first dance to the (Hamsaanandhi?) naTarAjar song, and nice theme - groups of two dancing and one statue. I particularly remember the Sivan-pArvati posture of you and Roopa. ( hope I got it right) And I would like to know about more classical dances from the trio that I can attend.
3. Pick of the day was the salsa to the Prabhudeva song - veLLa kaarammani and Priya both kalakkufied - knowing that she is the salsa guru, after enjoying the song is equivalent to the pleasure of identifying a rare raagam :) !
4. My pick among male dancers was undoubtedly Sai - summa naturalla aadi dhooL pantaan.
5. Some very nice themes during the dance were the flashback seq in Venmathi and fear seq in your dance.
6. Sampy's choreo theme was nice. 7. Patriotism dance was very amazing - Dance / Colors / Sets / People / etc.
II. Lights were very well planned and well co-ord and added *punch*. Mux was being Mux on background miusic - nice whenever it was there.
III. Cheenu's script was AWESOME !! And *Everyone* in the cast was good -
and the only people in the cast I couldnt convey this in person are Balaji and Kumdha so pls give them my big shottu.
Only crib is that everybody instead of just a select few should have practiced more - but again, I know nothing abt dancing on stage, I find it
hard to dance even off the stage :).
If you can, add me to your info mailing list, for info about classical performance you guys are having.
avLothaan,
~ka
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I attended the show on Saturday with my daughter. We both enjoyed the show. I liked the fact that the show was not based on movie songs only - a major deviation from the last year's show. Janani, I have been floating an idea of a show based on various Tamil compositions and dance forms (folk, traditional, literature based etc.) by you for a few years now (my idea is to have Tamil nattiya vizha). May be we will get to do that soon as a Tamil Manram/Cultural Center event.
Kudos to Srini for a delightful script for MC-ing the show (he did a great job last year too). Of course I must recognize all the dancers who performed exceptionally well.
I liked the gentleman who welcomed and gave the vote of thanks. Even though you ran into some technical difficulties with the slides and video, he kept on going without stumbling. I also liked the fact that he was brief and to the point. The show also did not lose the focus and achieved its two main purposes - promote AID, and provide entertainment - nothing more.
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This is the best show I have ever been to in the Bay Area (hmm... maybe in my life). As a person watching live I cannot remember seeing any slip-ups or flaws or any defects! It was close to perfect I should say!
My favourite picks:
1. Salsa & Boom Boom (Jeez these were "Prabhu Deva" quality - I mean very close to what I see in movies)
2. Roja Poo - Wow! What can I say? One of the best choreos and execution I have ever seen!
The formations looked like a blooming rose... Again professional quality. You can plug this song into a movie as-is.
3. Telugu song - Another high quality choreo! And most important a crowd puller. Had mass appeal.
4. Vande Mataram - Very colorful!
5. Sampy's and Janani's fear - Very innovative ideas. Totally deviates from the usual stuff! You guys took Sanhiti up another notch!
6. Barathanatyam - I am not a fan of barathnatyam. But I really enjoyed it. Maybe I'll make an exception for you three guys :-). Roopa you are a natural!
The abinayams (or poses?) were fantastic. Two people dancing and one freezing! This is the coolest I have watched since Salangai Oli (Now you probablyy undersand how abysmal my knowledge is.. hee hee)
7. Skit - Short and sweet and superb! I have seen the same actors in various other skits. Jee script makes 100% difference! Srinikulla ippadi oru comic sense irukkunnu yenakku theriyala :-)
Yenakku therinja oru aunty Saturday show pathuttu she came back on Sunday (alone! she asked her son to drop her off coz she wanted to watch it again! "Idu madiri shows apparam yeppo pakka porom?" she said!)
Everything was awsome! You could call it a perfect show! You guys truly ROCK! (Yes I have willingly conferred my honor on you guys! haa haa )
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Now coming back to the subject to relevance here, the show was indeed great. You would’ve gotten lot of compliments on the show by now. Everyone loved it. I even overheard a couple of non-indians passing comments like “can’t get enough of it”, “brilliant”.. and that’s definitely a good sign.
I’m not gonna talk about the skit here. That brought the house down, for sure. You could easily gauge that from the audience’s response when Srini was introduced, at the end of the show. Needless to say, the actors were also of top class.
Highlights:
1. Choreography: EXCELLENT… I just loved it. Each and every number was very well choreographed. The best thing was that except for a one or two, almost all of the steps went with the mood of the songs. The formation changes and the use of stage space(even with 3 or 4 dancers) were so awesome.. I just admire you guys for that.
2. Expression: most of the dancers had really good expressions. That saved them even when they made mistakes, especially the guys. I think all of the female dancers are trained ones, so they all looked pretty confident and natural on stage. Among the guys, Sai and Rajesh had the best stage presence (Rajesh being the only one to actually lip-sync the lyrics for all the songs that he was part of.. pretty impressive..!!)
3. Costumes: very good job with the costumes. Looked classy and trendy, given the constraints you had for an Indian audience.
4. Professionalism: the show as a whole was very well structured. There were no unnecessary delays or glitches. The skit and the dances went hand in hand, going in and out with smooth execution. That includes the art directors as well, with the props and all. Everyone knew what they were supposed to do.
Take care
GJ
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Thank you so much for the truly wonderful performances at the show yesterday! I am also grateful to you for inviting me to the show itself, as it was an enriching event in several ways. This is a great idea, to attend these events that our co-workers are involved in, though I don't think any others will be at the same high level of accomplishment as yourself and the others in Sanhiti. I tried to take a couple of videos and pictures with my cell phone, but I don't know how well they came out. I know you had some people taking video and pictures, but it is nice also to have these personal snapshots.
The performance was really incredible. I would have been very unwise of me to have missed it for any reason.
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Getti Melam - Reviews
Excellent show this weekend. My hearty congratulations to all the founders, dancers and every individual who was involved in making this show a great success. Below are some +ves and few suggestions:Positives:1. One of the best written comedy skit I have ever come across. Excellent dialogue delivery and voice modulation. 3 cheers to the script writers.2. Songs were well placed in context. 3. Very good transitions from skit to songs. 4. Novel approach to double-acting on stage performances.5. Good rendition of dance steps.6. Excellent choreography. 3 cheers to all choreographers.7. Top notch Production. Backdrops and sets were stunning.8. Costumes were eye-catching. Good selection of constumes.Room for improvement:1. There was some room for improvement in step coordination among dancers2. Dancers should be encouraged to look at the audience while dancing(most of them did a great job)3. Some information about the dance styles(maybe as a slide) before each dance could have been an added valueI would rate this performance as a 9.5 out of 10. One of the best I have ever come across in the bay area. Great job guys!!!. Keep up the good work and I am looking forward for the next year show. -Siva Seetharaman
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Good show. Very well presented.
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Splendid performance by the entire team. Graceful dances and rib-tickling skit. Very entertaining.
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The Getti melam show was fantastic! The choreography was awesome, the salsa number was perfect, the bharata natyam was graceful and movie dances were casual!!!The play was also very funny and Balaji's performance was commendable too.Special praise to the choice of colors in dresses as well as background/sets.Since Janani asked me to give critical but positive feedback as well, I felt that the script for the skit had one too many kadi jokes(I have to admit that I enjoyed some of them though!). But this is not to dampen the wonderful skit, all the actors were perfect.All the very best!RegardsAshok
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Oh man! What a great show!!! Great actors, excellent dancers, nice concept, the perfect mix of skit and dance - ooh, it was a beauty to watch! I dropped in with no expectations - with spending 3 hours in some way as the only motive, but I realized how much I would have missed had I not been there. Kudos to everyone! But this really deserves a much bigger audience. All these planning, hard work and perfection in execution shouldn't end with these 300+ crowd. Do something about that.Sashi
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When r u guys planning to upload the pictures of your latest production Gettimelam. I am eagerly waiting to see it.. Ok,you may wonder who I am... My name is Valentina and I stay and work in India. I am Roopa's senior in School(Anna Adarsh)..I hope she remembers me. If I sing "Rakamma kaiya thattu " song from Thalapathi(Rajini song) I hope for sure she will remember me... We used to dance together in school.
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