Bahulya - Multiplicity in dance showcases compositions from 8 major languages of World. The program begins with a traditional prologue Jaya Janaki Ramana in ancient SANSKRIT and features Srishti shikhar ullase, by poet Nazrul Islam in BENGALI, Enchanting Deer - Maja anun dya to harin ayodyanatha in MARATHI, That’s not him - Raat Samay vah in HINDI, The Bangleman - Balegara chennaiah an award winning poem in KANNADA, My mistress’s eyes by William Shakespeare in ENGLISH, The boatman – Story of Guha in GUJARATI and poet Bharathiyar’s poems in TAMIL in a traditional tillana format. 

Prasanna Kasthuri utilizes his experience as a teacher/choreographer to present his newest work Bahulya - Multiplicity in dance. Having worked with Indian and American dancers and students over the last 13 years, Prasanna has produced numerous ground breaking works using pure classical Indian dance techniques. Bahulya - Multiplicity in dance is thus the fruit of his multi-lingual and multi-cultural involvement that expand and explore movement and emotion. It reflects the vibrant facets of life from wonder to joy, from love to possession and from loss to peace. Bahulya - Multiplicity in dance is multiplicity... of language, of culture, of expression, of human emotion and of dance.

Choreography & Artistic Direction: Prasanna Kasthuri 
Lighting Design: Dr. Ashok Mallya
Costume Design: KR Padmaje and Prabhat Kalavidaru, India
Set Design: Amisha Gazula
Musicians: Vocal: Seema Kasthuri, nattuvangam: Sushma Mohan, violin: Sandhya Srinath, mridangam: Srinath Bala 

When: Sunday, June 28, 2009 @ 6 pm 
Where: Lee Auditorium, Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, Missouri
Admission: $25, $15
Company info: www.sooryadance.com 
Concert info: 314-397-5278 or info@sooryadance.com

Artistic Director Prasanna Kasthuri founded Soorya Performing Arts to preserve and propagate Indian Performing arts in the state of Missouri and across the Greater United States of America. Guru Prasanna is popular in the field of dance for his innovative productions and artistic abilities. Some of his creations include the first Indian opera in Bharatanatyam dance style ‘Gokula Nirgamana,’ a collaboration with Grammy Award Winner Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt to produce Rainbow II based on English poems and rejuvenating Geya Nrutya, an art form where the dancers sing and perform. 

Prasanna Kasthuri also curated the first ever Indian Drama Festival ‘Nataka 2007’ in St. Louis and the first ever Indian Classical Dance Festival in St. Louis – ‘St. Louis Indian Dance Festival’ in 2008. He is a devoted teacher of two dance styles Bharatanatyam and Kathak and has trained hundreds of students for the last two decades.

Bahulya is a presentation of Soorya Performing Arts and is supported by the grants of Missouri Arts Council.