Chandana Wickrarnasinghe and the Dancers’ Guild of Sri Lanka, A Dance troupe will entertain you with some traditional, folk, creative and modern dancing based on Kandyan, Low country(Sri Lankan Styie)lndian dance and free style dance.

INTRODUCTION TO CHANDANA WICKRAMASINGHE


Chandana Wickrarnasinghe and the Dancers’ Guild of Sri Lanka, A Dance troupe will entertain you with some traditional, folk, creative and modern dancing based on Kandyan, Low country(Sri Lankan Styie)lndian dance and free style dance.

“Since our inception we have built up an enviable reputation for innovation and creative work, our unrivalled reputation for distictive style of performance and commited ensemble playing was praised world over. At the heart of our work is the utmost sincerity and excitement of the performer’s physical presence and unison between dancer and the audience. Our humble attempt is to touch that hidden world of emotion and imagination.”

Types Of Dances:

1.Traditional Sri Lankan Dance

i. Ves: Dance for Prosperity (Up country style of dancing)

ii. Drum Orchestra:

iii. Naga Gurulu: Ritualistic Mask Dance (Dance from Sothern part of Sri Lanka)

iv. Gini: Fire dance and many more

v. Salu paliya: Comic dance from south of Sri Lanka

2.Folk Dance

i. Goyam - Harvest Dance

ii. Lee - Stick Dance

iii. Raban - Dance with Small hand Drums

iv. Kala - Water pot Dance etc....

3.Chandana and the Nature (Fusion)

i. Peacock Dance

ii. Elephant Dance

iii. Golden lotus

iv. Cobra Dance

v. Javana Dance( Dance of a Black Panther)

vi. With and Orchid

vii. Duck Dance

viii. Naga

ix. Bee Dance

x. Mermaid and Sea Houses

xi. Kadupul

4.Fusion

i. Shin Pooja (Dance to the god Shiva)

ii. Kanya- Vergo

iii.Winning Dance

iv. Kite Dance

v. Dance of Saraswathi (Goddess of Art)

vi. Davadasi - Temple Dance

vii. Cleopatra

ix. Urumaya - Heritage

x. Gods in white

xi. Narthaki

xii. Mother Earth

xiii. Gajam

xiv. Radha

5.Arabic Dance

i. Aneesha

ii.Asha

iii. Mediterranean Love

iv. Wedding Dance

v. Norma My Love

6.Past productions

i.Lanka Sri - Ballet 1998

ii.Meera the Black Swan 1999 for National TV

iii.Dance of Shiva - Ballet 1999

iv.Lanka Matha - 2000for National TV

v.Nirthya Pooja - 2002

vi.Poetry in Motion - 2003

vii.Mayura Sandeshaya(Peacock Messenger)

viii.Sthree -2004

ix.Kanya - 2005

x.Ballet Mayura Sandeshaya - 2005 (performed at Peterborough art festival 2005 in United Kingdom with 32 artists)

xi.Kanya—2006

xii.Ramayanaya —2008 (in India with 25 artists)

Countries They have toured

| Holland | UK | Malaysia | Pakistan | Belgium | Maldives | Singapore | Nepal | France | Italy | Bulgaria | Jordan |

| Japan | India | Qatar | South Korea | Taiwan | Oman | Abu Dhabi | Germany |

About the Choreographer

Chandana learned his first steps of dancing from Vajira Chithrasena at the age of 06, he was then trained and Ves by Mr. Kulasiri Budawatta
Chandana complete his School reading in Science subjects at Mahanama College Colombo, with no reference to his prowess as a dancer. At the end of his School career, he joined the Sama Ballet troupe, as a dancer he works for 8 years in that group.

Chandana dance before audiences in many cities in Europe and Asia and thrill them all he has also participated in many dance festivals around the world as a dancer and choreographer, he performed at world famous Saddlers’ Wales theatre in London 1990.

He went to India in 1994 and joined the prestigious university of Vishva Bharathy Shanthi Nikethan to study Kathakali and Nianipuri style of dance.

Today as a teacher he has 600 students and the troupe of 30 professional dancers in his own company Chandana And the Dancers Guild which was founded in 1996. The company performed theatre shows, TV shows, Dealer conventions, Product Launches, Fashion shows, Music videos, and perform nearly 32 shows per month.

Name of Director/Choreographer/ Dancer:

Mr.Chandana Wickramasinghe

Date of Birth:

29th September 1967

Educational Qualification:

Studied Kandyan Dancing (Sri Lankan) from different teachers (from age 0 Sears about 30 years)

Completed 3 Years dancing course at Vishva Bharathi University in India

Address:

Chandana Wickramasinghe & the Dancers Guild

No 08, C P De Silva Mawatha

Kaldemulla

Moratuwa - 10400

Sri Lanka

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