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July workshop - Bharatnatyam and Ikebana

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17th July 2014 The Sogetsu Study Group met after the summer on July 17th at ABK's Yamamoto Hall. We all settled down to the business of the day, after excited greetings and stories of our respsective summers. Before we got into the much awaited demonstration, we finished with the other Study Group agenda.  New office bearers were introduced, thanking the outgoing office bearers who did very good work in the previous years.   Malathi attended the Bengaluru Sogetsu meeting and briefed the members of their programme.  Janaki was handed over her certificate that she received. New members were introduced and welcomed into the Study Group. Then it was time for the demonstration.  Our Study Group member, S Venkatesh gace a talk and demonstration titled " Bharatanatyam and Ikebana- some parallels in techniques, while expressing the art" .  Venkatesh is a  student of Sogetsu Ikebana and a teacher of Bharatanatyam, and drew parallels in line, movement and balance. He first