Rujuta Soman Cultural Academy to hold its annual dance concert ‘Arpit’ in Pune

Pune, August 12, 2019 : In order to create a platform for its students to showcase their talent the Rujuta Soman Cultural Academy (RSCA) will hold its annual dance concert called ‘Arpit’ (Offerings to Guru) on Saturday, August 17 and Friday, August 30, 2019 in Pune. The program is free and open to all. This information was shared by Rujuta Soman, Founder of RSCA and famous Kathak dancer.

The concert supported by Rithwik Foundation for Performing Arts will be held at Symbiosis International Auditorium, Viman Nagar at 5.00 pm on August 17, where students of the academy from all its branches will get a chance to perform unique dance compositions, which will be choreographed by senior students of RSCA.

From this year, the academy will also showcase two solo performances of the dancers- Sandhya Dharma (Bharatanatyam) and Anuradha Singh (Kathak, Raigad Gharana), so that the students will experience different styles and through this, RSCA also aims to create platform for solo performers.

Under the academy, founded and managed by Rujuta Soman, students of all ages from different cities are trained in pure classical form of Kathak. The RSCA aims to extend the boundaries of Indian traditional dance and create a new benchmark in the aesthetics of presentation by using state-of-the-art technology and innovative dance techniques.

“Students from all our branches will perform together on this occasion. The concert of RSCA is designed to showcase the talent of students of the academy in different ways. Its main objective is to create an opportunity for upcoming students to perform and choreograph on their own. This is a form of ‘guru dakshina’ offered to the great Gurus through performing on this platform. ” said Rujuta Soman.