Sneha Chakradhar

BHARATANATYAM BY SNEHA CHAKRADHAR -SHIVA COMPOSITION

Sneha Chakradhar performs a solo piece for the 2014 Festival of Young Musicians & Dancers orgaised by Sahitya Kala Parishad. The festival was held in New Delhi at an outdoor public space in Connaught Place. Musicians accompanying Sneha were Shri K. Venkateshwaran (Vocals), Shri R. Keshavan (Mridangam), Shri Rajat Prasanna (Flute), Sushri Radhika Kathal (Nattuvangam). The Shiva composition has been choreographed by Sneha’s Guru Smt. Geeta Chandran.

Sneha Chakradhar

A montage of clips from various performances.

Aatish-e-Ishq Promo

‘Aatish-e-Ishq’ is a depiction of love and longing across the seasons through the classical dance style of Bharatanatyam and the tradition of Sufi music. Dancer Sneha Chakradhar and Delhi-based Sufi singer Dhruv Sangari collaborate to present this unique dance production. Aatish-e-Ishq or the ‘Fire of Love’ burns in the being of the nayika, the heroine, each day of the month and each month of the year. Pining for her beloved; every passing season brings forth a new facet to her yearning. Seasonal shifts and changing ecological imagery, bring new experiences to her state of suffering. The lyrics have been written by Sneha’s father, Prof. Ashok Chakradhar for this presentation.

Aatish-e-Ishq – Rain by Sneha Chakradhar

‘Rain’ is an excerpt from this unique collaboration between Bharatanatyam dancer Sneha Chakradhar, sufi singer Dhruv Sangari and celebrated poet Prof. Ashok Chakradhar, depicting the nayika, pining for her beloved through the beautiful Indian monsoon season.After a long spell of the sun’s relentless assault, the dark grey clouds have arrived. As the thunder claps and the drops begin to fall, all of nature dances in celebration. But the nayika’s body burns with passion and the rain drops turn to steam upon contact with her flesh. The constant drum rolls of lightening instill in her a fear and her eyes have a storm of their own brewing in them. The beloved, she contemplates, has forgotten her. 

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A glimpse of Sneha’s 2015 Ujjain visit for Spic Macay workshop demonstrations. This is a test video shot and edited by David Stevens, who is currently making a documentary on Sneha’s engagement with Spic Macay and their combined efforts of making the classical arts accessible to government school students in rural areas.

Triyatra Mallari: Navadarshanam Part I

Triyatra Mallari (Part I) in the Bharatanatyam style, a composition in Talam Ada, a cycle of 14 beats, choreographed and presented by Sneha Chakradhar, Divya Saluja and Radhika Kathal. This performance was a part of Navadarshanam, an evening of choreographies by senior disciples of Smt. Geeta Chandran, at Natya Vriksha’s World Dance Day 2015 festival.

Triyatra Mallari: Navadarshanam Part2

Triyatra Mallari (Part II).

Ninda Stuti by Sneha Chakradhar

Sneha Chakradhar performs a Ninda Stuti written by her father Prof. Ashok Chakradhar and choreographed by her guru Smt. Geeta Chandran.

Bharatanatyam: Tillana in Ragam Vrindavani Sarang

Tillana in Ragam Vrindavani Sarang performed by Dr. Sneha Chakradhar and Radhika Kathal at the 6th International Cultural Music and Dance Festival at the Kamphaeng Phet Rajabhat Univeristy, Thailand.

Media Coverage

This video is a quick look at the various print media reviews and articles written about Bharatanatyam dancer Sneha Chakradhar over the years.

‘Aatish-e-Ishq’ Promo

‘Aatish-e-Ishq’ is a depiction of love and longing across the seasons through the classical dance style of Bharatanatyam and the tradition of Sufi music. Dancer Sneha Chakradhar, (a disicple of Smt. Geeta Chandran) and Delhi-based Sufi singer Dhruv Sangari collaborate to present this unique dance production.Aatish-e-Ishq or the ‘Fire of Love’ burns in the being of the nayika, the heroine, each day of the month and each month of the year. Pining for her beloved; every passing season brings forth a new facet to her yearning. Seasonal shifts and changing ecological imagery, bring new experiences to her state of suffering.

The lyrics have been written by Sneha’s father, Prof. Ashok Chakradhar for this presentation.

Mallari by Sneha Chakradhar

Bharatanatyam dancer Sneha Chakradhar, senior disciple of (Padmashri) Geeta Chandran , presents a Mallari as the opening of her solo recital.

Surdas Pada by Sneha Chakradhar

Bharatanatyam dancer Sneha Chakradhar, disciple of (Padmashri) Geeta Chandran, presents ‘Mohe chhuo jani’, a pada by Surdas. In this piece she portrays a khandita nayika, who is extremely hurt and angry and is asking Krishna to not touch her and leave, when he appears at her door after spending the entire night with another woman.

Sneha Chakradhar – Vividha Dance Rehearsal

An amalgamation of the Indian classical dance forms of Kathak, Bharatanatyam and Odissi, ‘Vividha’ showcases the intricacies of each form, while bringing them together in a new choreography conceptualised by Monisa Nayak, Sneha Chakradhar and Shalaka Rai.

Rudrashtakam by Sneha Chakradhar

‘Rudrashtakam’ is an octet composed by Tulsidas as an ode to ‘Rudrashtakam, the fearsome manifestation of Lord Shiva. In this hymn the devotee describes and praises the many facets of Shiva. He is the lord of the universe, the embodiment Nirvana. He is formless, desireless, immeasurable, yet omnipresent.

2019 Young Vanavasi Bharatanatyam

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Vanajaksha by Sneha Chakradhar

A snippet from the varnam in ragam Behag and talam Adi performed by Dr. Sneha Chakradhar, choreographed by her guru (Padmashri) Geeta Chandran at the Navapallava Festival in New Delhi hosted by Guru Chetna Jalan at Sangeet Shyamala, New Delhi.

Sneha Chakradhar at Uttaradhikar 2019

Dr. Sneha Chakradhar performs at Uttaradhikar 2019, a festival of music and dance organised by Raza Foundation. Sneha will be presenting compositions from the traditional Bharatanatyam repertoire, choreographed by her Guru, (Padmashri) Smt. Geeta Chandran.

Sneha Chakradhar – Shlokam Kripa

What must go on in the mind of a child who watches Bharatanatyam for the very first time, in the courtyard of her school in a small village in India? She is embarrassed at first to see the dancer dressed in this strangely elaborate attire and make-up. The music is powered by a car battery because the school has no electricity. As the dancer starts moving to the music, she giggles with her friend who is equally bewildered to experience this bizarre act. It takes a minute or two but soon the embarrassment and the giggles are replaced by a genuine urge to know more. To catch the lyrics and match the movements. And then doubt sets in. “Do I have to be beautiful to dance?, she asks. “No,” I reply, “the dance makes you beautiful!”

Varnam by Dr. Sneha Chakradhar

Bharatanatyam dancer, Dr. Sneha Chakradhar presents Varnam ‘Suma Sayaka’ in Karnataka Kapi and Rupakam composed by Maharaja Swathi Thirunal and choreographed by Sneha’s guru (Padmashri) Smt. Geeta Chandran.

Khajuraho Dance Festival, 2018 – Dr. Sneha Chakradhar

Bharatanatyam dancer, Dr. Sneha Chakradhar presents ‘Natanam Adinar’, the popular composition by Gopalakrishna Bharati in Ragam Vasantha set to Ada talam at the Khajuraho Dance Festival, 2018. She begins the piece with a verse from Tirumoolar’s Tirumantiram.

Sneha Chakradhar – Chakar Rakho

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Sneha Chakradhar with Dhruv Sangari – Aatish-E-Ishq

Dancer Sneha Chakradhar collaborates with Sufi singer Dhruv Sangari and her father, Prof. Ashok Chakradhar to create a unique blend of Bharatanatyam and sufi music traditions, knit together with beautiful contemporary Barahmasa poetry in Hindustani. This dance presentation is the true representation of syncretism and synthesis in the Indian classical arts.

Sneha Chakradhar and Radhika Kathal – Natanam Adinar

A Bharatanatyam duet by Dr. Sneha Chakradhar and Ms. Radhika Kathal, disciples of Smt. Geeta Chandran.

Sneha Chakradhar and Radhika Kathal – Natanam Adinar

A Bharatanatyam duet by Dr. Sneha Chakradhar and Ms. Radhika Kathal, disciples of Smt. Geeta Chandran.