"One who works in devotion, who is a pure soul and who controls his mind and 
senses is dear to everyone, and everyone is dear to him. Though always 
working, such a man is never entangled".

- The Gita

SivaKumar, the founder-member, is an exponent of the Sacred Classical Art 
Bharatnatyam, which has been cherished & preserved in our country for more 
than 2000 years. He started his dance career at the age of 15.

He started learning Bharathanatyam from Guru Smt.Chandra Dandayuthapani 
Pillai At Natyakalalayam where he learnt for 8 years.

He has done 2yrs Diploma course on Nattuvangam & Dance from Guru Shri.Seetha 
Rama Sharma through Eyal Isai Nataka Mandram Scholarship.
Qualified in first class in the Govt Lower examination.

Under gone training from Gurus:- Shri. Delhi DakshinaMurthy(younger brother 
of Padmashree.K.N.DandayuthapaniPillai) & Smt.Usha Srinivasan.

Under going an advance course on Bharathanatyam under the guidance of 
Gurus:- Shri.M.V.Narasimhachari, Smt.Vasanthalakshmi Narasimhachari & 
Smt.Malathi Srinivasan.

He is a 'B' Graded artist in Doordarshan, Chennai.

As they say, learning is a continuous process, his insatiable passion for 
dance has made him a learner forever. He has several performances to his 
credit, prominent amongst them are :

Performed solo programmes in Prestigious Sabhas like "Bharat Kalachar" & 
"Natyarangam" Chennai.

"Mamallapuram Dance festival" organized by Tamilnadu Govt.

"Padmashree K.N.Dandayuthapani Pillai dance festival' at Delhi organized by 
Natyakalalayam, Delhi Tamil Sangam & Sahitya Kala Parishad in July 2000.
Dance & Musical fusion held at Mumbai Iskcon Auditorium.

Performed along with cine fame Meenakshi Seshadri at Mumbai on occasion of 
"Videocon Screen Awards-2001".

Got selected in the Eyal Isai Nataka Mandram's young talented artists 
encouragement scheme & performed at Madurai, Karaikudi & Pollachi Sabhas.

Performed at Naradha Gana Sabha in the " AINTHINAI" dance ballet, produced 
by Shri.M.V.Narasimhachari thru "ABHAI" (Association of Bharathanatyam 
Artists of India) during the month of Dec-2000

Performed along with Smt. VyjayanthiMala Bali at NaradhaGana Sabha in a 
ballet about Mahavir Jain during the month of Dec-2002

Performed along with Guru. Madurai. R.Muralidharan in his dance ballets, 
"Kamba Ramayana", " Thulukka Nachiar", "Nammalzvaar", "Thirumangai Alwar" & 
"Kuraloviyam'.

Performed in "shri Ragavendrar" , "Shri Ramanujar" & "Akilam Kakkum Annai" 
dance drama production by Guru Smt. Hemarajan's Nrithyopasana.

Performed in "ThiruGnana Sambandar" Tele dance drama production 
choreographed by Guru Smt.Revathy Ramachandran.

Performed in "Kalinga Narthanam", "Bharatham Jananam Gnanam" & "Ashtaruchi" 
dance drama produced by Sri.Narendra Kumar's Anusham group.

Done Nattuvangam for many senior dancers like:- Sudha Vijayakumar, Veenu 
Dakshinamoorthy, Pavithra Prasad & Sindhu Mishra (New Delhi).

Awarded as best dancer in "DandayuthaPani" style of dance for the year 2001, 
organized by Natyakalalayam-Delhi & Delhi Tamil Sangam.

Awarded as best dancer for the year 2002 by the Governor of Tamilnadu 
Sri.RamMohan Rao, organized by Nrithyopasana on 07.01.2003.

CHOREOGRAPHIES

He is not only a Performing artist, but also a teacher & choreographer of 
new dance items & Ballets. Some of his choreographies are:-

Shiva Thandavam, Ramakrishna charitham, Vandae Mataram, Hari Hara Sudhan, 
Panchali Sabatham & Dasa Avatharam.

With all the above credits, he is also running a dance school in the name of 
"Shivakalalayam" at Thiruvanmiyur-Chennai, where he trains a lot of 
budding artists in Bharathanatyam. Being the Founder-Member, he has a lot 
of future plans to bring dance especially Bharathanatyam into the 
International Limelight.

He is also serving the Artist society through ABHAI (Association of 
Bharatanatyam Artists of India) where he holds the post of Treasurer. 
Dancing is his way of praying to God & undoubtedly, he does it with great 
devotion & dedication.