From: gunner1+@pitt.edu (Jayant Rajgopal)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: ALARMEL VALLI - Benefit Performance at University of Pittsburgh
Summary: REPOST
Date: 11 Nov 92 19:55:15 GMT
Distribution: pa
Organization: University of Pittsburgh
Originator: gunner1@unixd3.cis.pitt.edu

From pitt.edu!gunner1 Wed Oct 28 17:53:59 EST 1992


                       BHARATANATYAM BENEFIT PERFORMANCE
                                    by

                               ALARMEL VALLI
   			       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^							

WHERE:  Pittsburgh, PA    
			Bellefield Annex Auditorium
		 	315 South Bellefield Avenue 
			University of Pittsburgh

WHEN:   Sunday, November 15, 1992 at 6:00 P.M.


As most of you with Pittsburgh connections probably know, one of the things 
for which the University of Pittsburgh campus is famous, is the set of 
Nationality Rooms in the Cathedral of Learning (the main univ. building).
These rooms which represent a number of different countries, are classrooms
which have been designed and constructed over the years by members of the 
community who wish to preserve some of the culture and educational tradition
of their original home country in a modern university setting.  Each of these
rooms is designed, built and furnished along the lines of an educational 
setting in the original country.  In addition to being popular "tourist
spots" for showing off a country's traditions, these rooms are actually used
on a regular basis for classroom instruction (just like any other lecture 
hall or classroom) and provide a wonderful atmosphere for learning.

Recently a group of students, faculty and members of the local Indian 
community gathered to put together plans for the construction of a 
nationality room to represent India - given the large number of Indian
students and faculty at Pitt and the size and prosperity of the local 
Indian community there is considerable interest in this venture, since
communities which are a lot smaller and have far fewer resources than the
Inidan one have successfully constructed beautiful classrooms.  However, 
these rooms are very expensive to design and construct, and in order to
get permission from the university to go ahead with plans, a substantial
amount of money is required.  

The dance performance by Alarmel Valli has been organized to benefit this
effort.  Alarmel Valli is one of the modern legends of Bharatanatyam and is
famous for her athletic and unorthodox style.  She has consistently received 
rave reviews and has been compared to Nureyev and Baryshnikov !

Tickets are available at $25 for orchestra seats, $15 for regular seats and 
$10 for students and senior citizens. They can be purchased either at the 
gate or by mail. Or you can contact me; I have some with me as well.  

If you live outside the Pittsburgh area and can't attend (or if you are
not interested in attending...), but would still like to make a
(tax deductible) contribution to this effort, any amount would be highly
appreciated.  Checks may be made payable to University of Pittsburgh,
(write "Indian Nationality Room" in the memo section) and mailed to me
at the following address:

		Jayant Rajgopal
	 	Dept. of Industrial Engineering, 
	   	1039 Benedum Hall, University of Pittsburgh, 
		Pittsburgh, PA 15261.

If you would like more info please send me e-mail or call me at (412) 624 9840.


--jr--

e-mail: rajgopal@engrng.pitt.edu
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