Lavanya: Graceful Expressions of the East

Sruti, the India Music and Dance Society

2006

$24,500

Sruti, the India Music and Dance Society presented Lavanya: Graceful Expressions of the East, a program of Odissi and Manipuri dance performed by Sreyashi Dey and Poushali Chatterjee.

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