Anitha Guha
(Bharathanatyam)
Smt. Anitha Guha, one of the most popular Bharathanatyam non performing teachers of Chennai, had her initial exposure to this art form from her mother, Smt.Karthiyayini Natesan, and later underwent training under Guru. Sri. Govindarajan Pillai. She also had the fortune of being under the guidance of Kalaimamani. Sri. Radha Krishnan and Dr. Ananda Shankar Jayanth, for a very brief period. She learns carnatic music from Smt. B. Meenakshi who specializes in Oothukadu compositions. From a very tender age, apart from solo performances, with god's gift of grace, elegance, natural talent for choreography and love for dance dramas she staged a variety of 'NrityaNatakams' with her dance group in the twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad. She played title roles like Radha, Valli, Mohini, Basmasura, Shiva, Urvasi with such finesse that the audiences marveled at her portrayal. Her adept portrayal of Urvasi won her the Minister's Award in 1985. Anitha founded Bharathanjali in the year 1989. Since then, she has been imparting to her students with love and dedication whatever has been bestowed upon her by the almighty. She is blessed with a wonderful talent of teaching Bharathanatyam to youngsters, and has the uncanny ability to bring out the best in each and every student. She has pioneered in moulding children of very early age to professional standards. Many of her students have blossomed into solo performers and have been performing in India and abroad, winning awards, titles and scholarships. Appreciated by the critics and the rasikas as the foremost ballet producer of her generation, she has carved a niche for herself with several, much lauded Mythological NrityaNatakams and Thematic dance productions which have been performed in many prestigious sabhas all over India. A cast of young students with fine dancing technique, a dramatic atmosphere and remarkable choreography have made her productions unique and appealing to one and all. She has around 20 Nrithya Natakams to her credit. Anitha dedicates all her Works and Awards at the lotus feet of Bhagwan Sri SathyaSai Baba.
| Artist | Venue | Date |
|---|---|---|
(Bharathanatyam) Anitha Guha-Choreograp | Krishna Gana Sabha (Dr.Nalli GanaV | 21/12/2025 |
(Choreography) Students - Anitha Guhas Bharathanjali.-Bharathana | Narada Gana Sabha - Main Hall | 07/12/2025 |
(Choreography) | RR Sabha-Kamakoti Triveni Sri Chand | 20/11/2025 |
(Bharathanatyam) Anitha Guha-Chief Gues Sasirekha Rammohan-Guests of | Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan (Main Audito | 06/07/2025 |
(Bharathanatyam) Neyveli R. Santhanagopalan-lyrics Anitha Guha-Choreograp | Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan (Main Audito | 06/04/2025 |
(Bharathanatyam) Anitha Guha-Chief Gues | Music Academy Main Hall (T.T.K. Aud | 22/02/2025 |
(Others) Anitha Guha-Choreograp | Kamarajar Arangam Hall | 18/01/2025 |
(Choreography) U. Ve. Dushyanth Sridhar-Composer | Vani Mahal - Kanchi Jagadguru Sri C | 09/01/2025 |
(Choreography) | Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan (Main Audito | 08/01/2025 |
(Others) Anitha Guha-Others | Bapalal Bhavan | 01/01/2025 |
(Bharathanatyam) U. Ve. Dushyanth Sridhar-Discourse | YGP Auditorium | 29/12/2024 |
(Composer) Dr. V. Rajkumar Bharathi-Music Comp Anitha Guha-Choreograp | Narada Gana Sabha - Main Hall | 08/12/2024 |
(Choreography) Neyveli R. Santhanagopalan-lyrics | Narada Gana Sabha - Main Hall | 31/03/2024 |
(Choreography) Neyveli R. Santhanagopalan-lyrics T. V. Varadarajan-Convenor C. V. Chandra Mohan-Convenor | Narada Gana Sabha - Main Hall | 28/01/2024 |
(Discourse) Damal S. Ramakrishnan-Discourse U. Ve. Ananthapadmanabhan Swamy-Discourse U. Ve. Dushyanth Sridhar-Discourse Dr. U. Ve. Venkatesh-Discourse Anitha Guha-Choreograp Madurai R. Muralidharan-Choreograp Nandhini Suresh.H. N. -Choreograp Dr. Udayalur Kalyanaraman-Namasankee Shri Raghunath Das Maharaj-Namasankee | Narada Gana Sabha - Main Hall | 22/01/2024 |
(Choreography) | Vani Mahal - Kanchi Jagadguru Sri C | 21/01/2024 |
(Choreography) Neyveli R. Santhanagopalan-Music Comp | YGP Auditorium | 14/01/2024 |
(Choreography) Neyveli R. Santhanagopalan-lyrics | Vani Mahal - Kanchi Jagadguru Sri C | 07/01/2024 |
(Choreography) Neyveli R. Santhanagopalan-lyrics | RR Sabha-Kamakoti Triveni Sri Chand | 05/01/2024 |
(Bharathanatyam) | Ethiraj Kalyana Mandapam | 30/12/2023 |
(Others) Alarmelvalli-Chief Gues Vishakha Hari-Guests of Cleveland V. V. Sundaram-Guests of | Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan (Main Audito | 23/11/2023 |
(Composer) Anitha Guha-Choreograp | Vani Mahal - Kanchi Jagadguru Sri C | 14/05/2023 |
(Others) | Narada Gana Sabha - Main Hall | 19/04/2023 |
(Writer) Anitha Guha-Choreograp Dr. V. Rajkumar Bharathi-Music Comp Sai Sharavanam-Music Dire | Narada Gana Sabha - Main Hall | 25/02/2023 |
(Bharathanatyam) | Vani Mahal - Kanchi Jagadguru Sri C | 04/01/2023 |
(Bharathanatyam) | Narada Gana Sabha - Main Hall | 02/01/2023 |
(Bharathanatyam) | YGP Auditorium | 29/12/2022 |
(Bharathanatyam) | Sri Sankara Vidyashramam Mat. Hr. S | 23/12/2022 |
(Bharathanatyam) | Krishna Gana Sabha (Dr.Nalli GanaV | 18/12/2022 |
(Bharathanatyam) | Narada Gana Sabha - Main Hall | 02/10/2022 |
(Others) | Vani Mahal - Sri P. Obul Reddy Hall | 30/07/2022 |
(Bharathanatyam) | Vani Mahal - Sri P. Obul Reddy Hall | 15/07/2022 |
(Others) | RR Sabha-Kamakoti Triveni Sri Chand | 21/11/2021 |
(Others) Sheejith Krishna-Others Geetha Chandran-Others | Krishna Gana Sabha (Dr.Nalli GanaV | 30/12/2019 |
(Composer) | Chrompet Cultural Academy | 28/07/2019 |
(Bharathanatyam) | Sir Pitty Thyagaraya Hall | 18/12/2018 |
(Bharathanatyam) | Narada Gana Sabha - Main Hall | 16/12/2018 |
(Bharathanatyam) | YGP Auditorium | 13/01/2018 |
(Bharathanatyam) | Kamarajar Arangam Hall | 21/12/2017 |
(Bharathanatyam) | Narada Gana Sabha - Main Hall | 03/12/2017 |
(Bharathanatyam) Medha Hari-Bharathana | Music Academy Main Hall (T.T.K. Aud | 29/10/2017 |
(Discourse) U. Ve. T. A. Akkarakkani Srinidhi Swami-Discourse Dr. U. Ve. Venkatesh-Discourse Anitha Guha-Bharathana | Narada Gana Sabha - Main Hall | 20/04/2017 |
(Bharathanatyam) | Narada Gana Sabha - Main Hall | 22/02/2017 |
(Bharathanatyam) | Vani Mahal - Sri P. Obul Reddy Hall | 15/01/2017 |
(Bharathanatyam) | Smt. Sivagami Pethachi Auditorium | 25/12/2016 |
(Bharathanatyam) | YGP Auditorium | 21/12/2016 |
(Bharathanatyam) | Mylapore Fine Arts Club Hall - TAG | 14/12/2016 |
(Bharathanatyam) | Narada Gana Sabha - Main Hall | 02/12/2016 |