Following in its 15+ year glorious tradition of holding spectacular Broadway style events, Vision-Aid is set to dazzle again with Ramachandran Muralidaran’s remarkable dance musical “The Son of The Wind, The Saga of Hanuman” – a new production of this renowned choreographer, which will make its global debut in New England on July 23rd at 4PM in Littleton, MA.
The Vision-Aid team is buzzing with excitement and activity and announced that the early bird sales of all tickets end on July 7th 2023. Tickets and sponsors are welcomed to visit www.visionaid.org/event to get their tickets or sponsorships. All proceeds go towards Vision-Aid’s programs to enable, educate and empower the visually impaired to live with independence and dignity.
The Dream Team of Dancers
This year’s Broadway-style mega-show is set to raise the bar yet again. It is centered on the story and life of Lord Hanuman and presents many compelling aspects of this timeless Indian epic hero in a rich and vibrant choreography. The show will be featuring over 50 talented dancers and several dance teachers from New England, working under the guidance of renowned and award-winning dance choreographer and producer from India, Kalaimamani Madurai R. Muralidaran. Boston area dance teachers – Jeyanthi Ghatraju and Sripriya Natarajan Moorthy and Dhanashree Madiwale-Karmakar are the lead Artistic Directors for this year’s production, ably supported by Dance Teachers Sheetal Dwaraka, Aishwarya Chakravarthy and Kalaimangai Anbalgan. Senior dance mentors Shilpa Narayanan, Krithi Sekaran, Chitanya Gopu, Roopa Modha, Radhika Narayanaswamy, Tejasvi Bhadrinath, Divyanka Gupta are training the 50 plus performers in the production.
The team has been hard at work since last December, pulling together the brightest dance talent in the New England area – all of them graciously volunteering their time to support the cause.
The other performers in the production include Diya Shenoy, Dyuthi Prashanth, Gauthami Sreedhar, Praksitha Rajasekaran, Sakhi Kulkarni, Shreya Kalavur, Siri Srivatsa, Vaidehi Moorthy, Aadhvi Gopalakrishnan, Joshitha Gopalakrishnan, Aarya Atale, Aishwarya Ananthakrishnan, Ashvitha Eyalarasan, Kavya Krishnan, Sarayu Gadam, Shakthi Sorensen, Varaliikaa Satheesh, Amal Balachundhar, Akshadha Ghantasala, Anika Nambiar, Avantika Nair, Anamika Nair, Dharshana Lakshmanan, Harini Jeyaraman, Prisha Nambiar, Sheethal Udupa, Sravya Gurajala, Aanya Challuri, Aarna Mahadevan, Druthi Choudavarapu, Preetika Guntireddygari, Saanvika Sammishetty, Vanshika Kukunoor
This year’s event will follow a hybrid model and will include a live stage performance and a Zoom screening for audiences who can watch from the comfort of their home anywhere in US and Canada. English sub-titles and narration will make the show accessible to all.
Sushil Tuli to keynote event
Vision-Aid announced that Leader Bank founder and CEO Sushil Tuli will be the Chief Guest and keynote speaker for Vision-Aid’s 2023 annual event on Sunday, July 23, 2023 at 4:00 PM EST in Littleton, MA.
How the funds will be used
Funds raised from this year’s event will help to support Vision-Aid’s innovative programs at over 30 locations across India serving over 20,000 visually impaired. These programs include Vision-Aid centers of Excellence, at Aravind Eye Hospital in Madurai, the L.V.Prasad Eye Institute in Hyderabad, Shroff Charity Eye Hospital in Delhi , Sankara Nethralaya in Chennai and Kolkata, Voluntary Health Services in Chennai, Community Eye Care Foundation in Pune among others.
Vision-Aid also runs enrichment programs for blind children in 20 blind schools across India. These centers offer world-class rehabilitation services and devices, to thousands of visually impaired across India freely or at highly subsidized costs.
Vision-Aid is known for many innovations in this space – including the Smart Vision Glasses, a new AI-powered innovation jointly brought to visually impaired in India by Vision-Aid and SHG Technologies.
