Salamba 2 at the Lionel Wendt

Isuru Weerasinghe and Geethani Warnapura will be presenting a dance and ballet show themed Salamba-2 on February 23 and 24.

A variety of glamorous dance items and the children's ballet Pinochchio will be performed by the students of our dancing school on the 23, whereas the 24 will be a day of sensational cultural and modern performances by Isuru and Geethani together with other talented senior artistes and will also put on stage their award winning ballet Swetha Hansa. Their production Swetha Hansa which was performed for the adult short ballet competition in the National Ballet Festival 2011 on January 26, 2012 at Janakala Kendraya was a great success winning a number of awards that included - Best Ballet of the year, Best make-up, Best stage sets, Best female ballet artist and a Merit award for lighting. Swetha Hansa is a short ballet performed by 11 young artists.

The significance of this ballet is that 10 out of 11 performers are students from international schools.

"In a period in which the culture of students in international schools is criticized by the majority, we think it's our responsibility to encourage and introduce the talented students who have the will to safeguard their proud inheritance of culture and dancing", they added.

Isuru and Geethani have gained invaluable experience through their Guru Piyasara Shilpadipathi during their university education and later on to be students and artists of the dance ensemble lead by Guru Ravibandu Vidayapthi.

At present, both of us are teachers at National Schools in Colombo.