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An initiative of the Lingalayam Dance Company, the Elephant House Project focuses on creative collaboration, choreographic research, and scholarly exchange, as well as a range of public interactions with both the arts industry and the wider audience.
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Carnatic Vocal

Aruna Parthiban is an accomplished and well recognised musician in the Sydney Indian music arena. A singer of considerable repute, Aruna has gained the reputation of being one of the top musicians through her enormous talent, versatility and her melodious singing style. Aruna commenced her musical training at a very young age under the tutelage of renowned musicians such as Radha Ramji and Seerkazhi V. R. Subramaniam. She pursued her advanced music training at the Music Academy, Chennai, under the expert guidance of Padma Sri Sangeetha Kalanidhi B. Rajam Iyer, a great doyen of Carnatic music. Aruna also learnt the Hindustani Bhajan style of music from M. O.Srinivasan, the founder of Dasanjali, a popular musical organisation in Chennai, India. Aruna was a graded artiste with the All India Radio before she migrated to Australia. She has performed extensively at music festivals all over India as well as on many programs at All India Radio. In addition to being a classical and bhajan musician of repute, Aruna is also a competent film music singer. Aruna is a regular performer at local musical events, has performed many solo concerts and has been the lead singer for numerous dance ballets in Australia. She joined the Lingalayam Dance Company as principal singer in 2005.