On Jan 30, 2026, this amazing group of girls from Fords Middle School prepared a special presentation to represent the Indic heritage with three special Bharanatyam dances and a slide show. The event took place on the half day during blocks 1-3. Yegammai is a 8th grade student at FMS who came up with this wonderful presentation as she organized the event, choreographed the dances, and even made the slide show.
Yegammai, the girl behind all the hard work, was motivated to dance and present in front of the whole school by her love for her culture and dance. “I wanted to share with other people what my culture is and what the dances are from India and I just wanted to showcase the beauty in India,” she stated.
Leading up to event, Yegammai, the World Language Club, and the Multicultural Club all pitched in on organizing. “I had to make sure that everyone has their own parts and make sure everything was set up. That was quite hard because it’s my first time organizing behind the scenes of such a big event. I needed to make sure our dancers were on point. The World Language and Multicultural Club, they both helped lot in finishing off the sides and making sure they looked perfect. Other than the dances and polishing stuff and organizing, a lot of it was done with the help of Ms. Gallagher and a few of my friends,” states Yegammai.
The first dance was presented by both Yegammai and Dhanvitha. It was Swalla Jathi, a song mixed of modern and classical music and the actual dance was choreographed by Yegammai. “It was just a combination of modern music and classical Indian music. It was to help show people that we are still progressing and that we do combine modern music. The song that I performed was to show the beauties of Lord Ganesha because he’s a big figure in the Hindu religion and I wanted to show how he was as a child cause it is really important in my culture and in my religion. Many holidays and celebrations are based off of that and that dance shows a lot of them,” Yegammai added.
The second dance was a solo presented also by Yegammai and choreographed by Kala Naresh and done in a stunning pink traditional outfit. The dance was about the story of the Hindu god, Ganesha’s, life and powers.
The last was served as a thank you dance called Mangalam choreographed by Yegammai and performed both by her and Dhanvitha, thanking both the audience and god for this wonderful opportunity. Many students were left in awe, wondering how they can be a part of this, and taking inspiration from the presentation and the courage these young girls took to make this event happen.
