Annual Recital: Rasaanubhava’25 - Policies
Date: 19 April, 2025
Venue: Meenakshi Temple Auditorium

​Part 1 ( Classes of  Sunday and Monday )
Entry: Free for all
 Reporting time 11:00 am
The recital starts at 12 Noon sharp

 Part 2 ( Classes of Tuesday and Thursday)
Entry: Free for all
Reporting Time:  3:00 pm
 The recital starts at 4:00 pm sharp
 
Part 3 ( Classes of Wednesday, Friday and Saturday)
Entry: Free for all
Reporting Time:  4:30 pm 
 The recital starts at 5:30 pm sharp
 
Student Expectations:
  • Must report at the check-in desk 
  • Must wait in foyer till you are let inside
  • Must be wholly dressed at home.
  • Must plan to start early. If any student is late, she will miss her dance. Program order cannot be changed.
  • Students must be seated in designated areas with their group mom. 
  • Part 2 and Part 3 students, after checking in must wait in the foyer and enter the auditorium till given permission to enter.
  •  Students will be given trophies at the end of their performance segment. There will be a final group picture for the newspapers on stage. Students must not leave in the middle of a performance.
  • Trophies will be handed out by teachers when they exit the stage
  • ​Cell phones must be switched off during the recital.
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Parent Expectations
Fee:  All  fees must have been paid by March 31st

Class Attendance: Students must come for rehearsals regularly and attend classes till the week of May.

Back Stage
  • Parents will NOT be allowed backstage. Only designated volunteers are allowed backstage. 
Food:
  • Auditorium policies state that Food and Drink are strictly NOT allowed in the auditorium or on stage.
  • Students will be fed snacks backstage in the make-up room
  • Please step outside the building if you wish to feed young ones or if you want to eat.

  • Photography/ Videography

  •  Pictures & Video can be taken by the student's parents from their seats only.
  •   NO flash photography, please.
  •  Copy of their dance video taken by a professional will be available for download, for every student and is included in the recital fee. 
  •  Temple fire code policies prevent people from occupying aisles and the space between the stage and seats. Refrain from putting your tripods in those spaces.
  •  Must not post any video on YouTube publicly or on Facebook or Facebook Live without the teacher’s approval. Appropriate dance pictures may be shared on social media.
 
Miscellaneous:
  • Must put the cell phone in vibrate/silent mode. 
  • Refrain from being engaged in your cell phone during performances. It is disrespectful to the dancers and the art form..
  • Must  NOT allow your little ones to run around the auditorium. 
  • Please NO conversations during performances in the auditorium. Must step outside to have a conversation.
  • Do not walk around in the auditorium when the performance is going on.
  •  Be courteous to the volunteers who are none other than the Abhinaya parents
  • All the recital music/video provided to you is strictly for student use. They cannot be copied or distributed.
 
Costume Care: 
  • Parents must ensure that children are in full costume and make-up before dropping off the children at the reporting time.  Do not dress up in the auditorium. Use the dressing room to do touch-ups.
  • All Pavada/langa/skirt costumes must be mid-calf length and must not touch ankles.
  •  Students must wear soft capris of mid-calf length under skirts costumes.
  • No peeping garments or straps.
  • No alta or marker pen on hands. Only mehendi can be worn.
  • All school costumes must be used carefully.
  •  Don’t wash any costumes. 
  • Silk and polyester costumes must not be ironed. 
  • If you have to alter the costume please let the teacher know you are doing it. If you have removed machine stitches to alter the costume, engage a tailor to have them put back.
  • Please don’t use safety pins to alter sizes. 
  • Please return costumes to the teacher NEATLY FOLDED, during class, after the performance in the same plastic bag given to you. Please put your child’s name on a piece of paper and insert it into the bag.
  • If the costume is damaged, please let the teacher know about it
  • If any machine stitches have been taken out to make the blouse or skirt bigger, please have the stitches put back by a tailor before returning it.