Arangetram Imran & Kimberly: Mallari & Allaripu

Mallari & Alarippu

An invocatory item resembling a temple procession with Nadaswaram pipe players, tavil drummers and palaquin bearers taking the deity of Lord Shiva in procession. This is followed by Alarippu, a limbering sequence that involves characteristic of Bharatanatyam movements of the eyes, neck, shoulder blades, torso and feet.

Ragam: Gambira Natai
Talam: Khanda Triputa/Chatushram
Composer: Shri Deepu Nair & Shri Shankar Kandasamy

Orchestra:-
Nattuvangam: Shri Shankar Kandasamy
Vocal: Shri Nandakumar Unnikrishnan
Mridangam: Shri Vasanthapuram Ramamurthy Chandrashekar
Violin: Shrimathi Kanagamani Vijayendra
Flute: Shri G Sridhar Gopala Raman

Dancers:
Imran Syafiq bin Mohd Affandi
Kimberly Yap Choy Hoong

Both Imran Syafiq and Kimberly are Bachelor of Dance graduates from Faculty of Dance ASWARA trained under multicultural syllabus of dance such as Malay Dance (Classical and Folk), Chinese dance (Folk dance), Indian Dance (Classical Bharatanatyam), Ballet and Contemporary as well. Both are now in Ask Dance Company (also known as ASWARA dance company) as the principal dancers. They learn Bharatanatyam under the guidance of Shri Shankar Kandasamy and Shrimathi Vasuki Sivanesan from The Temple of Fine Arts Kuala Lumpur.