The students of the school put up two dance productions 'Natana Arpanam' and 'Natya Vyuham'. The lyrics were penned by mridangist S.K.Aniruddha and set to music by vidwan Madurai N.Krishnan. The former composed crisp jathis for both the pieces. Despite a similarity in the musical structure, the treatment by the choreographers, Priya Murle and Anita Ratnam, was fascinatingly dissimilar. Priya's ability showed through her efficient management of 32 dancers at a time and Anita's creativity came through in her unique treatment of the item. The elaborate backdrop resembling a temple hall complete with a deity in the prakaram, added to an already charged atmosphere.

'Natana Arpanam' in ragamalika and talamalika, was a combination of an invocation and a varnam, with jathis and swarams; the sahityam was dedicated to Shiva. The young dancers were energetic and well coordinated in the fast-paced nritta passages. The myriad entries and exits of the dancers too were handled with precision. The group formations were particularly resourceful- especially the one that resembled temple pillars with each group of four dancers back-to-back using hasta mudras as seen in temple sculptures. The nattuvangam by Priya Murle and Sashirekha was firm but the latter's unrestrained rendition of jathi korvais was unnecessary. The seniors were given individual jathis and verses of a Kauthuvam to perform, but they disappointed. Probably due to a lack of araimandi and anga shuddam.

Anita Ratnam's choreography for 'Natya Vyuham' was strikingly different. The dancers, Aruna Subbiah, Gayathri Ramarathnam, Prabha Dixit, and Mridula Anand, had just been honoured with the Bharata Kala Bhushana titles by their guru, and acquitted themselves confidently.

The orchestra had an impressive line up. Nandini Anand as vocalist and S.Vijayaraghavan as violinist were very tuneful. Aniruddha's involved percussive support was unfortunately inaudible. Besides the dance, the release of the tamil transalation of Laghu Bharatham (a handbook on Bharatanatyam) vol. 3 and the honouring of eminent people in the field of art including musician R.Visweswaran, dance guru Krishnakumari Narendran, dancers Janardhanan, Radhika Surjeet, and dance critic S.Janaki, were also part of the evening's agenda.