Aseka Wijewardena (Sinhala: අසේකා විජේවර්ධන) (Pronunciation: asēkā vijēvardhana) (born 21 November 1992) is a Sinhala classical dancer.[1] Wijewardena is the granddaughter of dancer S. Panibharatha.[2][a]
Aseka Wijewardena | |
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| අසේකා විජේවර්ධන | |
| Born | November 21, 1992 |
| Nationality | Sri Lankan |
| Education | Ladies' College, Colombo |
| Occupations |
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| Years active | 2005 – present |
| Parents |
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| Family | Sithratchcharige Panis Algama (S. Panibharatha) (maternal grandfather) |
Personal life
editAseka Wijewardena was born on 21 November 1992 into a family of traditional Sinhalese dancers.[4] Her parents are Channa Udayaprem Wijewardena and Upuli née Algama, and her maternal grandfather was S. Panibharatha, a pioneer of Sinhala classical dance.[5] She studied at Ladies' College, Colombo and completed her advanced level examination in dance.[6][7][2]
Career
editWijewardena started learning traditional Sri Lankan dancing at eight years of age, and also acting on stage.[8] She studied Western classical ballet under Deanna Jayasuriya – a Grande dame of ballet in Sri Lanka. Wijewardena is also a choreographer and has choreographed numerous dance routines.[9] She focuses on beauty and femininity in her postures, expressions and movements.[10] She loves the Indian dances, especially the Odyssey as they are feminine and fluid. She also likes the Thai dances and admires their costumes.[11][12]
Aseka has performed at venues including the Sydney Opera House, Kennedy Centre in Washington and the Miller Theatre in Houston.[13] Wijewardena fully believes that you should move with the times. So she encourages Fusion Dance in a seamless blend of the Orient and the Occident and of the old and the new.[14]
Wijewardena is currently working as a dancer in her parents' dancing school, Channa Upuli Dance Academy, which commenced in the 1980s.[2][15][b]
Notes
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- ^ a b c "Dancing is like dreaming on your feet". Sunday Observer. 2019-02-15. Retrieved 2021-07-16.
- ^ "dancing-dreaming-your-feet". sundayobserver.lk. 15 February 2019. Retrieved February 17, 2019.
- ^ "නර්තනයේ අනාගත උරුමය". Mawratanews.lk | Sri Lanka Latest Sinhala News and Headlines. 2020-02-08. Retrieved 2021-07-16.
- ^ "Mawbima.lk | Sri Lanka Latest Sinhala News and Headlines". mawbima.lk. Retrieved 2021-07-16.
- ^ "ePaper: | Youth Observer". archives.sundayobserver.lk. Retrieved 2021-07-16.
- ^ "Aseka Wijewardane, the daughter of Channa and Upuli | Lanka Help Magazine". 2013-10-28. Retrieved 2021-07-16.
- ^ "නර්තනයෙන් සාමයේ පණිවුඩය ලෝකයට රැගෙන යන අසේකා". සිළුමිණ (in Sinhala). 2017-08-04. Retrieved 2021-07-16.
- ^ Lahiru (2021-06-08). "නර්තනයෙන් ලොව ජයගත් උපුලි පනීභාරත සහ චන්න විජේවර්ධනගේ ආදරණිය කැදැල්ලේ චායාරූප 40ක්". Rss Fact. Retrieved 2021-07-16.
- ^ https://www.pressreader.com/sri-lanka/daily-mirror-sri-lanka/20120822/281973194816239. Retrieved 2021-07-16 – via PressReader.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ "Artscope | Online edition of Daily News - Lakehouse Newspapers". archives.dailynews.lk. Retrieved 2021-07-16.
- ^ "Buzz with Danu - Channa Wijewardena - Life Online". www.life.lk. Retrieved 2021-07-16.
- ^ "දුව අපේ නර්තන කලාව රැකගෙන ඉදිරියට යයි කියලා හිතනවා". තරුණී. 2019-11-04. Retrieved 2021-07-16.
- ^ සත්මිණ (2021-03-12). "හින්දි නිළියකටත් වඩා සුන්දර චන්න විජේවර්ධනගේ එකම දුවගෙ ඡායාරුප 30ක්". සත්මිණ. Retrieved 2021-07-16.
- ^ a b "මම මලක් නොවේ කියලා උමාරියාගේ සිංදුවකට කරපු අසේකා විජේවර්ධනගේ සරාගී නැටුම|Hiru TV Blog". blog.hirutv.lk. Retrieved 2021-07-16.
External links
edit- Official YouTube channel: Aseka Wijewardena