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Aseka Wijewardena (Шаблон:Lang-si) (Pronunciation: asēkā vijēvardhana) (born 21 November 1992) is a Sinhala classical dancer.[1] Wijewardena is the granddaughter of dancer S. Panibharatha.[2]Шаблон:Efn

Personal life

Aseka Wijewardena was born on 21 November 1992 into a family of traditional Sinhalese dancers.[3] Her parents are Channa Udayaprem Wijewardena and Upuli née Algama, and her maternal grandfather was S. Panibharatha, a pioneer of Sinhala classical dance.[4] She studied at Ladies' College, Colombo and completed her advanced level examination in dance.[5][6][2]

Career

Wijewardena started learning traditional Sri Lankan dancing at eight years of age, and also acting on stage.[7] 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.[8] She focuses on beauty and femininity in her postures, expressions and movements.[9] She loves the Indian dances, especially the Odyssey as they are feminine and fluid. She also likes the Thai dances and admires their costumes.[10][11]

Aseka has performed at venues including the Sydney Opera House, Kennedy Centre in Washington and the Miller Theatre in Houston.[12] 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.[13]

Wijewardena is currently working as a dancer in her parents' dancing school, Channa Upuli Dance Academy, which commenced in the 1980s.[2][14]Шаблон:Efn

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