MUMBAI: Radio City has partnered with Music Academy, Chennai for Shobana`s first ever English Dance theatre performance called `Maya Ravan`.Dubbed the `Queen of Abhinaya`, Shobana will perform `Maya Ravan` on June 30, 2007 at Music Academy, Chennai at 7 pm. As part of this association, Chennai can tune in to an exclusive interview with Shobana on her performance on `The Radio City Breakfast Show` on 30 June 2007. Listeners also stand to win passes to the performance through on-air contests run on `The Radio City Breakfast Show` and `Radio City Joyride` from 25 to 30 June 2007, says a release

Speaking on this association, Mr. Rana Barua, National Head - Marketing says, "Chennai is a music loving city and our listeners are in for a treat! The performance is a moving theatrical adaptation blending innovation and creativity with traditional dance form across genres of music. As music innovators in Indian radio, our partnership with `Maya Ravan` is our attempt to promote the fine arts, especially classical dance and allow our listeners an opportunity to truly live this moving experience!" `Maya Ravan` narrates the story of Ravana`s abduction of Sita through Bharathanatyam movements and has been in production for four years. Conceived, choreographed and directed by Shobana, the 90-minute dance drama in English has voices lent by Suhasini Maniratnam, Naseerudin Shah, Milind Soman, Jackie Shroff, Rohini and Revathy.