World Dance Day 2013
April 29th, 2013 is the International Dance Day! What are your plans for the day or the week? 23 April: Rasikas in Mumbai could go to the dance drama organized […]
Category Archives: Bharathanatyam
Some historical snippets of BN – Part 11 – Devadasi abolition/prevention acts in India
Reading about the history of devadasis one would come across the fact that acts, later converted as laws, against devadasi practices came into effect. Once these laws were implemented, all […]
When Rukmini Devi Arundale danced in a movie
Writing this post was an eye-opener to me, and I think it would be the same to you. But, there is a small selfish motive in writing this post. Read […]
Some historical snippets of BN – Part 10 – Bharata Natya
Finally, feels good to be back on track with the Historical snippets series. Oh, yeah there is more than 9 parts to it! Most books/paper on Bharatanatyam and relating to […]
La Bayadere
I had to post this one before others. Continuing in the theme of ballet that we saw in the previous post. There is a link between one of the famous […]
Chidambaram Natyanjali 2013 – LIVE
Thanks to Madhana Raghavan for sharing this link for watching Natyanjali at Chidambaram temple LIVE http://www.chellavideos.com/swami.html
Interesting news and tidbits
Some interesting news I read this past week Bharatanatyam in Pakistan Iftikhar Masih, 40, whose ‘disco-dancing’ led him to [Indu] Mitha’s class ten years ago, feels that there is little […]
Kalakshetra’s Annual Rukmini Devi Celebrations 2013
Kalakshetra is celebrating “Remembering Rukmini Devi” this year from 20th February till 25th February. Venue: Rukmini Arangam Time: 6:30PM to 8:30PM On the opening day, the dance drama “Meenakshi Vijayam” […]
From the Guest Author : “A Journey of My Soul” by Ms. Gheetha Arumugam
- A students account of her Arangetram Experience It was a magical world that I stepped into. One that was filled with musicality, serenity and divinity. As I threaded down […]
Bharatanatyam in China
Few years ago an article in The Hindu piqued our interests. It talked about the bharatanatyam dancer Jin Shan Shan, who is spreading the dance form among the Chinese in […]
