Navarasa Obama!
Should I ask if dancers know what the navarasas are? Just kidding. As much as navarasas are part and parcel of BN training and are evergreen topics to discuss, these days […]
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Video of the week-K N Dandayudhapani Pillai
Image Courtesy: Not Just Movies In case one hasn’t noticed not only the late K N Dhandayudhapani Pillai choreographed the dance in the famous film “The River” directed by Jean […]
Vintage Nautch Photos
Quite a while ago, I blogged about Nautch and Devadasi photos from the collection of Prof. Francis Pritchett. This post is sort of like a part 2 of the earlier […]
Condolences
Image Courtesy: Narthaki.com Sharing these news from Narthaki portal. BN&WWW is saddened by the passing of two senior artists; Smt. Shyamala Mohanraj (74) and Smt. Jayalakshmi Alva (81). Our deepest […]
Bolt as a metaphor!
Saw this animated gif of how a bolt is made. Someone creatively added a tutu and made it look like a ballerina pirouetting and titled it as “Ballerina Bolt”. The […]
Video of the week – Theruvil Vaarano by Arushi Mudgal
Here’s is a video that I enjoyed watching and loved the concept. Theruvil vaarano by Arushi Mudgal. Choreographed & Danced by Arushi Mudgal Cinematography & Direction by Divakar Mani Vocal: Sikkil […]
Kalakshetra Monthly Program
Kalakshetra Foundation cordially invites you to its Monthly Program Ondu Baari Smarane Bharatanatyam Recital by Arun K Velayudhan (Alumnus, Kalakshetra) presented in memory of Smt Thangamani Nagaraj 6pm, Saturday, July 18th 2015 at Rukmini Arangam, KalakshetraALL ARE […]
Rare videos of Uday Shankar
If you follow British Pathe videos you would have seen this. Also, this is kind of a repost as Minai, the dance detective, had already covered these. Click here to […]
Dance and Jewellery
In this month’s Roving Eye, curated by Dr. Anita Ratnam, I chanced upon the interesting fusion of jewellery on a Bharatanatyam dancer. It was indeed eye-catching, making me wonder if […]
D-Day – Madhana Raghavan
Dear BN&WWW readers, We are pleased to publish this post by Shri. Madhana Raghavan on how dancers prep themselves on the D-day of their performance. We hope you find this […]
Bharathanatyam and the worldwide web 