Is Dance Spiritual? – S. Jayachandran
Dear BN&WWW readers, Starting with this post we are bringing you series of articles by Shri. S. Jayachandran who is a dancer, dance-scholar, and an excellent orator. Jayachandran underwent his initial […]
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Navarasa and Dance – A Primer
Reproducing the article published in “Nava Anubhava” Youth festival’s brochure of the Classical Arts Society of Houston, November 10th 2013. “तत्रविभावानुभाव व्यभिचारि संयोगाद् रसनिष्पत्तिः” –Natyasastra, Chapter 6, verse 33 In […]
CBSE Elective Courses with Music and Dance for XI and XII class
I saw this in one of my feeds and it is heartening to see that the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has started an elective course called Knowledge Traditions […]
Experience of Watching Dance: Action and Empathy
There are many types of learning style; some absorb more through hearing lectures; some learn more by viewing the subject as pictures; and there are those who learn by observing […]
News and Happenings
Click play on this awesome video and continue reading the post, while listening to it. (Hat tip to Krithika) Lot of things has been happening in the world of dance […]
Some historical snippets of BN – Part 19 – To Applaud or Not Applaud!
There are two types of rasikas. The first type will wait for the dancer to finish the particular piece and then appreciate by applause. Then, there are the second type […]
Lectures on Natyashastra by Prof. Bharat Gupt
Last year, Kalakshetra [1] had organized a five day workshop, where the scholar Bharat Gupt [2] discussed about and on Natyashastra. The entire lecture duration was for 25 hours! For […]
More on Kavutuvams by Lakshmi Ramaswmay
Readers may remember our earlier post on Kavutuvams. Guru Smt. Lakshmi Ramswamy, a guest lecturer at Madras University Fine Arts Department graciously shares with us more about Kavutuavams. BN & […]
Skyping Dance
Initially, there were the RPM records made of Shellac or vinyl. Then, came the cassettes that had a songs recorded and available for a price. Then, came the VCD’s and […]
Some historical snippets of BN – Part 12 – The western gaze
If you have given BN performance to an uninitiated audiences either in India or abroad, the following might resonate with you. Before or after the performance, most audience are quite […]
Bharathanatyam and the worldwide web 