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 […]
Category Archives: Bharatanatyam
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Dance Enrichment Weekend (DEW) Workshop with Dr. Swarnamalya Ganesh
Dance Enrichment Weekend (DEW) WorkshopAn extraordinary weekend to learn about Devadasis and their dances from our DEW scholar! SADIR CHOREOGRAPHIES, SONGS & HISTORY by Dr. SWARNAMALYA GANESH (Fulbright Scholar, Performer […]
95th Birth Anniversary of K N Dandayuthapani Pillai
Kalaimamani Dr. Uma Anand (Retd. Asst. Professor Annamalai University. Chidambaram) Cordially invites you to a thematic presentation Shivarpanam by her disciples in commemoration of the 95th Birth Anniversary of her father and Guru […]
Reblog: How not to be a rasika!
Some rasikas of Indian classical dance have habits that don’t die at all. It is like they literally took the James Bond film title “Die Another Day” to the next level […]
Natya Kala Acharya Award 2015!
The Madras Music Academy has conferred the Natya Kala Acharya Award to Smt. Alarmel Valli. In its press release it says: The Natya Kala Acharya Award for Dance would go […]
Gurupaadhaabhyaam – a Tillana in Natabhairavi – S. Jayachandran
Dear BN&WWW readers, This is the second article by Shri. S. Jayachandran who is a dancer, dance-scholar, and an excellent orator. Read his first article “Is Dance Spiritual?” in case you […]
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