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 […]
Category Archives: Dance
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 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Noopura Bhramari’s Shaastra-Prayoga Nritya Chintana workshop
Noopura Bhramari® and Shri Mookambika Cultural Academy® jointly organising 2 days ‘Shaastra-Prayoga Nritya Chintana’ workshop on old traditional items of Bharatanatya of Karnataka and Tamilnadu Asthana Nritya Parampara Venue : ‘Kalashraya’, Darbe, […]
Bharathanatyam and the worldwide web 