Some historical snippets of BN – Part 17 – Dance costume
This post is a continuation of the previous post about Bharatanatyam costumes (Part 16), excluding jewellery aspect of Aaharya, with some interesting tidbits. This is the second part of a […]
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Interesting News – Lectures to Interviews to Chairs!
Some interesting news I read recently. Prof. Nagaswamy, talk about Ilango Adigal’s Silapadhikaram and Natyashastra was held at Dr. Padma Subrahmanyam’s Nrityodaya [1]. His talk concentrated on how Natyashastra and […]
Vintage Devadasi video and audio
While hearing/reading about Devadasis, their graceful dance and their mellifluous voice, have you ever wondered how they might have danced and how their voice could have been? I mean is […]
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” […]
Dancers interviews
It is always a refreshing delight to see the main stream media doing regular shows based on art, inclusive of music, dance, and visual arts. We know that NDTV Hindu […]
Some historical snippets of Bharatanatyam – Part 4
Apologies to blog followers for this delayed post. Again this is a continuation of our previous posts (part1, part2, part3) historical series on Bharatanatyam and its history. As mentioned in […]
Madras Music and Dance Season 2010-2011
Its time for “The Season” again. I will try to provide links to various concert schedules and other season related information here. Some concert Schedules: Madras Music Academy- Music and […]
Sruti’s E. Krishna Iyer Medal 2010
Sruti Foundation will honor the three following personalities on 21st August, 2010, 5.30 pm at BVB, Mylapore, Chennai E. Krishna Iyer Medal- Smt. Vyjayanthimala Bali (Bharathanatyam) Vellore Gopalachariar Memorial award- […]
IDA Chennai Chapter: 25th Anniversary Dance Festival
IDA’s Chennai Chapter recently celebrated its 25th Anniversary (IDA founded in 1986) with a dance festival that spanned August 5-7 th, 2010. The videos excerpts and photos of the 3 […]
Bharathanatyam and the worldwide web 