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Some Historical Snippets – Part 21– Tillana

August 4, 2014by ragothamanyennamalli 2 Comments

Continuing the series on historical snippets, this post is about the penultimate/final piece in a dance performance, i.e., Tillana. For previous parts on the historical snippets, click on Part 1, Part 2, Part 3,Part […]

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Some historical snippets of BN – Part 18 – Male Dance costume

November 25, 2013by ragothamanyennamalli 3 Comments

This post is a continuation of the previous posts about Bharatanatyam costumes (Part 16 and Part 17), excluding jewellery aspect of Aaharya, with some interesting tidbits. This is the third […]

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Some historical snippets of BN – Part 16 – Dance costume

November 9, 2013by ragothamanyennamalli 2 Comments

What is the first thing that one notices when the curtains go up and lights shine on the dancer? 100 marks if you say the costume! To be honest, it’s the […]

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Art, Bharatanatyam, Bharathanatyam, Dance, Dance costumes, History of Bharathanatyam, Sculpture

Some historical snippets of BN – Part 15 – T. Balasaraswati’s speech in 1973

September 18, 2013by ragothamanyennamalli Leave a comment

For the current generation, 1973 sounds waaay long back in time. But, in reality it is not so long back. It was in 1973 that a dancer, T. Balasaraswati, was […]

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Some historical snippets of BN – Part 9 – Javali and Kannada Javalis

December 6, 2012by ragothamanyennamalli 3 Comments

For new readers, here are the links to the previous posts (part1, part2, part3, part4,part5, part6, part7, and part8). Continuing the theme from our earlier post, I will touch upon on one more […]

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