Nrttaratnavali book
In our latest historical snippets post we came across Nrttaratnavali by Jayappa, who was a militant commander. We saw the various Desi lasyangas described by him. Here is a latest news about him […]
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Some historical snippets of BN – Part 10 – Bharata Natya
Finally, feels good to be back on track with the Historical snippets series. Oh, yeah there is more than 9 parts to it! Most books/paper on Bharatanatyam and relating to […]
Shabdam – A discussion
Reproducing a discussion on Shabdam that happened in a Facebook group few months ago. It all started with few questions on Shabdam. 1. How do you define a Shabdam? 2. […]
Documentary by Satyajit Ray on Balasaraswati – Bala (1976)
Shri. Satyajit Ray in 1976, made a documentary on Smt. T. Balasaraswati titled “Bala”, when she was 58 years old! For the current generation of dancers who have only heard […]
