Posted by Usha Balasubramaniam in Dance, Online Courses
on Jul 17th, 2013 | 0 comments
The uniqueness of Bharatanatyam is the special emphasis on “footwork” – even in the midst of a composition a dancer would dance to “tha thei thei tham” with the percussionist drumming the beat away. Keeping the count of the beat with the legs adorned with anklets is central to “tha thei
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Posted by Usha Balasubramaniam in Music, Online Courses
on Jul 3rd, 2013 | 0 comments
A beginner starts with Sarali, Janti, and Alankara; at the stage the student gets a fair mastery of the seven notes and a voice flexibility to sing the basic notes; ascending, descending, doublets, different speeds. These are much like the alphabets we learn in kinder garden.
Geetam is the simplest
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