Posted by admin in Guest Blog, Legends Series, Music
on Oct 8th, 2012 | Comments Off on Simply divine MS Subbulakshmi – A. Sathyanarayanan
I don’t remember much but I cried when MS sang “Kurai Ondrum Ilai”. There is such divinity it felt like being in heaven. To say that I have no troubles as Venkatachalapathi is there for refuge. It is a simple thought and prosaic too but when MS sings it vibrated every cell in the body. There was not a dry eye in the audience. It felt transported to a world where god was in his right place and everything happens to his design.
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Posted by admin in Dance
on Aug 22nd, 2012 | 0 comments
Create Artists Everywhere !
The Bharathanatyam performance of Satoshi Tatsumi, a Japanese student of Prof C.V.Chandrashekar, at eAmbalam, brought a lot of thoughts to me.
Here is a man from a totally different culture, performing a South Indian classical dance form with so much of dedication,
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Posted by admin in Oldblog
on Aug 1st, 2012 | 0 comments
Satthrīyā
The Satthrīyā dance form was introduced in the 15th century A.D by the great Vaiṣhṇava saint and reformer of Assam, Mahāpuruṣha Śhaṅkaradheva as a powerful medium for propagation of the Vaiṣhṇava faith. The dance form evolved and expanded as a distinctive style of dance
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on Aug 1st, 2012 | 0 comments
OḍissiThe classical dance practiced in Orissā is called Oḍissi. It is the oldest surviving dance form in India on the basis of archaeological evidence. History: Oḍissi is claimed to be the earliest Indian dance on the basis of archaeological evidence. The earliest evidence is a stone edict
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on Jul 26th, 2012 | 0 comments
MohiniāṭṭamMohiniāṭṭam is a dance form from Kerala in south-western India. The term Mohiniāṭṭam literally means 'Dance of the Enchantress'. Mohiniāṭṭam was performed in the temple precincts of Keraḷa. It developed from the Dhévadhāsi dance system just like Bharathanātyam, Kūchipūḍi
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