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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