Whilst in India recently I bought a VERY interesting double DVD of Padmaji explaining her version of Indian classical dance through the Karanas on Chidambaram & Thanjavur's Shiva temples. Nick
I have not heard such an excellent talk - or read an article - on Indian dance. Dr Padma simplifies a complex subject which is all Greek and Latin for a layman.
dance music and especially rhythm are inborn genes, you can say 90% of people who dance do not have this, so this woman Padma she is a scholar not a inborn dancer! she was trying to invent the wheel again. that goes with all those popular dancers the best dancers artists in the world and india are the hidden treasures, the real thing!