s12345, This is not bharatanatyam, as is said in the title - it is bharatanrityam, a vocabulary Padma Subramanyam came up with after studying temple carvings.
We were the first dancers to mount the N Shastra as a show with her research on the 108 karanas at Birla Sabha Ghar, Kolkata as disciples of Guru Abhoy Pal who appeared with her in the tv series. I suppose Padma acca was a heroine to us all and our take on the facts is on the more romantic side. However the fact that her entire life's work in recompliling the karanas, whose designs later matched up with the ones found in Indonesia seemed too much of a fluke to be just an interpretation. Thanks
the ragam sounds like hamsanandi. lack of araimandi is NOT a feature of bharatanrityam; a lot of senior dancers no longer sit in araimandi. also incorrect is the assertion by some that bharatanrityam is another dance form completely separate from bharatanatyam or that it is a combination of styles. it is based on the vazhuvoor style of bharanatyam, and it is what Dr. Subrahmanyam believes to be "true" bharatanatyam.
@pumbavu1 this mish mesh style that you speak of is the ressurected and purest classical style of India, everything after this is neo classical. Not everyone is lucky enough to do this style properly.
Its widely available as a set or to be bought seperately in Madras and in Bangalore. Good Luck for your trip to India. Enjoyed your videos very much! Thank you
Not so as anyone can tell you. I wouldn't say 'resurrected' as we can't tell just from carvings unless we have the written tresatises as well. Padma-ji studied the Karanas on the temple walls in places such as Chidambaram & made her own interpretation, although very interesting & worthy of note, though this isn't necessarily accurate or true! Nick
This is a thillana obviously, can anyone tell us the ragam, please? It is very lively and definitely suited to the expressiveness of padmaji's dancing. Is the fact that she does not observe the usual araimandi a feature of her bharata nithryam? Did the devadasis dance like this in the temples? If someone could answer these seriously I would be grateful.
Because in the art system most dancers are not able to rate others very well nor themselves- it is called 'low self esteem,' and many do not want to give too much credit to accomplished, skilled artist because that might make them look bad. It is the same thing in the Flamenco world and anywhere were females predominate in the arts and still act out against each other in a competitive fashion rather than being positive and supportive.
I would be very interested in this set of DVDs as I shall be in India for 3 months at the end of Jan next year. Do you have any more details of who has issued it? Is it the older series where she describes what she feels was the intent of the Karanas in Tanjore & Chidambaram temples? Nick
i know padma subramaniyam is a famous dancer, but she dosent want to kill the traditon like this, gosh some time she is doing disco which is odd.. well she can do what ever she want but i would say dont give name as bharathanayam
