Indian Art Is Intrinsically Divine: Dr. Padma Subrahmanyam & Śatāvadhānī Dr. R. Ganesh 

भारतीय नाट्य समारोह आयोजित होते रहेंगे,होते रहे हैं। इन पर आधारित किताबें हिंन्दुस्तान भाषा में लिखने वाले हैं,होनी चाहिए। तभी यह कला और संस्कृति परम्परा में गौरवशाली इतिहास को सामने ला सकेगी। @ डॉ अपर्णा चतुर्वेदी प्रीता जयपुर राजस्थान से।

Very nice conversation between the two giants. Must watch 👍👍👍

Bharat means bha for bhavam ra for ragam tha for thalam . Excellent talk. Congratulations sir.

"Everything is divine, nothing is secular". Brilliantly put by Padma mam.

Ardent Fan of both of you!Thanks for an 'anubhavatmaka prastuti'!-Dr.Pavitra

It was not an interview; it was a discussion.... Seriously .... Pranaam to both of living legends... ....❣️❤️❣️

Thank you Padduakka & Ganesh sir for this wonderful conversation / interaction .... we learn sooooo much from this. Fortunate to be born in these two legends times.

Excited by this excellent talk! 🙏🙏🙏

What a profound,rich and enlightening discussion ....thank you for sharing it 🙏🏼

एक साधिका की साधना और सनातन भारतीय संगीत पद्धति का जीवन्त वर्णन । धन्यवाद @Atharvaforum Dr. Padma ji and Dr. R.Ganesh ji

Will be wonderful to have more such discussions with shatavadhani dr ganesh 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

Nice info

Bharat's natya and a discussion with Padma Subramaniamji on Mahashivratri. Namah Shivaya

This may seem like an ordinary conversation. But nothing can be ordinary when brilliant minds meet to discuss BharataNatyam, Indian Arts, Culture. The living legend of BharataNatyam, Dr. Padma Subrahmanyam in conversation with Śatāvadhānī Ganesh👌🏽👌🏽🙏🏼🙏🏼

Profound subject discussed in simple words - thank you to both. Such rich experience spanning 5 decades !! Pranams.

Nice discussion.

Great initiative by Atharva forum

Good programme

Two stalwarts. What an engaging conversation 🙏🏼 the discussion on Abhinaya, Ramya, Kalidasa, Kumbakonam performance.

Such profound content discussed as candid conversation yet intellectual, interesting & intriguing.. Truly Splendid and thanks for giving this valuable opportunity🙏

A fan-boy moment of Shatvadhani Ganesh ji !! This conversation is riveting. It is like a micro-course in Natyashastra. The questions nicely bring out the various aspects of theory and praxis of the art. Only when Ganesh ji placed her contribution on the league of Anandavardhana and Sharangadhara, did I realize how pathbreaking her research/contribution is. Thank you Atharva forum for hosting this.

nibaddha and anibaddha, are the words. I'm delighted to learn from Dr. Padma subramaniyamji referreing the instance of Guru Kalayana sundaram Pillayji, who is the Director of "Rajarajeshwari nrutyalaya, Matunga, Mumbai". I attended his birth day, organised at "Shanmugananda hall, Sion, Mumbai, a few years ago. enjoyed the whole program. Shri. Pillayji, used to attend several cultural programs, organised at The Mysore association Auditorium, Matunga, Mumbai. Even today, one of our Sr. Oranisers of Lalitha kala vibhag of Mysore association, Shri. K.Manjunathaiah, reminiscences about the instance. (I'm also a life member of Mysore association, Mumbai)

Rich discussion. thank you for bringing the two greats together

Dr. Shatavadhani R Ganeshji, always quotes importance of Natyabhinaya of the learned Classical dancer Dr. Padma subramaniyamji, during his lectures, whenever the instance of Dance comes. This discussions among the most learned people in their respective fields, is very educative and devine ! (atleast for me (80)

What a masterclass!

अति उत्तम , आभार 🙏

*_A common word to measure "space and time is ताल"_* ...... What A Lovely *Pearl* I Got From This Talk.. .... *_Beautiful Ma'am, Beautiful_* *_If there is excellence there is no age_* ☺️😊☺️🙏🙏🙏 *_"Bhava's are Secular while Rasa's are Spiritual"_* .... Such a beautiful discussion...!!!

0:07 Introduction 0:18 About Thiru Padma Subrahmaniyam ji 1:52 nibaddha & anibaddha 3:39 How to understand Indian Art with reference to dance 3:48 initial response by Thiru Padma S ji 5:15 Indian Art - Divinity 5:46 Triplets - Music, , Dance, Sculpture ( An amalgamation rather than isolation) 6:24 Strength of Codification in Indian Art 7:13 Its all under the shade of the religion which binds everything together 7:51 If it is all about religion , then how to perform Secular of non-religious themes? 8:26 There is nothing secular in Indian Art - is the basic attitude 8:37 Every Dance form or art form in India, starts with touching the Bhuma devi to take her blessings. 9:54 Even among film dancers , there is a connection between the divine & artist. 10:14 The beginning prayer relaxes the mind and separates the artists from emotion. 11:04 even if the subject is secular, art is divine 11:10 Reference to Bhajagovindam 12:02 how can we realize the divinity? 12:37 The divinity is communicated to rasika - why? 12:57 Artist must have the inner experience which is not a mere character but a lv above that - Example of Nrutta - Angika based 14:02 Ramya ( Enjoyment inwardly by artist) & Rasa ( is what the Rasika gets) 14:32 Sadhana, Exercises in Natya Sastra 15:22 if the dancer does not enjoy then rasika cannot enjoy 17:04 What are Fundamental qualifications of a dancer? 17:44 Lakshana of teacher and Nartaki ? Thilspadigaram) 18:16 3 important characteristics, Dancer must be beautiful, she must be good in music and dance. 19:05 for good Abhinaya it would be much better if the dancer can Sing.? Sri Vala Saraswati) 20:38 Soushtavam: Soushtavam comes with training( Straight back, Samasthana, dwibhanga, tribhanga) 22:13 Tala - Measurement of space and time. 24:04 Speciality of Indian Art - Importance of Sadhana /Training 24:50 Padma ji’s Guru in Abhinaya - Great Gouri Amma - Last Devadasi in Kapaleeshwarar Temple. 27:12 There is no age where there is excellence 27:37 how to adopt dance with Age? 27:53 According to the stability abd ability of the dancers the presentation has to be different. 28:30 how to compensate for losses? 29:15 how Indian art can become universal? 33:13 Essence Rasa siddhanta ( Bhavas are secular, Rasa is spiritual) 33:46 Can you not communicate Indian mythology to western/non-Indian world? 35:21 How to tune a song? ( Singing vs Dancing) 35:54 Devotion to Indian Literature 36:32 Mood and Abhinaya for tuning music 37:51 Where do you take inspiration? 38:51 Example of Nava vidha bhakthi - Shabari -अचा्याम 40:16 कंकण किंकिणी - Kankana 40:47 Group Choreography 41:07 Solo and Group choreography differentiation. 41:51 what is performed as a solo has to be different from Group ( Thilapadigaram) 42:31 Suka lasya - Thodi 43:39 Solo vs Group - As group performance is becoming more predominant , will it hamper the growth of a true artist? 44:44 Advantages and Disadvantages of Group presentations. 45:19 Solo Dancer - Must have ability to keep the Audience under the spell. 46:36 Choreography - How do you chose karanas etc? 47:38 Instant Choreography , just flows…. Just like swimming

it is surprising many are not aware of the gaps in her research. Her interpretation has many limitations.