"The beginning was incredibly slow," Devika recalls. "I didn't know sign language well, and she struggled to communicate too...
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"The beginning was incredibly slow," Devika recalls. "I didn't know sign language well, and she struggled to communicate too...
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The authors of the Mahākāvya-s and Nātaka-s gave a portrait of the sublime hero, Dheerodātta or a Mahāpuruṣa. Rama of Valmīki was both Dharmātma and Gāndharve ca bhuvi Śreṣṭha, a master of music (Ayodhya Kānda). The origin of the Ādi Kavi marks a sheet-anchor of poetic theory being the embodiment of Rasa, as cited by Anandavardhana in his Dhvanyāloka.
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Welcome to the June monthly newsletter!
This month my writings will be brief. I have been travelling for most of May and have not seen many performances. Personal time has been uppermost on my calendar. May has always been a quiet month. The weather is blazing hot in most cities and academics take an annual break. I remember being in the mountains in Kodaikanal for summer vacations with my cousins and far away from dance classes, studies and examinations. It was a time to enjoy family, friendships and reset energies for the rest of the year.Please type your name / email id along with your comment. Anonymous and derogatory comments will be removed.
For us - Bijoy and Neethi, a brother-sister duo who would later become the first such pair in Gujarat to perform their Arangetram - Mudra was more than a school. It was our sanctuary, our forging ground and most profoundly, our home of art. At its heart stood Radha chechi and Bhasker aettan, as we fondly called them - our beloved Gurus, mentor and the guiding light of our earliest encounters with Bharatanatyam and Kuchipudi.
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History has shown us, time and again, how casual mockery, masked as "creativity," often leads to lasting consequences - for both individuals and communities. In the world of classical dance - Bharatanatyam in particular - we are witnessing a worrying trend: mocking our traditions, our Gods, our perspectives, and our very essence. This is not a new phenomenon. A slew of artistes, under the guise of being revolutionary, rebellious, or asserting creative freedom, personalize such approaches to gain quick fame and applause.
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