PriyaLasya - Web NewsLetter & Magazine - August 2018

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Arpan Arangetram	Kalasrjan	Kathak - Shilparamam
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July 2018 - News Articles

What the Arangetram Signifies

Why You Might Find Me Dancing Bharatanatyam in the Middle of a Crowded Street

Paid Doctorates Scam' Plagues Kerala's Mohiniyattam Dance

Dance tribute paid to China Satyam

The layers of emotions in Vilasini Natyam

Navigating Bharatnatyam’s Problematic Relationship With Caste, Class And Nationhood

Kuchipudi Jathi Challenge - Aditya Anukula

#KuchipudiChallenge

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Porous Earth - Bharatanatyam -  Kiranmayee

PRIYALASYA - PHOTOFEATURE

Ms. Vempati Lakshmi Kameswari as Satyabhama in Kuchipudi Art Academy Chennai's Sri Krishna Parijatham in Kuchipudi village on 29th July 2018.

Lakshmi Kameswari is the grand daughter of legendary Kuchipudi Guru Padma Bhushan Dr Vempati Chinna Satyam. She is training in Kuchipudi Art Academy, Chennai founded by her grand father under the guidance and direction of her mother Vempati Srimayi.

Her performance in Kuchipudi, her grandfather's village, in the dance drama as Satyabhama was well received by one and all.

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Brahma Sadhana	Life of Pi	Adaptatoin of Tchaiikovskys Swan
Vande Gurunaam	Sreelakshmy	Natya Parampara 2018 Ambalam Workshop

October 2018 - News Articles

1. Award to Bharatanatyam Exponent Smt. Parvati Ravi Ghantasala

2. Sanathana Vaibhavam - Kuchipudi Performance

3. Manju Barggavee - Queen of Natya

4. #MeeToo - Womens Voice

5. Bharatanatyam - Antariksha Sanchar !!

6. Adi Guru Pankaj Charan Das Award Festival 2018

7. Dancers of Mahagami Perform Kathak & Odissi

8. When Sita came alive with Mohiniyattam

Past Articles

1. Kuchipudi calling: The 'Black Shiva'

2. Enchanting Geeta Govinda With Vatsalya Rasa In Kuchipudi Dance

3. Those Who Dance Together, Stay Together...

4. Mohiniyattam dance recital to pay tribute to resilient Kerala

5. Bharati Shivaji: I was pained to see what Kerala was going through

6. Odissi dance festival to promote Padi organised in Temple City

7. OMC Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra Award Festival Concluded With Odissi Abhinaya “Maati”

8. An ode to the Tanjore style of Bharatanatyam

9. Bharatanatyam Navarachana performed by Parimal Phadke

10. Visweswaran gave rise to new style of Bharatanatyam

11. Man, land, and societal conflict - via a Bharatanatyam production

12. Bharatanatyam and Mohiniyattom artistes enthrall dance enthusiasts ...

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Subhash Kak‏ Hula dance (which has a "religious" basis) was banned in Hawaii for nearly fifty years because it was seen as sinful and expressing pagan belief. Likewise, Pakistan has banned classical and popular dance to improve morals of its citizens.

Here is the News Article

"THE project of dismantling arts and culture by a 1,000 cuts continues this week in the form of a ban on dance announced by the Punjab School Education Department."

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Bharatanatyam Ashtapadi by Moupiya Dutta

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Prajasakthi Photographer Sri Ravi won prize for a picture of Kuchipudi Artist Sri Ch. Srinivas during Print & Press Photo awards 2018.

 — in Vijayawada, India.

Due Credits Acknowledged to Prajasakthi & Sri Ravi

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A Note on Sringara Rasa- Donovan Roebert
Most rasikas, when speaking about sringara rasa, will strike out in the direction of the sublimation of the erotic or some such phrase. Then, when you ask them to explain what they mean, you find they hardly know, or do not know at all, because the phrase has become not much more than a convenient escape route from the threatening notion of sringara itself.
Vivartana - Report - By Sarvani Yadavalli

November 2018 - Schedules
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June 2018 - News Articles

Nirmala Paniker: People tell me that desi mohiniyattam is a lot more enjoyable than the conventional form

Kanak Rele highlights the beauty of Mohiniyattam

When Bengaluru based classical dance exponent gave Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake an Odissi makeover

Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards 2017 - Time to recognize the new breed of young dancers.

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Dr Neena Prasad	Sai Nrityotsav - 110	Disciples of Guru Lata Surendra performance
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Rangapravesam - Sri Sai Dance Academy - Vishaka Santosh - June 16th 2018  

Opportunity - Aspiring Young NRI/ NON-Indian Dancers & Gurus ABHAI PRAVASI UTSAVAM

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Smt.P.Ranganayaki (1914-2005) was dedicated to the Shri Subrahmanya svami temple in Tiruttani at the age of 17.  She was trained by her grandmother Smt.Subburatnamma (1871-1950) who wrote down her entire ritual, artistic and social repertoire in Telugu, Sanskrit and Tamil.
Between 1977-1988 Smt.P.Ranganayaki taught  this repertoire  of ritual, song and dance to Saskia Kersenboom; as a token of her acceptance of Saskia as her student-heir she handed  over this family manuscript to her.

Rich information on her life and art can be found in Saskia's dissertation 'Nityasumangali - Devadasi Tradition in South India' (PhD 1984, and published 1987, 1998, 2002, 2011, 2016, 2018). The work inspired many scholars and artists but was also heavily plagiarised and distorted in writing, performance, films and novels.

Smt.P. Rangayanakai never received an Indian national award, honour or 'Padma Bhusan' but deserves to be remembered in her own Voice. We hear her voice in this short video (2004, New York, Columbia University).

The excerpt features  Pushpanjali and Padam 'Manci dinamu' as taught by her to Saskia Kersenboom.

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Selected News Articles from May 2018 

Vijayawada: Kuchipudi dancers gets a makeover with Kalamkari - Deccan ChronicleMrinalini Sarabhai Honoured By Goodle Doodle50 South India artists perform classical dance on Malaviya GhatThe art form is evolving, say classical dancers

Madhuri Dixit: Surprised to see youngsters taking up classical dance forms

Selected News Articles from April 2018

 * Student depicts life of Jesus through Bharatanatyam - The Hindu

* Harbhajan journey from Bhangra to Bharatanatyam - News Today

* My dancing talent was underutilised in films: Hema Malini - The Hindu

* Remembering Kalamandalam Thankamani and Kelubabu - The Hindu

* Mohiniyattam: Dance of the Divine Enchantress - Pasadena Now

Mohiniattam Costumes - Plain Kasavu will always be my most Favourite - Dr Sunanda Nair

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VIVARTANA -USA	Deva Ratha

Participating in World Festival of Youth & Students - Russia - Info- Article By Kuchipudi Dancer Sarvani 

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In this archival video from 2014, Dancer Geeta Chandran with her Natya Vriksha Dance Company perform RAAS for the National Creative Arts Festival, at the Stein Auditorium at India Habitat Centre in New Delhi.

Celebrating Krishna’s beauty and his play with the gopis of Vrindavan, this piece is an original dance composition; conceived and created for performance by Dancer Geeta Chandran as a Senior Research Fellowship Awardee from the Ministry of Culture, Government of India.

Performed initially as a solo performance, Dancer Geeta Chandran re-designed this piece also for group choreography. Using images from famous Raas Nritya paintings and treatises such as Harivamsha and the Bhagwat Purana, Geeta’s choreography celebrates beauty and devotion in prismatic ways.

The libretto by Hitahari Vansh is set to Raagamalika and has been sung by Smt. Sudha Raghuraman.

Soundtrack Credits: Nattuvangam: Guru S.Shankar; Vocal: Smt. Sudha Raghuraman; Mridangam: Shri Lalgudi R. Sriganesh; Flute: Shri G.Raghuraman

Dancers of Natya Vriksha Dance Company: Sneha Chakradhar, Sharanya Chandran, Divya Saluja, Rashi Bijlani, Amrithasruthi Radhakrishnan, Radhika Kathal

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PriyaLasya Web NewsLetter & Magazine - May 2018

* Student depicts life of Jesus through Bharatanatyam - The Hindu

* Harbhajan journey from Bhangra to Bharatanatyam - News Today

* My dancing talent was underutilised in films: Hema Malini - The Hindu

* Remembering Kalamandalam Thankamani and Kelubabu - The Hindu

* Mohiniyattam: Dance of the Divine Enchantress - Pasadena Now

Paying Respects to Sri Balantrapu Rajanikanta Rao

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Odissi Workshop	ABHAI Celebrations	Spic Macay Workshop
VIVARTANA -USA	Parimal's Class	Bharatanatyam - Anwesha Das

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PRIYALASYA - POEM FOR THE MONTH - Coming down from the heights..Roxanne Kamayani Gupta

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Lasyam - Kuchipudi Dance Video - Sneha Babu - April 2018

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* Kuchipudi Dancer from Chennai Ashrita Keshav awarded with "She Award" from "We" Magazine, and Viswa & Devji Diamonds, for dance. Congratulations!

Here is what Ashrita has to say:

"In a country where Indian classical dance is synonymous with Bharatanatyam, I was thrilled to have represented Kuchipudi, in my own small way. My eternal gratitude to my Gurus, Kishore Anna and Vani akka. g me unconditional love and support. Everything I am and know in dance, comes from them. My be all and end all

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