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The famed form of ‘Simhanandini’

Edit The Hindu 02 Jun 2016
These were part of ‘Alaya Nrityas’ (temple dances), presented by Devadasis ... The show on both days ended with giving a display of drawing these pictures with their dancing feet ... There were other traditional dances too presented by Manitha, Mounika, Mrudula, Pratima, Sinidhi, Vyshnavi and Abhigna ... It was a popular piece adjoined by traditional dances the girls standing on the rims of brass plates....

Ram Gopal shows how dance can train the mind - archive

Edit The Guardian 02 May 2016
Whether moving fluidly and languorously in the temple dances of meditation and devotion, or dancing with ever-increasing speed and complexity as in the Krishna Thillana, Ram Gopal remains the complete artist. He also spent some time in talking about the meaning of the symbolism in the dances. The classical Indian dance is one of the most ancient ......

Feisty and vociferous celebrity

Edit The Hindu 27 Apr 2016
Good articulation, mellifluous voice, timely anecdotes, dance gestures and above all an memory are the hallmarks of Revathy Sankkaran. Her abilities are seen and enjoyed to be believed ... Sankkaran ... “I believe in perfection ... “Every evening I used to memorise, recite and go with my friends to sing the hymns in temples and my dance background helped me portray the meaning to the onlookers with good abhinaya” she says....

Music and dance reviews

Edit Deccan Herald 24 Apr 2016
Sri Raja Rajeshwari Kalaniketan conducted a two-day Samanvay Arts Festival called “Naada Nrithya Vaibhoga.” Music and dance were part of the temple rituals from ancient times. Dr Veena Murthy, a senior choreographer and teacher, has conceptualised this temple dance rituals and brought it on the stage with music, dance, pravachana and rituals, in the devine atmosphere of the Sri Venugopalakrishnaswamy Temple, Malleswaram....

Why we need to take dance education more seriously

Edit Indian Express 23 Apr 2016
Dance can play a positive role in promoting fitness and healthy lifestyles ... Dance, music and singing have been an integral part of our lives, be it a festival, marriage, birth or even death, dance and music play an important part ... If we look at the history of Indian classical or folk dances, there are temple dances, martial dances, seasonal dances, ritual dances and many more....

Of a sacred ‘peth’ and floral reverance

Edit The Times of India 17 Apr 2016
The other highlights are a cane box, four scared masks, and dancing devotees ... Mulgao in Bicholim taluka is a village that is home to some 50 temples. The main temple here are those dedicated to the presiding deity Kelbai and other affiliated deities ... Before concluding the fair, villagers don the sacred masks and perform a dance in the premises of Kelbai temple. The dance continues for five days....

Convention versus contemporary in dance

Edit The Hindu 31 Mar 2016
While Rukmini Arundale modified and sophisticated the ‘sadr’ (temple dance) in keeping with the times and acceptability levels and in doing so, adopted many a technicality of the Russian Ballet which was her main inspiration to set foot in the dance world, Uday Shankar had made an amalgam of the techniques of all Indian classical dance ......

The Shirley Temple Blue Diamond at Sotheby's NY (Sotheby's Inc)

Edit Public Technologies 18 Mar 2016
Sotheby's Inc) Microsoft Word - Temple Blue - Magnificent Jewels - NY, 19 April 2016 ... THE SHIRLEY TEMPLE BLUE DIAMOND ... Shirley Temple's father purchased the diamond ring in early 1940, around the time of her 12th birthday as well as the premier of her film The Blue Bird ... Temple's father paid $7,210 for the ring in 1940 ... After Fox Films songwriter Jay Gorney caught a glimpse of Temple dancing in a theater lobby, he was instantly hooked....

Beautiful temple dance

Edit Deccan Herald 13 Mar 2016
Dance reviews. Smt Narmada (1942-2008) was a great dance teacher, choreographer and also a great human being. In her memory, Kala Sindhu organises a dance programme called 'Nirantara Narmada Festival' every year. This time, Usha Datar gave a dance recital on Friday at the JSS auditorium ... She opened the programme with temple dance, which she has learnt from none other than Nataraja Ramakrishna....

Dance fest at Chembur temple will end on Mahashivratri

Edit The Times of India 04 Mar 2016
Devotion and dance are inseparable when one worships Nataraja, the cosmic dancer. It is this divine bond that Natyanjali 2016, a temple dance festival at Chembur, which began the previous Saturday and will led up to Mahashivratri, celebrates ... "It is a very good platform to perform, especially because you are dancing inside the temple and in front of Lord Shiva....

Heaven or Hell or Both

Edit Huffington Post 17 Nov 2015
Installation view, Mark Bradford, Be Strong Boquan at Hauser and Wirth -- Deimos (film still), 2015; digital video with audio ... Installation view, Mark Bradford. Be Strong Boquan at Hauser and Wirth -- Dead Hummingbird, 2015; mixed media on canvas ... Mark Bradford ... Places like the Roxy were temples of dancing; they were places of where people danced tribally and pounded their home planet with feet expressing the joy of living here ... Below ... ....

For the love of Kathak

Edit The Hindu 02 Nov 2015
“To watch us dance is to hear our hearts speak,” this famous ‘Hopi Indian saying’ best describes the passion for dance among the team of 23 dancers at the Mudra Centre for Dance at Convent Junction ... Being one of the oldest forms of Indian classical dance, it originated in northern India and has traces of temple dance along with Persian style and influences of the Mughal era....

Bani is still relevant, says Aniruddha Knight

Edit The Hindu 20 Oct 2015
“Because friezes are not part of my dance style,” he laughs. The bani of Bharatanatyam that he practises has its roots in temples, where dance was an act of worship ... She took to dancing realising her responsibility as the torchbearer of a legacy ... Samuel’s wife Luise studied Bharatanatyam under Balasaraswati and established a school of music and dance in her mentor’s memory....
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