The highest civilian award of the Karnataka state government’s Karnataka Sangeeta Nritya Academy carry a cash prize of Rs.25,000 Dr. Padmaja Suresh, a leading Bharatanatyam dancer and a prominent…
Browsing: Dance
How Guru Nirmala Paniker is tirelessly working to revive the desi repertoire of Mohiniyattam, one item at a time.
Preserving Mohiniyattam’s gestures and dance movements in the form of notations.
The three-day workshop on Kanak Rele style Mohiniyattam by Sithara Balakrishnan included training sessions and a series of talks by experts.
Sunanda Nair’s life around dance came to a standstill several times. She was able to find her feet back to it, every single time.
A new, systematic teaching method evolved with the introduction of acting and facial expressions in Mohiniyattam.
Utsav Educational Society’s Two-day Indian Classical Dance Festival, Saare Jahan Se Accha, showcased Bharatanatyam by Rama Vaidyanathan and Mohiniyattam by Bharati Shivaji among others.
Nangiarkoothu would have joined the list of extinct traditional art forms of Kerala if not for the efforts of this curious dancer.
Nirmala Panicker describes the routes she traveled to research Mohiniyattam.
Derived from Kathakali, Kerala Natanam was developed as an art form that would appeal to the masses.