Posted on July 25, 2008 by sangeethas
While we are learning the Panchanadai, it will do good to understand the Thalam in Carnatic Music. Bharathanatyam is traditionally set to Carnatic Music, and an understnading of the system will go a long way in ensuring a wholesome learning of the art form.
Here is an intoduction to Thalam as written by Mannarkoil. J. Balaji [...]
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Posted on July 21, 2008 by sangeethas
If you did watch the previous video carefully, you would have observed a few variations in beats while performing the nattadavu. This is referred to as a varaiation in nadai.
Nadai (meaning gait) refers to the rhythmic flow of the composition. Carnatic Music upon which Bharathanatyam is based, recognizes 5 basic nadais( Pancha nadais). Hence this [...]
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Posted on July 16, 2008 by sangeethas
In this session let us watch a video from the You Tube very carefully..
You see a student perform the adavus packaged slightly differently.
You should be able to identify atleast 3 sets of adavus that you have learnt. Try. You may send in your answers as comments
Can you identify the adavus?
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Posted on July 14, 2008 by sangeethas
Hi students! How are you doing? Have you been practising during the break? I have been having challenges of my own in making an international move from Indonesia to Malaysia. While it would still need time for me to process the pictures and animations I will start off slowly… Please bear with me:)
The kartari (meaning scissors) [...]
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