I need good dance songs to create a performance

gobitha · Post by **gobitha** » 15 Jan 2006, 03:23

Hi,
I need good dance songs to do a performance with little children. anyone who can help me with telling me where i can find some good dance songs or any video to download....?

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 15 Jan 2006, 20:29

Try kAvadi chindhus: they are good for kOlAttam/kummIs.

ogirala sri ramakrishna · Post by **ogirala sri ramakrishna** » 12 Feb 2007, 21:34

hello

you can use songs composed by h h bhakta gnanananda tirtha ( sri ogirala veera raghava sarma garu ) , the saint composer of carnatac music of 20th century . you can down load the songs in telugu / tamil from the site

bhakta gnanananda teertha

ogiralaveeraraghavasarama.com which was devolped by me as a birth centinary tribute to the saint composerwhich is falling this year.

you will get more information on the saint composer in rasikas.org under vaggeyakaras.

o s ramakrishna

mahakavi · Post by **mahakavi** » 13 Feb 2007, 02:22

I am not sure if a video is available, but Bharathi's "sentamizh nADenum pOdinilE.." is a good song to do with children provided you are doing it in ThamizhnADu or as one of the items in a multilingual program.

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 13 Feb 2007, 07:47

The Dhananjayans have choreographed kummi/kOlATTam using their version of sentamizh nADenum...Sowmya has rendered it as a kAvaDi cindu...and Smt. MSS and Sri TMK have rendered it as regular tukkaDAs in concerts.

sathya · Post by **sathya** » 18 Mar 2007, 14:42

Hello,
I need the lyrics and meaning of rageshri thillana of Lalgudi jayaraman. Also I would request you to let me know as to where I can find pada varnams for dance. Whch album to buy ?

Lakshman · Post by **Lakshman** » 18 Mar 2007, 17:19

tom dru dru. rAgA: rAgEshrI. Adi tALA.

P: tOm dru dru dhIm tadara tadhIm dhIm tana dhIm dhirana dhirana dru dru
A: nAdru tAni tom dru dhIm taka jhaNuta dhIm tajhaNuta dhIm jhaNuta
dhIm nata dhImta tanadhIm tatanadhIm tatana dhIm dhIm dhImta tOm
drudhIm dhIm dhIm dhImtatOm drudhIm dhIm dhIm dhImta
C: sundara vaLLiyum surar maghaLum magizh kandanE murugA shiva guruparanE
vandittEn vaDivazhagA mayilil vand-ippozhudE enai ANDaruLE
takiTa takadhIm *ni sa ma ma dha dha ma pa gA rI kiTataka tarikiTa dhIm
pa dha nI dha ma jhaNutaka ga ma ri sa *ni sa *dha *ni tadhIm tajham taNam tatOm
takiTa takajhamta ma ni da sa* ni rI* ri* jhanuta dhimita da ni sa* mA* ma* ga*
ma* ga* ri* sa*kiTataka jhaNutOmta kiTatakajhaNU tOmta kiTatakajhaNu

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 19 Mar 2007, 03:59

Meaning of caraNasAhityam:

sundara = pretty
vaLLiyum = vaLLi - kuramagaL, the gypsy girl (and)
surar magaLum = daughter (magaL) of the gods/indra (surar) aka deivayAnnai/dEvasEnA
magizh = (one who) delights
kandanE = murugan
Siva guruparanE = one who became the guru of Siva (when murugan explains the meaning or the essence of praNava to his father - he is called swAminAthan - in swAmimalai)
vandittEn = I pray to
vaDivazhagA = handsome one
mayilil vandu = come (vandu) on your peacock (mayilil)
ippozhudE = right now
ennai = me
ANDaruLE = please protect me and shower your grace on me!

The delighter ot vaLLi and dEvasEnA, the guru of Siva, I pray to thee, Oh Handsome one. Please come to me immediately on your peacock, and shower your blessings on me.

Umesh · Post by **Umesh** » 19 Mar 2007, 05:39

Sathya,

You can search the contents of different dance cassettes/cd's online in the "Natya Melam" section of kanakasabha.com ... but the website does not always work.

Most commercial dance cd's include a varnam (as they generally try to include a margam). If you are in Chennai, try Giri Traders in Mylapore. Indian music stores in the U.S. sometimes carry dance music, but the selection is either very limited or nil. For streaming music, try the "special" section of musicindiaonline.com. They are some padavarnams for Bharata Natyam there.

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 19 Mar 2007, 19:47

You can also try http://www.kalakendra.com/shopping/inde ... =2a&page=1
There are 2 CDs with Kshetragnya's padams and 'nardhana krishna' has a couple of pieces that can be used instead of padams.

srinandini · Post by **srinandini** » 17 Apr 2007, 22:21

u can also try adinaye kanna... in mohana kalyani... OS arun has renderes it in one of his bhajans cassettes....that one is good.
if u want to try a group choreography.... the one popularised by aruna sairam.... madu meikum kanne... is also good( courtesy - our member- swaykv)

or if u want something with a north india flavor, u may try...haririha mugdha vadhu.... the ashtapadi.. some modern musicians have set it in a ras-dandiya based tempo....but i am unable to suggest any particular artistes

sudhakarks · Post by **sudhakarks** » 24 Feb 2009, 23:57

For some fine collection of Bharatanatyam Songs visit http://www.kalakendra.com/shopping/bhar ... 22_25.html

srinivasrgvn · Post by **srinivasrgvn** » 25 Feb 2009, 12:01

sathya wrote:Hello,
I need the lyrics and meaning of rageshri thillana of Lalgudi jayaraman. Also I would request you to let me know as to where I can find pada varnams for dance. Whch album to buy ?

http://www.ecse.rpi.edu/Homepages/shivk ... index.html

Go to this link. There are detailed lessons that teach you the varnam itself. Notation and meaning is also available for many varnams.
In this link's page, scroll down and you will find the category "Varnam".