padma subramanyam's student

natyasri123 · Post by **natyasri123** » 23 Apr 2009, 21:23

yesterday i accidently came across a video on youtube. this video is of Padma subramanyam's student. Her name starts from N. She was performing Kalinga nartanam, wearinga blue dress. It was a superb piece. I could not save the URL. If anyone comes across that video again, kindly post the information to me. I searched the whole of youtube and could not find it again today.

thanks a lot in advance.

rgds

nrityam · Post by **nrityam** » 24 Apr 2009, 19:39

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcM2sECw37o&NR=1

Is this the one you are looking for???

I dont believe she is Dr. Padma Subrahmanyam's student..

natyasri123 · Post by **natyasri123** » 25 Apr 2009, 01:28

yes. that was the video. thanks a lot nrityam. a closer look at the description - i too dont think she is Padma ji's student. but i liked her abhinayam. kindly take a look at the below link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgUnS7QO ... re=related

is this the way tillanas are choreographed in kuchipudi- i believe its kuchipudi. or is it according to the music. how come it is classified as a tillana? can we do the same in bharatanatyam. infact i had similar ideas. i even saw sudharani raghupati do the opening of tillanas a little differently. but more or less, the structure/the way they are choreographed- the dimensions remained the same.
i had the idea, looking at sudharani raghupati 's video to choreograph a tillana, with the mudras, sancharis(with nrtta /footwork as normally)according to the sahitya that is at the end of the tillana.
what i saw in the video is close to wat i thought.

pls throw some light.

rgds

jayakamala · Post by **jayakamala** » 25 Apr 2009, 07:57

She is Nirupama Rajendra of Bangalore.

Rasikaas · Post by **Rasikaas** » 27 Apr 2009, 18:02

Nirupama Rajendra is supposed to have learnt the Karanas from Sundari Santhanam, a disciple of PS and so your initial guess is justified.

The (2nd) link above shows Kalinga Narthana Thillana by Oothukkadu Venkatasubbaiyyar . (I am not sure it was Kuchipudi!!!)

If you hear this clip that shows a rendition by Smt. Aruna sairam you will see how it fits into the genre of Thillana. It is definitely different a special thillana. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_R2l5Xnydg

If you look around even in you tube you will find different choreography for the same thillana.

I have seen a lot of Kalakshetra students do this item, though now I see other practitioners do it too. Its quite popular in the performance circuit actually.

You can see older threads related to the thillana at
http://rasikas.org/forums/viewtopic.php? ... ation.html
http://rasikas.org/forums/viewtopic.php? ... llana.html

poonmahe · Post by **poonmahe** » 27 Apr 2009, 19:40

The dancer is Nirupama, She is a Katthak dancer. I have seen her interview on webindia123.

Rasikaas · Post by **Rasikaas** » 28 Apr 2009, 13:52

Nirupama and Rajendra seem to be trained in Bharathanatyam, Kathak and few other styles.
http://www.abhinavadancecompany.com/pag ... ctors.html