Bharatanatyam competitions limited to specific composers/com

lakshmi87 · Post by **lakshmi87** » 09 Nov 2009, 17:19

I heard that 2 recent composer-limited bharatanatyam competitions (one on Rukmini Ramani's and another Papanasam Sivan's) in Chennai had more prizes to offer than there were contestants. What exactly is the purpose of such restricted competitions?

Recently ABHAI, which is now under Dr. Padma Subrahmanyam, conducted its competition strictly on Saiva Thirumurai and Divya Prabandham. Was it because some Bharatanrityam students wanted to win prizes - finally, or because Padma Subrahmanyam wanted to give some work to her fellow "resource persons"?

How will you react if some sabha conducts Bharatanatyam competitions on Silappadikaram only?

Nia Rmohan · Post by **Nia Rmohan** » 10 Nov 2009, 05:33

I think the only reason this makes sense is because it is hard to judge someone doing a snake dance vs someone doing a varnam. Of course the only fair judge would be natarajah himself and he would be assessing the amount of love you have for the art. For it is not how you dance, or to what you dance, but whther you want to do it...

flutepeace · Post by **flutepeace** » 16 Nov 2009, 22:13

I think these kind of competitions are done, so that composer or composition gets popularized well. This encourages the dancers to take up newer challenges instead of using the same repotoire again and again.

vinitha · Post by **vinitha** » 29 Nov 2009, 19:46

lakshmi87 wrote:Was it because some Bharatanrityam students wanted to win prizes

Looks so. If I got the right info, at least 2 Bharatanrityam students were given 1st prizes: P.Subrahmanyam's own granddaughter, another was S.Varsha.