Smt. Kalanidhi Narayanan

meena · Post by **meena** » 19 Jan 2007, 07:13

Journey, creative and fulfilling:
There's no art without expressions. And expressions do not mean just facial. It's the body language...
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rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 19 Jan 2007, 08:55

Wasn't Kalanidhi Ganapati (as she was then) the first 'brahmin' girl to dance on a stage?

meena · Post by **meena** » 19 Jan 2007, 10:12

shankar

i think, it was lakshmi shankar , the first brahmin girl to dance and then kalanidhi narayanan followed.

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 19 Jan 2007, 10:26

I think in one of the books on the history of bharatanATyam, it says, Kalanidhi first, followed by Lakshmi Sastri (later Shankar).

swaykv · Post by **swaykv** » 14 Apr 2007, 10:16

Kalanidhi mami has released a dvd on the ashta nayikas.... i have heard that it is very informative...

srinandini · Post by **srinandini** » 16 Apr 2007, 21:28

hai swaykv....how are u??? so do u have a copy of that dvd??? i remember going to mami's classes with u.....!!!

srinandini · Post by **srinandini** » 16 Apr 2007, 21:38

i went to mami for classes in abhinaya for 2 years.....she is such a wonderful lady.... a treasure house of knowledge and such a dedicated teacher...she wont stop until we do a padam to her satisfaction.
no 2 individuals are the same... likewise no 2 artistes need to interpret the same padam in the same manner... the underlying theme of each padam or javali is important. u may do the padam as u like but the emotions in the undercurrent should be maintained.
this piece of advice was what she used to give us over and over again.
she never stopped us from improvising...or incorporating anything impromptu so long as it kept the thread going and matched with the theme.

swaykv can vouch for this.....right, swaykv??
mami is such a wonderful artiste and great teacher and such a humble person.
no doubt everyone one of her student is, today,a name to reckon with in dance..especially abhinaya....i bow my head to the living legend...

swaykv · Post by **swaykv** » 17 Apr 2007, 17:07

absolutely srinandini.... i totally agree.... mami's class is definitely a gr8 experience. and have u seen her expressions! her eyes!!! awesome.... makes u want to sink down underground, thinking of ur quality of expressions in comparisson with hers.

and srinandini, nice to meet u here- i too vaguely remember going for classes with u...

srinandini · Post by **srinandini** » 17 Apr 2007, 21:43

mami's lec dems are real eye openers..... short, crisp , to the point... but very informative....!!