Two graduate students in the US (Subha and Madhana) and I, who are dance enthusiasts, have started a new initiative, a monthly video blog about dancing. The video will highlight current topics in classical dance forms of India focussing on, but not limited to, Bharatanatyam. The format of our video blogs would be in small segments. One of our segments include inviting a dance related personality and asking them about their experiences and viewpoints.
In addition to exploring history of dance, reviewing video performances, and focusing on allied arts/artists, we also want to open up honest, young and fresh discussions on this subject from the perspective of future generation of the art. The attempt is to encourage youngsters to turn towards art as well as to analyze it with a critical eye. And most of all, just make discussion forums fun, easier to watch and technology friendly.
Since this was the pilot episode (July 14th 2012), we did not invite anyone. However, in the future episodes a guest artist will join the discussions too...
Here is the link to the Pilot episode:
http://arattarangetram.wordpress.com/20 ... t-episode/
Here is the link to the facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/399141770149481/
Here is the link to the youtube page:
http://www.youtube.com/user/arattarangetram
In this Pilot episode, these are the timepoints of things we discussed.
Segments:
04:40 - Madhana's segment, discussing Sudharani Raghupathy's youtube video. Kshetrayya padam "Evvade" in Shankarabharanam, Mishra Chapu
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ArOD3VXQGlE
18:45 - Raghu's segment, discussing "Ten things about Bharatasenapatiyam"
Sources: Tamizhar Nadana Varalaaru by Prof. Raghuraman
Bharatasenapatiyam by R.S. Jayalakshmi at Music Research website
(http://www.musicresearch.in/categorydet ... p?imgid=67)
37:04 - Subha's segment, discussing "Current generation of dancers vs. older dancers"
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Thanks and Regards,
Raghu