I am looking for good classical Indian dance (preferably Bharatanatyam) lessons in India. The style should be traditional and pretty sophisticated (that is, no Kalakshetra) and make use of Karanas and other margi elements (but not not Bharatanrithyam). I am looking for a small to medium size Indian classical dance school with many good students, where the dance gurus are not greedy but pretty liberal (or even generous) and do not create problems over the audio or video records issues.
Since you are focussed on Bharatanatyam, I were you I would first of all read very very carefully the articles on http://bharatanatyam2dance.wordpress.com… .
There you will find a ton of information on dozens of classical Indian dance schools and dancers (mostly in Chennai), their teaching methods and the other details.
If you want karanas, you can’t get it at the classical Indian dance schools (like Mohiniattam) where they use skirt costumes (many poses you can’t do in the skirt). Also the mudras for karanas will be different (as per Natya Shastra), and perhaps even the dance songs.
Are you planning to perform arangetram after? Guess you read about devadasis a bit, and want to learn the temple dancing, not Kathak or Bollywood or Bhangra!
Have you learnt many Indian classical dance gestures and movements already? Why not Kalakshetra? What kind of abhinaya you like: the filmy, the theatrical or natural? Why did you opt for Bharatanatyam from classical Indian dance styles? Why not Kuchipudi or Odissi?
as far as i know there are not many bharatanatyam schools like that.
there are many classical indian dance forms. for how long are you learning classical indian dance? do you want to be a professional classical indian dancer? there are some indian classical dance institutions in chennai that may be a good option for you. as for indian classical dance styles, why don’t you first watch the youtube classical Indian dance videos and see what style you like?
check out the link to the “bharatanatyam study guide” : http://www.geocities.com/study_bharatanatyam_online/learn_bharata_natyam_bharatnatyam_bharathanatyam_courses.html
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prabavat
November 16th, 2009 at 2:24 pm
1Since you are focussed on Bharatanatyam, I were you I would first of all read very very carefully the articles on http://bharatanatyam2dance.wordpress.com… .
There you will find a ton of information on dozens of classical Indian dance schools and dancers (mostly in Chennai), their teaching methods and the other details.
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November 16th, 2009 at 2:32 pm
2If you want karanas, you can’t get it at the classical Indian dance schools (like Mohiniattam) where they use skirt costumes (many poses you can’t do in the skirt). Also the mudras for karanas will be different (as per Natya Shastra), and perhaps even the dance songs.
Are you planning to perform arangetram after? Guess you read about devadasis a bit, and want to learn the temple dancing, not Kathak or Bollywood or Bhangra!
Have you learnt many Indian classical dance gestures and movements already? Why not Kalakshetra? What kind of abhinaya you like: the filmy, the theatrical or natural? Why did you opt for Bharatanatyam from classical Indian dance styles? Why not Kuchipudi or Odissi?
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November 16th, 2009 at 8:05 pm
3as far as i know there are not many bharatanatyam schools like that.
there are many classical indian dance forms. for how long are you learning classical indian dance? do you want to be a professional classical indian dancer? there are some indian classical dance institutions in chennai that may be a good option for you. as for indian classical dance styles, why don’t you first watch the youtube classical Indian dance videos and see what style you like?
check out the link to the “bharatanatyam study guide” :
http://www.geocities.com/study_bharatanatyam_online/learn_bharata_natyam_bharatnatyam_bharathanatyam_courses.html
Anjana
November 16th, 2009 at 8:13 pm
4u r quite choosey!
i’d recommend this school:
http://sridevinrithyalaya.org
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