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Tandava is the divine dance performed by Lord Shiva. It is considered to be the source of the cosmic cycle of creation, preservation and dissolution. The word Tandava comes from Tandu, the attendant of Lord Shiva, who at Lord Shiva’s orders, instructed Bharat muni, the author of  Natya Shastra , the usage of Angaharas and Karanas, which together constitute this cosmic dance. “ Pumnrityam tandavam, prahu: stree nrityam lasyamuchyate ” Tandava the masculine form of dance is attributed to Lord Shiva which is forceful and full of vigour often manifesting anger and fear while lasya anga attributed to Godess Parvathi is the feminine form where the movements are gentle and graceful often depicting love and affection. The deep significance underlying this dance form is the personification of Lord Shiva as Nataraja or Nritya Murti. His dance is supposed to represent the five manifestations of eternal energy- Srishti (creation), Sthiti (preservation), Samhara (destruction), Tirobhav...

Lord Shiva performed at Madurai Temple (after being invited by Rishi Patranjali. It is there that Shiva hold the Abhay mudra in left hand.    Lord Nataraja is the world’s best dancer and the icon of the dramatic art as per Hinduisim. He is the first know  Yogi as well as being a cosmic dancer. The entire world is his stage where he performs. Every dancer before taking the stage  Nataraja . His form of dance is the Tandava style  which he performs along with his consort Parvathi, who is the creator of Lasya form of dance.  The mighty Himalayas is his abode.   Historical Facts :      The first known stone statue of Lord Nataraja are the stone structures found in the  The oldest know statue of Lord Nataraja is the 10 th Century bronze statue of Chola period found in southern India.  This is the most famous pose of Lord Nataraja and even today, this pose is used by the dancers across south east asia.   T...

Manipuri  -- The classical dancce of the North Eastern state of Manipur Ancient sculptures Jagoi or Manipuri dance was the only classical dance from the Northeastern states, till the state of Assam came up with its own form of dance. Themes included in this art form associate with Shaktism, Shaivism and on the sylvan deities called Umang Lai during Manipuri festival ‘Lai Haraoba’, however the main theme hovers around Vaishnavism. During “Lai Haraoba” festival quite a few tandava steps are performed in order to honour Shiva, the ‘Khamba Thoibi’ dance is performed (a duet dance of male and female partners that is dedicated to the sylvan deity, Thangjing of Moiran, and associated with the Manipuri folklore of two lovers an orphan boy Khamba and a princess Thoibi, daughter of King Chinkhuba, from the epic ‘Moirang Parba’.) . Female Costume Costume : Costume is very elaborate particularly for women are quite unique from other Indian classical dance forms. The female danc...

  1.        VazhivurBani :Vazhuvoor Ramaiah Pillai can be taken as the father of this Bani. Features :This style of Bharatnatyam believes in using lots of Lasya, hence the movements are extremely gracefull. The Jatis are elaborate and many a time has 3 speeds. Sollus are given special importance and are structured in such a way that it creates an energetic and robust effect. Abhinaya prt of the dance includes tons of story telling. Famous Dancers/ Gurus : SwamimaliRajaratnam Pillai , K.J. Sarasa, Kamala Lakshman, Radha , Chitra Vishweswaran, RamyaRamnarayan, PriyadarshaniGovind, Vidhya Subramaniyum, Sandhyashree, Muthukumaran Pillai... Note : Drop your queries or suggestions at sangeetkalakendra1@gmail.com Visit our Facebook page : https://www.facebook.com/Sangeet-Kala-Kendra-1461430557205352/ Youtube :  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcOJ0uLi4y4 Quick Links  :   Important Links ,          Home Pa...

Vachik Abhinaya The word Vachik abhinaya comes from the Sanskrit word “Vacchya”. In dance text, speeches, dialogues, songs, music ,sound are used to enhance and beautify the performance. Bharata also mentions that the Gana (song), Vadhya (instrumental music) and Natya (drama) should intermingle with each other to make the performance a brilliant entity (alatacakrapratimam). Bharata mentions in Natyashastra that an actor or a dancer must know the  Guna , Dosha and Aharyam of the Kavya/Padhya. He also mentions that the sounds, speech, dialogues must be SARVASARYA (all can hear).  Natyak is known as Natyakavya and is a mixture of Gadhya and Padhya . Songs and dialogues are intertwined in such a way that both become irreplaceable. For any performance we first decide the script and the song and then we work on the remaining three abhinaya based on the Vachya. Shabdha is Shakti. Both shabda and artha have to sink in so that the true meaning can be communicated. Shabda can b...