Posted in Anusha, Anusham, Anusham Dance Group, Bharata Natyam, Narendra Kumar on June 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
An article by SAVITHA GAUTAM in THE HINDU that features my Gurus
Artists from three continents came together for ‘Shifting Grounds’, a music-dance creation, performed in Germany.
CULTURAL RENDEZVOUS: The dancers who participated in ‘Shifting Grounds.’ On the extreme right are my Gurus Anusha and Narendra Kumar
Lalgudi G.J.R. Krishnan is bubbling with excitement these days. [...]
Posted in Bharata Natyam, Centre for Cultural Resources and Training, scholarship, tagged arts scholarship, Bharata Natyam, Bharata Natyam Scholarship, CCRT, CCRT contact details, CCRT email ID, CCRT phone number, Centre for Cultural Resources and Training on May 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Centre for Cultural Resources and Training
The main function of the Centre for Cultural Resources and Training (CCRT) is to conduct a variety of training programmes for in-service teachers drawn from all parts of the country. The training provides an understanding and appreciation of the philosophy, aesthetics and beauty inherent in Indian art and culture [...]
Posted in Bharata Natyam, Courses, Kalakshetra, Rukmini Devi Arundale, tagged Courses, Kalakshetra on April 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Due to semester examinations and summer vacation Kalakshetra – College of Fine Arts and Museum will be closed for visitors from 23rd March 2009 – 30th June 2009. Visitors are requested to contact College office after 1st July 2009 for further information.
The Kalakshetra performance is a hallmark of excellence, marked by simplicity, elegance, and formal [...]
Posted in Bharata Natyam, Kalakshetra, Rukmini Devi Arundale, tagged Bharata Natyam, Kalakshetra, Rukmini Devi Arundale on June 1, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Bharata Natyam is one of India’s oldest and gracious dance forms.
Bharatha Natyam is one of the seven classical dance forms of India,chiefly associated with the South of India ie Tamil Nadu.The name of sage Bharatha or form its origin in the Bharatha Desha.Bharatha Natyam is also iterpreted as Bhaaram Tharayithi Bharatham -the true dispeller of [...]
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Form differs, not the content
RUPA SRIKANTH
The Anusham group presented `Shakthi,’ with perfect co-ordination, accurate timing and discipline.
L. Narendra Kumar first shot to fame some years ago with an exciting group choreography of the Kalinga Narthana tillana. Since then, he has remained on the horizon, stretching the boundaries of art and choreography with varying degrees of [...]
Posted in Anusha, Anusham, Bharata Natyam, Kalakshetra, Narendra Kumar, tagged Chinnamanoor, Dhananjayan, J. Guru Prasad, J. Krishna Kumar, male dancers, New Indian Express, Samanth Subramaniam, Sunday Magazine on May 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Nataraja’s Children
by Samanth Subramanian
(Article appeared in The New Indian Express, Sunday Magazine)
Narendra Kumar likes putting things in comparative ratios; they pop up throughout his conversation. For every 100,000 people enthusiastically watching movies, there are just 10 similarly devouring classical Bharatanatyam. For every two months of hectic seasonal work, there are six months of scraping-by [...]
Posted in Anusha, Anusham, Bharata Natyam, Narendra Kumar, tagged Anusha, Anusha Narendra Kumar, Anusha Narendrakumar, Anusham, Anusham Dance Group, Bharat Kalachar, Bharata Natyam, bharatanatyam classes, Chennai, dance classes, dance group, Dhananjayans, India, L. Narendra Kumar, L. Narendrakumar, Narendra Kumar, Narendrakumar, Shanta Dhananjayan on April 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Anusham is the brain child of Narendra Kumar. Anusham, the seed or ‘beeja’ has been nurtured by the creativity and undaunted efforts of Narendra Kumar, his wife Anusha, and their friends, from myriad disciplines of dance, theatre, music, martial and visual arts.
THE GURUS
Narendra Kumar
Narendra Kumar is an early student of the Dhananjayans. He has earned [...]
Posted in Bharata Natyam, Kalakshetra, Rukmini Devi Arundale, tagged Kalakshetra, Rukmini Devi Arundale on April 19, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Kalakshetra was established in 1936 after the extraordinary success of Rukmini Devi’s first performance of Bharata Natyam at the Theosophical Society, in Adyar, a suburb of Madras, in the South of India. The founding members, Rukmini Devi, her husband George Arundale, and their associates at the Theosophical Society, were deeply committed to Theosophy and an [...]
