Inextricably entwined with the sacred belief and philosophy of the people of India, the classical arts, are the ladder of understanding that encompasses all learning, all sciences and all discipline leading to Gnana. The sojourn of an artist is as much within himself as it is without. From the mundane to the divine, from gross [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Dhananjayan’
Anusham Dance Group
Posted in Anusha, Anusham, Anusham Dance Group, Bharata Natyam, Dhananjayans, Kalakshetra, Narendra Kumar, Shanta Dhananjayan, V.P Dhananjayan, tagged Anusha, Anusha Narendra, Anusha Narendra Kumar, Anusha Narendrakumar, Anusham, Anusham Dance Group, Bharat Kalachar, Bharata Natya, Bharata Natyam, Bharatanatya, bharatanatyam, bharatanatyam classes, Chennai, Courses, dance, dance classes, dance group, Dhananjayan, Dhananjayans, India, Kalakshetra, L. Narendra Kumar, L. Narendrakumar, Shanta Dhananjayan, The Dhananjayans, Vidya, Vidya Dinakaran on January 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Their body language said it all
Posted in Bharata Natyam, Dhananjayans, Shanta Dhananjayan, V.P Dhananjayan, tagged Arunachala Kavi, Dhananjayan, Dhananjayans, Gopukiran, Kalaiarasan, Lavanya Raghuraman, nattuvangam, Nrittaswaravali, Pavitra Srinivasan, Ramanatakam, Ramesh Babu, Sashidharan, Shanta Dhananjayan, Sita Rama Katha, Sunil Kumar, The Dhananjayans, Venkatakrishnan, Vidya Saranyan on January 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
VIDYA SARANYAN (A review from The Hindu) The silent pause preceding Kaikeyi‘s demand was easily one of the best moments in the Dhananjayans’ performance. The riveting performances by V.P. Dhananjayan, Shanta Dhananjayan and their students reaffirmed their reputation as artists par excellence and worthy natyacharyas. After the invocatory number, the next piece Nrittaswaravali had dancers [...]
Narendra Kumar featured in an article
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 | 1 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 [...]