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 ‘Kalakshetra’
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 »
Courses at Kalakshetra
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 [...]
Bharata Natyam
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 [...]
Kalakshetra: Founder and History
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 [...]
