We, with our origins from South Asia, always try our best to instil in our children, the grand culture & tradition of Hindu religion and philosophy. What better way that could have been depicted than KSHETRAM, a Bharatnatyam program in the form of a Ballet, conceived and presented in...
“Arched brows, beautiful red lips sporting a broad smile with dreadlocks of hair and a perfect body shining like a jewel, standing up on his toe with one foot lifted”, in describing Lord Shiva in a composition of ”Kunittha Puruvamum” Veteran Guru and Teacher Padma Bhushan CV Chandrasekhar brought Bharathanatyam...
Here is an Excerpt of an Interview with Prof CV Chandrasekhar which he gave, before his performance this evening, on the way to receiving his Padma Bhushan Award in India: Q: You have performed Bharathanatyam to Hindustani music and even Gujarati poetry and reached a wider audience. Can we see...
Indian Dance played to a full house at the Seymour Theatre on 18 November. It was a program of classical Indian dances with a few surprises, like the chanting of the names of the 24 single hand gestures in Sanskrit from the Natyasastra text the Balinese mask dance, depicting characters from the Ramayana, and a Katha told in...
-Multi Cultural Awards for Excellence 2010 By Pathmapriya Melbourne based Veena exponents, Shri Ramnath Iyer and Shri Gopinath Iyer, popularly known as the Iyer Brothers were presented with a Service Delivery to Multicultural Victoria Award in the category of Arts at the annual ceremony organised by the Victorian Multi Cultural Commission held on 21...
This is the third exhausting day of the festival but I now feel alive after listening to TM Krishna who struck a Master’s stroke with a concert of unusual proportion and arrangement. Getting straight into it with a solid Shankarabharanam in ‘Akshayalinga‘. A soulful Karaharapriya in Raama Ni Samaanam Yevaru in Adhi thalam...
The second day proved to be Embar Kannan Day. The morning brought the artists together with the Thyagaraja Aradhanai when all international and the local artists came together with more people on the stage than off. This was followed by several local singers commanding their stake on the stage for an hour or two....
