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| The passions for and in our dance run deep and intense! As Bharatanatyam is a truly global phenomenon, opinions about 'purity', 'classicism', 'authenticity', 'creativity', 'contemporaenity' are swirling thick and fast around us. With the Indian media enjoying 60 years of almost uninterrupted freedom in what is now a more and more paranoid world, we at narthaki.com are beginning a series called ROSES AND THORNS. It will place in the spotlight one dancer / a dance production / dance performance / dance tour occurring anywhere in the world. The specific dance production or performance will be spotlighted on the site for the sheer volume of comments – both positive and negative that we receive in terms of phone calls and e mails. In all matters of expression, the column will advise restraint and decency even when some views are angry and vehemently outraged. |
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Terrorism on Kathak - Navina Jafa e-mail: navina.jafa@gmail.com |
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Turning down Sangeet Natak Akademi Award - Aditi Mangaldas, New Delhi e-mail: aditimangaldas@gmail.com |
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Quotes of the season Compiled by: Lalitha Venkat |
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Who next? Or what next? Kalakshetra crisis: Blown out of proportion - V.P. Dhananjayan, Chennai e-mail: bkalanjali@gmail.com |
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How should Bollywood dance be regarded? Pop, modern, contemporary, or a separate category called Filmi? a compilation of the responses to the poll conducted by narthaki.com in June 2012 |
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Which dance form is most useful as a foundation for Contemporary Indian dance? a compilation of the responses to the poll conducted by narthaki.com in May 2012 |
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Can traditional systems of knowledge become commercial commodities? a compilation of the responses to the poll conducted by narthaki.com in April 2012 |
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Should Leela Samson reconsider her resignation from Kalakshetra? |
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Is the Bharatanatyam Margam outdated? a compilation of the responses to the poll conducted by narthaki.com in March 2012 |
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Quotes of the Chennai season - Compiled by Lalitha Venkat |
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Video piracy - Ananda Shankar Jayant, Hyderabad e-mail: anandasj@rediffmail.com |
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Regarding some fake teachers - A concerned parent |
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Bharatanatyam for sale - Concerned Artists from India and North America |
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The Emperor wears new
clothes at Silicon Andhra's 2nd International Kuchipudi
Convention - Ranjana Dave, Mumbai e-mail: ranjanadave1988@gmail.com |
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Super Class Nonsense!
- Ratikant Mohapatra, Bhubaneswar e-mail: srjan.bbsr@gmail.com |
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A dancer as Chairperson
of the Indian Censor Board - Anita R Ratnam
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Words are sacred
- Anita R Ratnam |
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Dance of the season: A
different take Compiled by Lalitha Venkat |
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Not all music to the
ears Compiled by Lalitha Venkat |
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The dancer's elusive quest for amenities
- Sruthi Krishnan http://www.thehindu.com/arts/dance/article1023370.ece
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Murky Spaces - Anita Ratnam http://anita-ratnam.blogspot.com/2010/12/murky-spaces.html |
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A dancer's peek into performance spaces
- Mythili Prakash http://www.thehindu.com/arts/dance/article1016581.ece?homepage=true |
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ICCR scholarships and
listings - Ashwini Shankar |
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Don't shoot, I'm
dancing! - Dr.Susil Pani, Pondicherry e-mail: raghuclinic@yahoo.com
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Dance in Pakistan
- Dr. Sunil Kothari e-mail: sunilkothari1933@gmail.com
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Past Forward - Anita R Ratnam, Chennai
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Art writing and credits
- Leela Venkataraman, Delhi e-mail: leelakaveri@hotmail.com |
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A response to
Importance of arangetram Excerpted from the narthaki Discussion Forum featured in April, 2008 |
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Knowledgeable
reporters! - Rukmini Vijayakumar, Bangalore e-mail: raadhakalpa@gmail.com |
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Beware of touts with
tall claims - Ratikant Mohapatra & Rahul Acharya, Bhubaneswar |
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Culture vultures! A
sorry state of affairs - Padmaja Suresh, Bangalore e-mail: padmajasuresh@hotmail.com |
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Musician rejected from ICCR upgradation by panel |
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Season quotes Compiled by Lalitha Venkat |
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Chennai December
season: What they say - Compiled by Lalitha Venkat |
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Amplification is
killing live music - Bruno Kavanagh
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An anonymous letter to Rashtrapatiji |
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An experience that
never was! California's Kuchipudi Convention! - Ramaa Bharadvaj, California e-mail: info@ramaadance.org
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Ageism and Dance
(Excerpted from the narthaki Discussion Forum) |
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Earnest Clowns
…media and arts reporting - Anita Ratnam, Chennai e-mail: arangham@gmail.com
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Importance of
arangetram (Excerpted from the narthaki Discussion Forum) |
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Court injunction against the producers of the dance ballet JAYA JAYA DEVI |
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Boo Hoo Bruno!
... and the politics of whining
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Dance arangetrams
(Excerpted from the narthaki Discussion Forum) |
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Season quotes: January
2008 Compiled by Lalitha Venkat |
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How blessed is the
MAD-ras season for people in Madras? (Excerpted from the narthaki Discussion Forum) |
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Talents and promoters
(Excerpted from the narthaki Discussion Forum) |
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Expressions: The season
Compiled by Lalitha Venkat |
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Musings: Dance, human
gods and money! (Excerpted from the narthaki Discussion Forum) |
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An open letter to janab MS Sathyu Sa'ab |
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The Kalakshetra controversy |
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Season talk - Compiled by Lalitha Venkat |
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Highs and lows of
Chennai January season - Compiled by Lalitha Venkat |
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The Lotus Throne
- Anita Ratnam, Chennai e-mail: arangham@gmail.com |
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Highs and lows of
Chennai December season - Compiled by Lalitha Venkat |
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The Great Dance Robbery - arangetrams in
the diaspora
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ARUDHRA 2006, the 10th annual festival of
dance presented by Ponnambalam Academy of Dance &
Music Trust
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'Ekaantha Seetha...A lonely furrow,' produced by Cleveland Cultural Alliance and choreographed by The Dhananjayans |
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