Posted by Ambika Sridhar (220.245.178.131) on July 05, 2005 at 18:19:12:

 In Reply to: taking up nattuvangam posted by Umesh on June 22, 2005 at 03:06:10:

 As my other friends have suggested, Nattuvangam is to learn when you are still under dance training from your guru. A basic but strong understanding of Tala structure however is essential.Recitation of Jathis comes with speech clarity, no matter what style you belong to.

Though I started learning Nattuvangam on my own by giving practice to my friends in Baroda Music college. AFter graduation I had a systematic training in Nattuvangam from Prof C V chandrasekher.

If you are in NJ Dr Francis Barboza a BN dancer and research scholar is your nearest contact person. he is good in training. His address should be on website.

good luck.

Ambika Sridhar