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Jayadeva,
the composer of the Ashtapathi, conducted dance performances of his wife
Padmavathi in the Jaganatha Temple in Puri. He sang the Ashtapathi
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Narayana
Thirtha, the composer of Krishna Leela Tarangini taught music
and dance pertaining to Tarangams to the Bhagavathas of the village
Varahoor in Tanjore district. |
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Syama
Sastri, the well known composer taught abhinaya of his Swarajati
Kamakshi Anudinamu in Bhairavi raga, to a Brahmin girl and conducted
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The
saint composer Thyagaraja once visited Veena Kuppayyar's house and was
delighted to see girls dancing. He has immortalised his experience
in the charanam of the kriti Venugana Loluni in Kedaragowla raga
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Swayamprava
Mishra nicknamed Loma got an entry in the prestigious Limca Book of Records
in 1997 as the youngest Odissi dancer of India. She was just four years
old and had by then performed the traditional Odissi repertoire from Jayadeva's
'Geetagovinda'.
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On
March 8,1995, Jhelum Paranjpe of Smitalay created history when she presented
an all-women Odissi dance performance in which, starting from accompanists
to stage decorators, it was an all women show.
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Patra
jati is a short passage of jati associated with a particular character
and recited whenever the character enters the stage.
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Antyajati
is a jati associated with the conclusion of a dance drama.
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Mukhajati
is a jati used during the commencement of a scene.
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Makuta
jati is a jati recited at the end of each section of a composition.
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Poet
Vallathol Narayana Menon founded the Kerala Kalamandalam in 1932.
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MELAPPADAM,
a classic on Kathakali was authored by Kalamandalam Krishnankutty
Poduval.
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CHOLLIYATTAM
is the terminology associated with the system of classroom training in
Kathakali.
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Vadivelu
of the Tanjore quartette introduced the concept of Mohiniattam dancing.
Kathakali was the dance form prevalent in Kerala till then and was confined
to male dancers. Vadivelu added some Bharathanatyam techniques to Kathakali
and added some grace to it and named it Mohiniattam and this paved way
for women dancers in Kerala.
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