Stamina for bharatanatyam dancers

Bhavapriyan · Post by **Bhavapriyan** » 09 Jan 2010, 06:14

What are some good ways of increasing stamina while doing bharatanatyam. also is there a specific way that one is to breathe while dancingÃƒÆ’Ã¢â‚¬Â°

thanks you!

mohan · Post by **mohan** » 09 Jan 2010, 06:36

See the previous thread http://rasikas.org/forums/viewtopic.php? ... ncers.html

Nick H · Post by **Nick H** » 09 Jan 2010, 15:47

It is a good idea to give up smoking.

(just kidding)

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VK RAMAN · Post by **VK RAMAN** » 09 Jan 2010, 22:41

be a black belt!

shaks · Post by **shaks** » 12 Jan 2010, 11:49

Practice, practice and practice. You must know how to relax and dance. Where to spend energy and where to save.

dancccin · Post by **dancccin** » 12 Jan 2010, 15:19

Like shaks says, you have to relax the muscles that are not necessary to perform a particular movement. How to learn it is easy: perform a particular passage 100 times non-stop until you drop half-dead on the floor. When you are tired, your body cannot afford to spend the energy unnecessarily on the needless muscles.

You have to learn how to breathe in deeply whenever your lungs expand. When the lungs are squeezed, you have to exhale.

And do bhastrikas or kapala bhatis.

That's all!

Bhavapriyan · Post by **Bhavapriyan** » 12 Jan 2010, 19:55

thank you all for such quick and easy responses, will try all of these methods and get back to you