songs for dance

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krishna
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songs for dance

Post by krishna »

Hello,

I am looking for a collection of songs suitable for Bharatnatyam for the themes of Dasavatharam and the Ramayana.My students range from absolute beginners to students who have completed their arangetram.

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

mohan
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Re: songs for dance

Post by mohan »

For dasavataram there is:
Swati Tirunal's 'kamalajasya'
Jayadeva's ashtapathi 'pralaya payodhipathe'

For Ramayana, there is:
Swati Tirunal's 'bhavayami raghuramam'
Papanasam Sivan's 'kosalai pudalvanai'
Neela Ramamurthy's 'maasil ayodhiyil'

ksrimech
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Re: songs for dance

Post by ksrimech »

arunAchalakavi's yenakkun iru padam (SrIrAmAyaNa rAgamAlika tuned by SrI ARI)
kulaSekharAzhvAr's SrIrAmAyaNa padigam in thillainagar thirucchitirakUTam a.k.a. chidambaram natarAjar/gOvindarAja perumAL kOvil (There is a commericial recording available of SrI KVN)
periyavAcchAn piLLai's compilation of nAlAyira divyaprabhanda pAsurappaDi SrIrAmAyaNam

madhan
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Re: songs for dance

Post by madhan »

I can suggest a few old tamil cinema songs..

parkadal alai mele is a small song describing the ten avatars of lord vishnu.. quite a famous one, popularized by Smt.MLV.. http://www.mediafire.com/?ycxywd2fude - song in Smt.MLV's voice..

Another one is the famous thirumal perumai song from the old tamil movie thirumal perumai..http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAfy01hifNY

For ramayanam you could try "Jagam Pugazhum" from the movie Lava kusa.. the song starts from 0:19 till end in this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6n2Nn0xUgE

I can think of ample songs for ramayanam..! I THINK Annamaiya's ithade athadu kriti also describes some episodes from ramayanam.

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