The Man Bharathanatyam Dancer

[Bjankumar]

Hi Rasikas ,

Im doing a small research project on male dancers, how they emerged, the stigma they face, they're opportunitites as solo artists, Male dancers in America/Canada how western socitey influences them and such...

If ayone finds any interesting Articles, information, history, topics regarding MAN BHATHARANATYAM. feel free to post it here it would greatly be appreciated.
- clips
- photos
- research.
(all with authorization to use info). pics/videos/research/essay/PDF etc.
Thank you soo much Rasikas

[madhan]

http://www.chennaistream.com/nkc2009/in ... hananjayan

Hope u find this useful Bhavajan!

[ksl]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYfFPISbsh8
heres a doc from the top of my head...its in 3 parts

[madhan]

And this one as well..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYfFPISbsh8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MR6WoIrAiA8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUObzuELvy8

[rshankar]

Bhavajan, you should contact Parimal Phadke, an established dancer from Pune who has worked in this area, and has published a few articles on this subject. You can contact him through the forum - his ID is parimalphadke.

[ganeshpv]

http://www.narthaki.com/info/tdhc/tdhc12.html - Muthukumaran Pillai was an acclaimed dancer himself. Sivanandam of Tanjore Quartet was said to be a dancer himself as well.

[Bjankumar]

Thank you everyone! i found some reallly interesting links online!

heres a really good article i found on male dancers
http://www.go-nxg.com/?p=6484

thanks again everyone

[Ramanan2704]

I have been a male bharathanatyam dancer all my life.
The North American work culture still does not accept being a male dancer as something masculine. There is stigma attached to it.
If you are a male dancer here, you will find it very difficult to have a career working in a large firm and still be accepted as a normal male.
You will be forced to hide your dancing career as something very private.
You may be teased a lot in high school as it is not part of the macho image.
In spite of these difficulties, I am pleased to see more and more male dancers emerge in North America.
It may take quite a while for the North American culture to change and be more accepting of a male dancer as they accept a male painter, male singer or a male drummer.
More public performances may help.
I also feel the male dancer has to be very careful to portray a masculine image on stage and also as he carries about life in general. Any hint of femininity will be misconstrued.
For example, wearing make up, lipstick, painting the eyes are all difficult subjects.
I feel the display of the male torso is aesthetically pleasing and adds to the performance. When a male and female dance together, the male dancer certainly adds to the strength of the event.
I see that some leading female dance exponents disagree with the concept of a shirtless male.
I will be interested in others' comments.
Ram

[ksl]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09yUIjlN ... re=related

[smala]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9JeXIgN ... re=related

plus

several videos on Prof. Chandrasekhar (dance) on you tube.
Here's a start :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TF9l0JTV ... re=related

This one runs into a series, here's the first :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gymi6FbH ... re=related

You'll find several male performances of the Shiva tandavam on you tube as well as this one, the Krishna Tandavam (kAliya nardhanam), the song made famous by the popular Aruna Sairam.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KZRAbcp ... re=related

Enjoy!