Hi Friends,
Enjoy the fourth episode of Arattarangetram here. At the outset, apologies for the echo that you hear while viewing the video. We will definitely troubleshoot this in the next episode.
http://arattarangetram.wordpress.com/20 ... h-episode/
Special Guest: Sangeetha Shyam – Bharatanatyam and the Worldwide Web blogger
(Link to the blog: http://sangeethas.wordpress.com/)
Sangeetha Shyam
Introduction:
00:18 – New member of Arattarangetram, Raj’s introduction
00:42 – Subha introduces the Special Guest for the episode, Sangeetha Shyam
02:31 – Madhana’s question to Sangeetha about the Bharatanatyam and worldwide web blog
04:24 – Subha’s question to Sangeetha about her experience of maintaining the blog and her related web based activities. (http://onlinebharathanatyamacademy.wordpress.com/)
Madhana’s Segment
07:53 – Discussion about “Bala” 1976 by Satyajit Ray, where Bala demonstrating the padam “Unnai Thoodu Anupinen” in Ragam Saveri
followed by discussion about “musicality and dance”
18:24 – An excerpt from the Mohamana Varnam from the same documentary, where Bala is shown performing to the “Bhoga Tyagesa” and discussion about the line Bhoga Tyagesa.
followed by discussion about Balasaraswati.
Acknowledgement : The video shown was uploaded by another blogger Minai, who maintains the blog “Cinema Nritya Gharana“.
Link to the full documentary “Bala” 1976 by Satyajit Ray
Raghu’s Segment
31:12 – Raghu’s question to Sangeetha about her experience of learning under Padmashri. Chitra Visweswaran
followed by being a teacher from a student
42:14 – Video excerpt showing the Devadasis doing alarippu who were in the service of the Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III of Baroda in 1930.
Link to the full video: http://www.britishpathe.com/video/mahar ... /maharanee from timestamp 07:10
More info about the video from Minai’s blog:
http://cinemanrityagharana.blogspot.in/ ... -uday.html
http://cinemanrityagharana.blogspot.com ... olved.html
References:
Sundaram, B.M. Marabu Thantha Manikkangal (Tamil, Women Who Gave the Gift of Tradition). 2003
Chaturvedi, Darshana. “City Got Bhartanatyam [sic] as Dowry.“ The Times of India. 2009
Gaekwad, Fatesinghrao. Sayajirao of Baroda: The Prince and the Man. 1989. Accessed at Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III: Books and Archives.
1:00:19 – Subha’s question to Sangeetha about judging a performance
Subha and Raj’s Segment
1:02:55 - Devil’s advocate topic “Ideal/Best diet for a dancer and should dancers watch their weight”
Topics touched upon:
glycemic index
BMI
Rice
thrifty gene hypothesis
south indian diet
fitness – resistance exercises
ideal body type for dance
criticisms towards dancers being overweight
mental stress on dancers about watching weight
1:27:25 – Rapid Fire round to Sangeetha by Subha
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