Theos-Talk Archives (August 2011 Message tt00035)

mkr, 
Back in the 1990's I was a camera man shooting Ragamala Dance Performances which are most amazing to see. The performers are trained for many years from childhood. The finished product is a performer that can create dual contenance of male on one side and female on the other side and maintain it in complex intricate canon of motion , movements, expressions, eye movements, hand, foot , finger movements and many different ragapada rythm and cadence changes seamlessly all of which communicate by the symbolized movements the historical story told in the dance that is performed by the Dancer. The Japanese and Koreans also have their own version like the Japanese Kabuki Dances that are theatrical story's performed according to a codified canon that rigidly controls movements, facial, hand , body and foot movements. 
The young women that I have been favored to see were most excellent talent and precious to see, it is a most difficult extremely demanding art. 

John 
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From: "MKR" <mkr777@mdpWFHIwZWQBhhn4F4Cw4y0J-TwJ6h7skJI6LI8OtL1YInl7yRtzUgKKKXcXL2GZkWo4VAFl70Sqkw.yahoo.invalid> 
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Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2011 7:31:34 AM 
Subject: Re: theos-talk Dance Revival in India by Rukmini Arundale - 75th Anniversary 






Basically it is part of the Bharata Natya and I believe it may have been 
improvised over time. Here is a website with some info: 

< http://www.ragamala.net/the_company/about > 

mkr 

On Sun, Aug 21, 2011 at 8:40 AM, John E. Mead < jemead@BK2AQC2jhCgJNcVSI9y5sZEp5aRqNHgqsV5asENTMfJ5fApy7Q7cRhUX0JZpH2AHWtrwQPt6z9G5hedfDxyI.yahoo.invalid > wrote: 

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> On 8/21/2011 8:50 AM, MKR wrote: 
> > Rukmini Devi Arundale started the revival of the Indian Dance - Bharatha 
> > Natya when she performed at the Theosophical Convention at Adyar in 1936. 
> > She established Kalakshetra Academy which is now a University and it is 
> > celebrating 75th anniversary of the revival. To give you an idea of how 
> > popular the dance is in the USA, all the major cities in the USA has 
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> > schools and most first generation immigrants from India, invariably send 
> > their daughters to be trained in it. You can read about the celebration 
> > scheduled in Mumbai. 
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> > < http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/watch-learn-like/446453/ > 
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