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Vilasini Natyam – Dance of the Devadasis

Upendra SwamiOctober 25, 2018 4435 Views2

Purvadhanashree performing Vilasini Natyam (all images) Devadasis has been a long debated issue- as a temple ritual as well as a dance form, although it has been into existence for centuries and perhaps older than many other classical dance forms. As a social ritual it was discredited a long ago and even many laws were brought to abolish the system. Even the dance form went into oblivion, until it was researched and revived in last few decades. Vilasini Natyam is said to be the dance of Telugu Devadasis. It was traditionally performed in temples as a ritual, in courts for the royalties and in the chambers for intellectuals for their aesthetic experience. It was also performed for the general public at dance theatres for their infotainment, to educate them, to ent...

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Celebrating Dance – A photo essay

Upendra SwamiApril 29, 2015 1545 Views7

Its World Dance Day today. And on this special day I am presenting a photo essay of a very special performance. I have written a little bit about it before. I am sharing these photographs for the first time. It was a truly scintillating performance by Dr. Yashoda Rao Thakore a well known Kuchipudi dancer. But this is a rare public performance of Devadasi dance hitherto a dance by courtesans either in temples or in royal courts. For the first time, Devadasi dance has been presented and recognised as an individual classical Indian dance form. Here in this performance the dancer is actually sitting in the whole dance and narrating the story by just her facial and body expressions. That's also a rarity for an Indian classical dance. The way Yashoda Rao Thakore puts it is really mesmerising....

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टॉप टेन में घूमर

Upendra SwamiAugust 13, 2013 1413 Views0

राजस्थान के पारंपरिक व सर्वाधिक लोकप्रिय नृत्य घूमर को विश्व के सर्वोत्कृष्ट 10 स्थानों में से चौथा स्थान मिला है। एक इंटरनेशनल ऑनलाइन ट्रैवल पोर्टल ने दुनिया के सभी नृत्यों को विभिन्न मानदंडों पर परखते हुए ‘‘घूमर‘‘ को चौथा स्थान दिया है। इस कड़ी में यह भारत का एकमात्र नृत्य है। पहले स्थान पर हवाई, दूसरे स्थान पर जापान का बोन ओडोरी और तीसरे स्थान पर आयरलैंड का नृत्य रहा है। ‘‘घूमर‘‘ राजस्थान की पारंपरिक नृत्यशैली है जिसमें विभिन्न मांगलिक व खुशी के अवसरों पर महिलाएं श्रृंगारिक नृत्य करती है। मुगलकालीन युग में औरतें पुरुषों से पर्दा करती थीं, लिहाजा यह नृत्य मुंह ढककर होता था। अब तब कमोबेश उसी तरह नृत्य करने की परंपरा चली आ रही है। राजमहलों, सामंतों, राजपूतों के घरों में विशेष रूप से किया जाने वाला यह नृत्य राजपूतों की महिलाओं की अन्य सूबों में शादियों के साथ अनेक स्थानों पर विभिन्न र...

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