Rama vaidyanathan biography
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Rama Vaidyanathan
Rama Vaidyanathan took Bharatanatyam to a new era of conscious thinking. Her ability to use her Bharatanatyam compositions to observe the universum set her apart in the realm of classical dance. She found her own meaning in Bharatanatyam and used the same to showcase her outlook on the mystical that permeates through each of us. Her bond with the spiritual, combined with a knack for instinctually gravitating towards the sammanfattning, has made her one of the most formidable creators in Bharatanatyam.
Style and Appeal
Her basics were forged under the tutelage of Guru Yamini Krishnamurthy and Guru Saroja Vaidyanathan. With her foundation firm, she decided to break free from the shackles of conventions and define her own Art. Her dance is her interpretation of the known and unknown, and into this infinite space, she leaped headfirst.
She would derive unconventional pieces, pick phrases from different languages and texts, seek meaning in places that people tended t
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Rama Vaidyanathan: Fine Balance
IN THE MID-1970S, Yamini Krishnamurthy had decided to start teaching dance at her South Delhi home in Chanakyapuri. The youngest in the class, a bright-eyed seven-year-old would invariably push ahead of the front row, within inches of the legendary Bharatanatyam dancer.
“Back, move back, kid! You are almost into my neck!” But the exasperated guru’s reprimand seemed to bounce off the child’s unabashed enthusiasm. A few minutes of retreat and she would be right back.
The youngster’s ache to be at the top of her class was understandable. In the days when the capital city was still an unwieldy urban sprawl with a pathetic public transport system, Chanakyapuri was a painful haul from her West Delhi home in Mayapuri—two buses and an auto switch after a quick change from the Loretto School uniform into a salwar kameez. And she was to do this trudge thrice a week, till she turned 18.
By 10, the young girl was ready for her arangetram, the full margam • Five Minutes With... The Dance Centre is partnering with Vancouver’s Mandala Arts and Culture to present Sannidhanam – a new work choreographed by world-renowned Indian bharata natyam artist Rama Vaidyanathan, commissioned by Mandala and streaming on demand November 8 -15. We sat down (virtually) with Rama and Mandala’s Jai Govinda to find out more. What prompted you to organize this digital presentation? Jai Govinda: As part of its annual presentation of artists from India, Mandala had invited Rama and her daughter Dakshina to perform in Vancouver. Then COVID came and we had to cancel the event. The following year when I again invited Rama and Dakshina for a virtual performance, Dakshina was expecting. This is when Rama proposed a group piece, to which I immediately agreed. Why did Mandala commission Rama Vaidyanathan? JG: As she heard that Mandala was getting the support of The Dance Centre for this presentation, Rama wanted to create something new and secul