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The dance is performed in the stage as Nritham, Nrithyam and Natyam. Bharatanatyam is based on the theories
of the books 'Natyasaasthram' and 'Abhinaya Darpanam'. The dance form is based on 'Adavu' (steps) and 'Hasthamudra' (hand gestures). There are 64
basic 'Adavu' and they are divided into 9 parts, on which 'Thattadavu', 'Naatadavu', 'Kuthithumettadavu', 'Mandiadavu', 'Sarikkal' and 'Thattumettu'
are very important. Communication is done through 'bhavabhinaya' (facial expression) and 'hasthamudra' (hand gestures). The performance starts with
the prayers to God Ganapathi and worship of Nataraja Moorthi.
The sequence of the dance performance is 'Alarippu', 'Jathiswaram', 'Sabdam', 'Varnam', 'Padam' and 'Thillana'.
After 'Thillana', with a 'Mangala Slokam' the dance program ends. Normally the performance lasts for two to two and half hours.
The costume is paijama and jacket of Kanchipuram silk and Banaras silk. The dancer wears a lot of ornaments
of shining stones on neck, ears, hands, and head, jasmin garland in the
hair and foot trinklet with small bells.
The music of Bharatanatyam is based on Carnatic classical music. The instruments used are Veena, Flute, Mridangam
and Violin. The dance direction is done by 'Nattuvanar' giving the Thaalam
using hand symbols and singing 'Vaaythari'. There will be two singers also.
Some of the famous Bharatanatyam performers are Bala Saraswathi, Mrinalini Sarabhai, Rugmini Arundel, Kamala Laxman, Padma Subrahmaniam and Chithra Visweswaran. Panthanalloor Meenakshi Sundaram Pilla, Panthanalloor Chokkalingam Pilla, Padmasree Vazhoor Ramayyan Pilla and Adayar Laxman are some of the famous 'Nattuvar'.
It was known as "Daasiyattam" since performed by Devadasies in temples of Tamil Nadu long ago. The name 'Bharatanatyam' is derived from three basic concepts of Bhava, Raga and Thaala. The modern Bharatanatyam was
systematically regularized by well known 'Thanjavoor Brothers', Ponnayya,
Chinnayya, Sivanandam and Vativelu.
As listed below, we are building a database of Bharatanatyam artists. One webpage will be made free for each artist and linked in this page along with below list of artists. If you are a Bharatanatyam artist or if you wish to recommend any artist, you can send the following materials to our email ID  . Valid submissions will be scrutinized, edited and placed in the site within 3 weeks.
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Bharatanatyam Artists 1. Priya Murali 2. Sucharita Datta 3. Ganga Thampi 4. A. Janardhanan 5. Smt. Shaly Vijayan 6. Renjith Babu C. 7. The Dhananjayans 8. Parvathi Ravi Ghantasala 9. Fumika Kawaharada 10.J. Suryanarayana Murthy 11.Bobby Joseph 12.Rumya Shanker 13.Deepa Lakshmi 14.Lakshmi N. Pillai 15.Swarna 16.Radha Marar 17.Uma Palam Pulendran 18.Gayathri Subramaniam 19.Rashmi Joji John 20.N. Priyadarshini |
External Links 1. Rema Shrikant 2. Vasumathi Badrinathan 3. Shobana 4. Febina Mathew 5. K.Mohanan & Sunitha Mohanan 6. Medha Hari 7. Radha Dutta 8. Anupa Thakurta 9. Aline Civinelli 10.Rani 11.Gayatri Subramanian 12.Parvathy Raghunath 13.Anjali Nandan 14.Pranita Jain Musicians |
