Roopa Sundar | Bharatanatyam Lec-Dem | Danceathon 2021 | The Indian Dance Experience
An Indian word that's part of the international dictionary is 'guru'? Why? Because it is so connected to our culture and practice.
This Danceathon our theme is #GURULOVE. We will be having a range of sessions -performances, research works, talks and hot debates on who exactly can be called a dance Guru!
Is it self owned, titled, when do we confer the title?
Gurus now and gurus then...and many more interesting curations.
In this presentation we have Roopa Sundar, disciple of Dr. S. Divyasena, talking about her Love for Literature through the lens of her Guru.
About Dr. S. Divyasena
Dr. S. Divyasena, a versatile and accomplished A graded artist with a passion and flair for teaching founded the Divyanjali School of Dance in the year 1994. Her initiation into Kuchipudi happened at the Kuchipudi Arts Academy which was headed by none other than the legendary Guru Dr.Vempati Chinna Satyam and in Bharathanatyam from Sri J.Sooryanarayanamoorthy. Her advanced training in Kuchipudi is now under the able guidance of Sri. Jai Kishore Mosalikanti and Abhinaya was from Late Smt.Kalanidhi Narayanan. She was honoured with various titles, including Yuva Kala Bharathi, Natyacharya, Nrithya Kala Bharathi, etc. Divyasena guided Divyanjali in many dance tours across the globe such as Bangkok, Singapore, Europe, Australia, Srilanka, USA, etc. She completed her PhD in Bharatanatyam under the guidance of Dr. Ambika Kameshwar, in the year 2019. She holds a Master’s degree in Kuchupudi and Bachelors degree in Music. She had published the book Essence and essentials of dance and has presented several paper presentations, conducted lecture demonstrations on thalam and abinaya for students in India and abroad. She has to her credit about 60 Arangetram and her dance school Divyanjali had its silver jubilee celebrations in the year 2020. She is currently working as a lecturer in the Bharatanatyam Department of Silicon Andhra University, USA.
About the dancer:
Smt S. Roopa, disciple of Dr. S. Divyasena was initiated into dance at the tender age of 10. She holds a master’s degree in Bharatanatyam from Tamil Nadu Music and Fine Arts University, Chennai and M.Sc. in Electronic Media from CEG, Anna University. She has performed on a variety of stages and sabhas and have been part major group dance productions of Divyanjali. She has received YuvaShakthi ‘Youth Achievement Award’ for dance, Best performer award from Sri Parthasarathy Swamy sabha, Chennai for solo performance(2018), Divyaarpitha from Divyanjali and has participated in several Television shows. She has written articles for RASA and Prayathnam publications and has worked as the editor for Divyanjali’s publications. She had the honour of performing in Bangkok, Srilanka, Singapore, UK along with her Guru.
Credit list
Mentorship and Choreography
Dr. S.Divyasena
Director, Divyanjali
Editing
S. Roopa
C. Sneha
Bharatanatyam:
Bharatanatyam is one of the 8 classical dance forms of India. Originally from Tamil Nadu, it is now practiced throughout the world and is a popular genre in many Indian Dance Festivals. The Bharatanatyam dancer is accompanied with the Nattuvangam, Violin, Mridangam and the Flute along with the Vocal rendition during a Bharatanatyam performance. Originally performed mainly in temple dance, this Indian dance form has now spread across languages, genres, religion and boundaries. A regular Bharatanatyam repertoire consists of an Alarippu, Jathiswaram, Sabdam, Varnam, Padam and a Thillana. The Tanjore Quartet is supposed to have formulated the present day repertoire.
Bharatanatyam is an Important Dance Style and is performed in Indian dance festivals & Indian Cultural Events. Dance has always been an integral form of Indian Heritage, Culture & Tradition.
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