Our new mega production “Shakuntala” – a la Broadway take on the epic love story by Kalidasa – was staged at The Taj Mahal Palace Hotel. As excited and thrilled as we were, we had challenges aplenty.And all good wishes go to Abu Jani – Sandeep Khosla for making it happen. The first and the…
Continue reading...A techie, self confessed art lover and one of our students Narita describes her experience at our dance class. Read on – “Nritarutya follows the traditional way of teaching. The initial training focuses on building up the body to dance which includes stamina building, developing control, balancing, body conditioning, flexibility, alignment aspects. The training period…
Continue reading...Berlin based Annekaterin Trautmann conducted a workshop for Nritarutya’s core dance team. The work shop aimed at bringing holistic somatic awareness thereby helping the dancers gain more freedom of movement. Body alignment, weight distribution and activating deep-seated muscles were emphasized upon. And after all the heavy duty work, the dancers emerged more relaxed, more conscious…
Continue reading...It was that time of the year for my get away to teach dance outside Bangalore. My destination was to the classical dancers of Pariniti Kalakendra in Sagara. Sri Gopal Sagar (Director) and Sri Chinmayi (Dance critic) has been in conversation with me for a year and the dates finally materialized during our Republic day….
Continue reading...Unveiling the fourth edition of our in-house production “Prayog”. Now synonymous with experimental, innovative and bold choreographies, this year’s Prayog includes choreographies by Mayuri Upadhya, Madhuri Upadhya and Sathya B.G. The premiere has been tentatively scheduled on August 23, 2013 at Bangalore. So while we work on the deadlines, here’s a sneak peak on the…
Continue reading...“STRENGTHEN YOUR ANKLE” by Masoom Parmar This is a general conditioning program. Before you start: i. Warm up – Warm up with 5 to 10 minute of low impact exercises like walking or riding a stationary cycle before starting the exercises. ii. Do not feel pain – Should you feel pain, at any point while…
Continue reading...Practicing Bharatanatyam Dancer/Physiotherapist Masoom Parmar brings to you 2nd set of the Information series on health, anatomy, strengthening meant for dancers. Read on: The ankle joint is made up of three bones: the lower end of the tibia (shinbone), the fibula (the small bone of the lower leg) and the talus, the bone that fits…
Continue reading...I’ve always had the travel bug in me. Never had the guts to take a break for few years..How do these youngsters do it? and go around the world. Hence, had to consciously take time out from dancing to freak out. This time Jodhpur was on cards and Madhuri decided to join in the experience….
Continue reading...Nritarutya’s principal dancer, Vishwakiran, conducted 20 hours of Indian contemporary dance session at Christ University. Here’s what the students have to say about it…. 1. Given the name of the institution the dance instructor was from, my expectations from these 20 hours of Contemporary Dance Training was quite high and it more than lived up…
Continue reading...Organized with the vision of helping promising talents to grow as an artiste and a human being, Nritarutya dance trust brings forth the 2013 edition of its annual dance festival “Adhyaya – Dance Chapters”. And it is not just another dance festival. Adhyaya offers stage to budding artistes for presenting innovative, quirky, modern and yet…
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