Welcome to our open Dance Library! Here we are with our collection of books. It strives to bring most interesting selection and informative content to book lovers and serve our dance community in our little way. Well you have to visit our centre to find out more! LIST OF BOOKS: AUTOBIOGRAPHIES: 1. MY LIFE-…
Continue reading...Principal dancer Vishwakiran Nambi talks about body conditioning for dancers. Fitness is one of the most important area of concern for a performer irrelevant of the age. Dance is arguably the most demanding art form and is as physical as any sport. Hence, it is vital for a dancer to understand the areas in fitness…
Continue reading...FAT by Vishwa Kiran Fat or Lipid is an essential aspect of diet. Diet must contain fat for survival and robust vitality. In this short write-up, we shall see how easy it is to store fat and how difficult to get rid of; how one is gulled into doing the wrong exercises and end up…
Continue reading...Featuring exclusive shots of the Abu Jani and Sandeep Khosla’s collection. Celebrating 25yrs of their fashion, the ace designers are all set to launch the best of their collection in a coffee table book later this year. Mayuri Upadhya was one of the chosen personalities to be dressed in their creation which was shot in…
Continue reading...How do you know if your hip is weak? Our in-house physiotherapist Masoom suggests three simple, do-it-yourself tests to determine if your hip needs help. NUMBER 1: Do a one-legged squat. RESULT: If your knee collapses inward, your hips are probably weak. NUMBER 2: Stand with your right food on a step/foot stool…
Continue reading...Artistic Director Mayuri Upadhya, shares her thoughts on lighting and its role in enhancing any artistic production with the bi-monthly performing arts magazine Aalap. Read on… How important is lighting to a dance production? Quite simply, the source/intensity/definition can transform the ordinary into the extraordinary. Personally, I think you only realize the finer nuances of…
Continue reading...Here is all you needed to know about the Hip Joint. The hip joint is one of the most important joints in the human body. It allows us to walk, run, and jump. It bears our body’s weight and the force of the strong muscles of the hip and leg. Yet the hip joint is…
Continue reading...Santosh Nair, Artistic Director of Delhi based Sadhya shares words of wisdom on the art of Choreography. • Choreography is similar to painting-the floor is your canvas & your dance vocabulary the brush with which you create. • When I create a piece, I explore all possibilities of body being used as a language to…
Continue reading...Nritarutya is captured in the city scape of Bengaluru/Bangalore in the context of art and cultural impressions of the city. In words of Author/Photographer, Mahesh Bhat ‘This book is collection of projections from my conscious and unconscious mind. Through my photographs, I have explored how the city has changed in the last 25 years. This is…
Continue reading...Excerpts from the book “RUKMIN DEVI”-a life by Leela Samson “If we revive the art forms we merely revive a dead body. If we revive the spirit, we not only revive the form, but also become the source of new art forms, which will be as beautiful as any that man has created….
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