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Mohiniyattam is a lasya-dominant dance form. This means that it emphasizes feminine grace and beauty. Trisama: Trisama is the coordination of the three elements of dance: nritta (pure dance), nritya (expressive dance), and natya (drama). Mohiniyattam dancers must be able to coordinate all three elements of dance.
Kalamandalam Kallyanikutty Amma (1915 – 1999) was an epoch-making Mohiniyattam danseuse from Kerala in southern India. [1] A native of Thirunavaya in Malappuram district of the state, she was instrumental in resurrecting Mohiniyattam from a dismal, near-extinct state into a mainstream Indian classical dance, rendering it formal structure and ornamentation.
The word "Mohiniyattam" literally means "dance of the enchantress". [ 9 ] Bharati Shivaji was born in 1948 in the temple town of Kumbakonam , in Tanjavur district of the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu , [ 10 ] and had her early training in Bharatnatyam under Lalita Shastri [ 11 ] and Odissi under Kelucharan Mohapatra . [ 12 ]
Kerala Natanam (Kerala Dance) is a new style of dance that is now recognised as a distinct art form evolved from Kathakali, a form of Indian dance-drama.The Indian dancer Guru Gopinath a well-trained Kathakali artist and his wife Thankamani Gopinath who was the first student of Mohiniyattam in Kerala Kalamandalam developed a unique structure for teaching and performing classical dance forms of ...
In 1994, she started Lasya Academy of Mohiniyattam at Thrissur. In 2000, she started doing choreographies in Mohiniyattam. Her Ritu-Raga is a fusion of Bengali and Kerala forms, Rabindra Sangeeth with Kerala's Sopanam music. [3] In February 2009, she conducted a workshop for Bangladeshi dancers at Dhaka. [4]
Kanak Rele (11 June 1937 – 22 February 2023) [1] was an Indian dancer, choreographer, and academic best known as an exponent of Mohiniyattam.She was the founder-director of the Nalanda Dance Research Centre and the founder-principal of the Nalanda Nritya Kala Mahavidyalaya in Mumbai.
Indian classical dance, or Shastriya Nritya, is an umbrella term for different regionally-specific Indian classical dance traditions, rooted in predominantly Hindu musical theatre performance, [1] [2] [3] the theory and practice of which can be traced to the Sanskrit text Natya Shastra.
Kalamandalam Kshemavathy (born 1948) is a Mohiniyattam dancer from Thrissur, Kerala.She is an alumna of the Kerala Kalamandalam.She joined the institute when she was ten. After completion of the course, she undertook advanced training in Bharata Natyam under Muthuswamy Pillai and Chitra Visweswaran, and in Kuchipudi under Vempati Chinna Satyam, but chose to remain within the Mohiniyattam traditi