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The dance movements are supposed to be performed with a larger amplitude on a wide scale of tempos, making it physically the most demanding style of Bharatanatyam. The application of loka dharmi and natya dharmi is different from other Bharatanatyam styles. The Melattur style dancers wear a special protective cotton belt around their waist.
The costume of a male Bharatanatyam dancer is usually either a sari or a white cotton cloth draped around the legs and bottom half of the body like a dhoti. During performances, the upper body of the male dancer remains bare. Male dancers typically do not wear stitched costumes.
A traditional Bharatanatyam dance performance follows a seven to eight-part order of presentation called margams. [37] The dancers are usually dressed in colorful silk saris with golden or silver zari embroidery on the borders, draped in a specific way and adorned with various jewelry. [32]
Meenakshi Chitharanjan, an Indian classical dancer, teacher and choreographer, is known as an exponent of the Pandanallur style of the classical dance form of Bharatanatyam. [1] She is the founder of Kaladiksha , an institution promoting Bharatanatyam and striving to preserve the Pandanallur tradition .
Vazhuvoor (or Vizhuvur) is one of the original styles of Bharatanatyam, a major form of Indian classical dance. The main distinctive features include: rich sringar [definition needed] elements; wide range of dancing pace; softer facial abhinaya; extremely elaborate movements; deep sitting positions; variety of positions on the floor
Dancers performing karakattam. Karakattam (karakam-'water pot'), or Karagam Puja in the Caribbean, is an ancient folk dance of Tamil Nadu performed in praise of the rain goddess Mariamman. The ancient Tamil epic says that this type of dance derived from Bharatham and a mixture of multiple forms of Tamil dance forms like Bharatanatyam postures ...
Muthuswamy Pillai is a dance teacher [2] who has choreographed dances for films since 1938. P. A. Periyanayaki approached Muthuswami Pillai when he was choreographing a dance for B. S. Saroja in the film Inbavalli at Salem Ratna Studios. She requested him to train her niece Sayee and her cousin Subbulakshmi in dancing. Muthuswami Pillai accepted.
Sridevi Nrithyalaya is a dance school based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. The school was founded in 1987 and operates as a trust. The school was founded in 1987 and operates as a trust. The main aim of the institution is to support and promote the southern Indian classical dance form Bharathanatayam .