I dreamed I was spinning the way I love: the Sufi-like turns that I’m now able to do for as long as I want. But in the dream I had the choice to give up control and be held while turning. I leaned back and no longer needed to work my feet to stay balanced. I just turned. It was relaxed and easy and “I” wasn’t doing it. That’s the way to turn, to dance.
Vedic Dance: Tuesdays 3-4 pm. Passion Dance Studio. Vedic Dance based on the Kathak classical dance tradition of North India. Basic footwork patterns, movements and turns are taught with a view to imparting the essence of this body culture and exquisite dance language. Kathak is the dance style that shares its history and evoltution with North Indian Hindustani music (known in the TM movement as Gandharvaveda) and is danced to raga-based melodies and compositions. There are at least three major Indian classical dances that have been referred to by Maharish and Nada Ram as Vedic dance. Bharata Natyam, … Continue Reading
I believe that the most sacred dance, the dance that could awaken someone’s whole Being to come alive, that dance would be perfect in its geometry, spontaneous in it’s rendering, unpredictable yet organic and flowing yet precise, free yet intelligent. I have been pondering what makes a dance “sacred” for years. I believe in learning a discipline, yet reaching a point where there is freedom to create something entirely new, a new combination or a new move, but I think it’s important that dance obey natural laws. Beauty of line should be there. Why? because geometry has a positive influence … Continue Reading
My first passion, that I recall, was for dressing up. I remember being “mad” for the Candy Fashion doll and for a long green silk skirt my aunt gave me that went in my “dressup trunk.” (I seem to remember her bringing me something from India as well, maybe a saree even.) When watching TV I’d go put on an outfit and do what the people in the show were doing. I couldn’t watch; I had to do. So I guess the impulse to move and the impulse to be in costume are tied together. And now, at 53, it … Continue Reading
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmGS4I0XNj4
check out this wonderful outfit, ambience and choreography in an airport. He’s older now and they choreography accordingly. It really works – the slow seductive moves and the tiny steps in the chorus. love it.
Tags: Bollywood dance, Classic Hindi movies, Hindi Film dance, Kathak dance, Madhuri Dixit, Rekha
New to bollywood? So was I a year ago and the thing that stands out from exploring this world is the amazing variety of styles and the high-energy enthusiasm and love that pour out of every song and dance. Bollywood dances of course, originated with the Hindi film musical and the early films seemed to draw mostly on the two main classical dance styles: Kathak, from the North and Bharata Natyam from the South. So for your introduction to bollywood here are a couple of links to youtube videos that feature more classic films with Kathak classical dancing.. The first … Continue Reading
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