Paadha Bhedhah: Vocabulary of Feet Movements in Dance

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Internationally acclaimed Bharatanatyam exponent Jayalakshmi Eshwar is a performer, choreographer teacher and an author. Her in depth and meticulous training with Late Smt. Rukmini Devi Arundale under the aegis of Kalakshetra, Chennai, has made her style innovative yet traditional. Jayalakshmi Eshwar and her dance troupe Abhinayaa have performed extensively in India and abroad, winning great laurels for their excellence. She has the creative genius to demoinstrate the nuances of the art form, while enhancing the understanding and appreciation of the audiences. Her diverse group choreographies have won her critical acclaim for productions like Nadopasana, Nritya Rupam, Tat Tvam Asi, Mystical Seven, Varuna the Savior of Water Antariksha Sanchar on ancient aeronautics, The awakening a fusion of classical dance and electronic arts, and the fairy tale snow white in Hindi for children. She is the Head of the Bharatanatyam Dept at Triveni Kala Sangam-a premier institution for fine arts in New Delhi. She has been a Senior Fellow for the Sangeet Natak Akademi, besides various awards from cultural organizations across the country and abroad. An empaneled Artiste of ICCR and A-top graded Artiste of Doordarshan Kendra, she is a resource expert for CCRT (Ministry of Culture) and associated with various universities of Fine Arts. She has also worked with the hearing impaired for several path breaking productions. Her internationally acclaimed contribution to Bharatanatyam were her two instructional books Bharatanatyam How to…published by BRPC a self-teaching manual for students on learning the nuances of Bharatanatyam dance form and Hastha Prayogaah on the vocabulary of Hand Gestures in Bharatanatyam. Both the books are complete with instructional audio and video DVDs. She has also designed and produced a unique educational Card Game for young children based on all the classical dance forms. She is the writer of the Bharatanatyam section in the NCERT, Govt. of India publication Arts Education-a resource book for teachers. She has released 25 episodes of an AV show Language of Dance for the CIET NCERT.Presently residing in New Delhi, India she continues to perform teach and create valuable content that takes classical dance to the new age.

Contents: 1. Paadha bhedhaah. 2. MaNdala bhedhaah. 2A. sThaanaka bhedhaah. 3. Uthplavana bhedhaah. 4. Bhramaree lakShaNam. 5. Chaari bhedhaah. 6. Gathi bhedhaah. Who is who. Bibliography.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Jayalakshmi Eshwar

Jayalakshmi Eshwar is the Founder-Director of Abhinayaa. She trained in the celebrated Kalakshetra of late Smt. Rukmini Devi Arundale in Chennai, where she imbibed the catholicity and flair of the Kalakshetra tradition. Today, she is a leading exponent of Bharatanatyam. Her style is modern and innovative within a classical framework. An excellent performer, teacher and choreographer, she has performed at various national and international festivals, and to audiences in India, Scandinavia, Europe, CIS Countries, Gulf nations, Latin America, Canada, USA, China, Indonesia, North Korea, Singapore and Malaysia. Her thematic group productions Tat Tvam Asi, Bharatam, Vyamanika Shastra, Nrityarupam, Nadopasana, Snow White and Seven Dwarfs, Bhaktamara Stothra on Jainism, and others have won her great acclaim. She heads the Bharatanatyam Department of Triveni Kala Sangam, a premier institution for the fine arts in New Delhi. She is involved in dance instruction with Suniye, an organization that helps hearing impaired children. She has developed a TV documentary for rural children, produced by CIET and supported by the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT). She also works with the Center for Cultural Resources and Training (CCRT), Bal Bhavan and the India International Rural Cultural Centre. She has been a visiting faculty in 25 schools in Scotland under the invitation of the Asian Artists Association and the Strathclyde Educational Council. Her interest in other dance forms has led her to learn and perform Odissi under Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra, Mayadar Raut and Ramani Ranjan Jena. She has also enacted the role of a Tanjore Dancer in the National Award Winning Kannada Film Hamsa Geethe of G.V. Iyer. Cultural organizations have conferred titles such as Natya Kala Selvi, Natya Kala Nayaki and Natya Ilavarasi on Jayalakshmi. She was given the Lion's Club of Delhi Teachers Excellence Award 2001.