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Day 3 : Mūlam 2021

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September 4, 2021

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Mūlam , the roots is an annual festival on the calendar of Shambhavi School of Dance. Curated by Guru Smt. Vyjayanthi Kashi, this festival is dedicated to Guru-Shishya Parampara, a system unique to India.

Mūlam 2021 is a three day online festival happening on 24th, 25th and 26th July 2021 from 6:30PM IST onwards. Schedule for today is as follows:
Performances & Talks:
Amrita Lahari
Arunima Kumar
Atmananda
Avijit Das
Ayana Mukherjee
Bhavana Reddy
Dharani Kashyap
Gururaju N
Himansee Katragadda
Lasya Mavillapalli
Dr. Lalita Sinduri
Prateeksha Kashi
Payal Ramchandani
Pranamya Suri
Dr.Patnam Sivaprasad &
Sree Sravya Tumuluri
Dr. Samata Gautham
Sannidha Rajasagi
Sivaranjani Naidu
Sreelakshmy Govardhanan
Shobha Anand
T Reddi Lakshmi
Vedya Spurthi Konda
Dr. Yamini Sarapalli & Kasi Aysola
Yael Tal

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Day 2 : Mūlam 2021

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September 4, 2021

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Mūlam , the roots is an annual festival on the calendar of Shambhavi School of Dance. Curated by Guru Smt. Vyjayanthi Kashi, this festival is dedicated to Guru-Shishya Parampara, a system unique to India.

Mūlam 2021 is a three day online festival happening on 24th, 25th and 26th July 2021 from 6:30PM IST onwards. Schedule for today is as follows:
Performances & Talks:
Smt. Ratna Papa
Smt. Smita Shastri
Smt. Vijaya Prasad
Dr. Anuradha Jonnalagadda
Dr. Alekhya Punjala
Dr. Uma V Kallakuri
Dr. Sudha Kalavagunta
Dr. Maddali Usha Gayatri
Dr. P Rama Devi
Dr. Madhuri Mazumdar
Dr. Sailaja Desai
Dr. Veena Murthy Vijay
Smt. Swathi Somnath
Smt. Shantha Ratii
Smt. Vempati Balatripurasundari
Smt. Geetha Padmakumar
Ms. Vera Krishnaraj
Sri. KV Satyanarayana
Sri. Venkata Ramana
Sri. Vedantam Venkata Chalapathi
Dr. Vasanth Kiran

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Events, Knowledge

Dance Life Experiences & Gurus

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September 4, 2021

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Legendary Guru Smt. Vyjayanthi Kashi Ji from Bangalore is an exponent in Kuchipudi dance. She is a performer, Guru, Choreographer, Art Director, Speaker, Writer and what not.

As a Guru, she conducted thought-provoking workshops and lecture demonstrations and presented Papers in India, Germany, UK, Austria, Italy, Africa, Singapore, Egypt, Tunisia, Korea, Spain, Switzerland, Israel, USA, South Africa Botswana, Canada and China. She has trained several students around the globe As a Choreographer: Vyjayanthi Kashi possesses an open-mindedness for both the old and new. Her fluid choreography and repertoire of solo and group performances reflect both her Indian heritage and cross-cultural experimentations. She has choreographed mythological, historical, Sanskrit and contemporary Ballets.

Over the years, Vyjayanthi Kashi has developed a wide variety of dance productions based on themes ranging from Mythology, History, Nationalism, Social, Fables, Colors, folklore and more
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NENAPINOKULI – 10th May 2017

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May 9, 2017

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A special evening and probably for the first time after the formation of the Sangeetha Nritya Academy in Karnataka, all the ex- chairpersons of the Academy are performing on the same Diaz as part of Ravindra Kalakshetra 50, NENAPINOKULI, organized by the Department of Culture, the Academies and the cultural committee of NENAPINOKULI. Do join us…! Anubhava Mantapa was an academy of mystics, saints and philosophers of the ‘Lingayata’ faith in the 12th century. It was the fountainhead of all religious and philosophical thought pertaining to the Human Values, Ethics. It was presided over by the mystic Allama Prabhu and numerous Sharanas from all over Karnataka and other parts of India were participants.

The Sharanas belong to the lower strata of the society basically called the Sudras and the Dalits in the Varna System of Hinduism. Sudras and Dalits where provided equal opportunities by the social reformer Basaveshwara and m≤ade them to depend on their own work, think rational and contribute back to society through Dashoha. This institution was also the fountainhead of the Vachana literature which was used as the vector to propagate Sharana’s views and philosophical thought. Other Sharana’s and Sharanes theosophy like Akka Mahadevi, Channabasavanna were participants in the Anubhava Mantapa.It was a unique socio spiritual revolution to establish an egalitarian society.

The Anubhava Mantapa worked to build a Vibrant casteless, creedless Society with full of Human Values propagated through Vachanas The movement initiated by Basava through Anubhava Mantapa became the basis of a sect of Human values. It gave rise to a system of ethics and education at once simple and exalted. It sought to inspire ideals of social and religious freedom, such as no previous faith of Earth had done. In the medieval age which was characterized by inter-communal jealousy, it helped to shed a ray of light and faith on the homes and hearts of people. But the spirit soon disappeared after the intermarriage that Basava facilitated came to an abrupt end when the couple were punished for the same by the King. The dream of the classless society was shaken and Basava soon realised the meek picture and left for Kudala Sangama and a year later died.

The movement gave a literature of considerable value in the vernacular language of the country, the literature which attained the dignity of a classical tongue. Its aim was the elimination of the barriers of caste and to remove untouchability, raising the untouchable to the equal of the high born. The sanctity of family relations and the improvement in the status of womanhood were striven for while at the same time the importance of rites and rituals, of fasts and pilgrimages was reduced. It encouraged learning and contemplation of God by means of love and faith.

The excesses of polytheism were deplored and the idea of monotheism was encouraged. The movement tended, in many ways, to raise the nation generally to a higher level of capacity both in thought and action. However, the sect failed to bring about a completely classless society.
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I still remember reading the lines that stated “real dance begins when the body dies…”. As a young dancer, I kept wondering, what could did that mean and since there was so much stress on angikabhinaya, I really could not connect with those lines. Then it was always about fast movements, high jumps, stretches, perfectly tailored costumes, makeup, a big stage, many lights… But today I connect with those lines and feel it so very true. When your heart sings, it expresses any thing and everything . No wonder the devadasis captured the hearts of the rasikas, in a simple saree, no striking poses and no par lights… How I wish we could get back to that simplicity, yet a full filling experience.
Real Dance Begins When The Body Dies