April 4 2016, 10.03 AM IST || Pocket News Alert
Kalasindhu Academy of Dance and Related Arts, situated in Banashankari 3rd stage Bangalore is hosting a masterclass with Guru Smt Nandini Ramani,.The masterclass in Bharatanatyam will focus on traditional repertoire pieces from the legendary tradition of T.Balasaraswathi.
Venue- Kalasindhu Academy of Dance and Related Arts #12, 1st East Main Road, ITI layout, Banashankari – 3rd Stage, Next to Shivaranjani Apartments, Bangalore
Date- 18th April through the 22nd 2016
Time- 10am through the 1pm
Guru Smt Nandini Ramani
Bharatanatyam exponent Smt. Nandini Ramani is a multifaceted Artist – a Performer, Teacher, Scholar, Critic, Actor-Director of Sanskrit plays, and Arts administrator. Nandini was trained in Bharatanatyam by Sangita Kalanidhi T. Balasaraswati and her close associate, Master-Conductor Sri K. Ganesan from 1955 to 1982 in an unbroken chain of activity. Nandini’s performing career in the last five decades includes performances for major cultural organizations in major cities of India, at American Universities like the Wesleyan, Florida, Indiana and Texas, at major cities in The Netherlands, France, UK and Canada, at Departments of Dance, Religion, South Asian Studies, and Centers for World Culture. Smt. Nandini is respected as a true torchbearer of the Balasaraswati tradition steeped in pristine values evolved from the true Guru-Sishya methodology based on uncompromising approach.Smt. Nandini is well trained in Carnatic vocal music, Prof. B. Krishnamurti for almost five decades. She has specialized in the compositions of Sri Muthuswami Dikshitar, and Padams and Javalis from Smt. T. Balasaraswati which she continued to practise with Smt. T. Mukta. With her deep knowledge, analytical approach and flair for writing,
Nandini has established herself as a well known writer and senior dance critic. She served ‘The Hindu’ for 15 years as Resident Correspondent for Dance. She is one of the Senior Associates of the well-known ‘Sruti’ magazine. She has contributed articles to several journals and worked as content writer for the online website,”Sahapedia” of the Tata group. She has authored three books, of which two are on Dance, Dancers and Musicians and her own Natya Sampradaya, while the recent one is a Biography on her father, penned for the Sahitya Akademi, the National Akademi of Letters under its Makers of Indian Literature Series.
Smt. Nandini Ramani is a former Secretary of The Music Academy and a former Board Member of the Executive Board of the Sangeet Natak Akademi. Smt. Nandini has received awards from cultural organizations like Bharat Kalachar, Kartik Fine Arts, Shree Bharatalaya, the Madras Telugu Academy, Sri Ragam Fine Arts, Suswara ,Pollachi Tamizh Sangam, Chennai Fine Arts, and Lalita Kala Vedika for her service to the art of Bharatanatyam. The Indian Fine Arts Society bestowed on Nandini the title of Natya Kalasikhamani in 2012, which was followed by the Central Sangeet Natak Akademi Award bestowed on her by the President of India. Sri Krishna Gana Sabha awarded the title of Natya Kala Visaaradaa in 2014 and Sunaada Trust honored Nandini with the Vidwan S.Rajam award for excellence in Bharatanatyam in 2016.
