Bharathanatyam for M S Subbulakshmi Amma's Nama Ramayanam
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- Опубликовано: 15 сен 2024
- The inception of our Lockdown Project - Nama Ramayanam
We were in the middle of a Global Pandemic when we decided to mark Bharathanjali’s much awaited 30th Anniversary - Online. Like the others, we have adapted to the digital era and have slowly accepted this as part of the learning curve when it comes to dance.
Right about this time, Anitha aunty delved into the waters of Digital teaching, Zoom classes and online choreography to adapt to the new normal and came up with the idea of Choreographing the Nama Ramayana.
Reading Ramayana daily and meditating on the name of 'Rama' brings a person closer to self-realization and God and thus absolves one of all of his sins. Nama Ramayana is the story of Rama written for this purpose. Apart from condensing the story, it helps the devotees to meditate on the different sterling aspects of Rama. Anitha aunty has always been moved by the brilliant rendition of Nama Ramayana by MS Amma, and was very particular that we use it for our production. Sri. Ramshankar Babu, readily accepted to play the Mridangam for all the intricate kanakku portions in the song and was kind enough to record it for our production.
Little did we know that this masterpiece would be choreographed and taught to 60 students on an Online forum and would be weaved together by the hands of technology.
Managing a group of this magnitude in person is a Herculean task by itself, but we took up the challenge of doing this Online! Having students participate from all over the world with different time zones, accommodating their availability, incorporating the entire dance school just with the intention of giving an opportunity to all dancers, Anitha aunty came up with such feasible rehearsal timings, even putting behind her own priorities. Inspite of the innumerable hassles that we faced due to the network issues and video lag, we managed to rehearse the piece and geared up for the performance.
Thanks to Anitha aunty’s nature of being prepared well in advance for any program. We all had our costume materials purchased and ready a year in advance for our Anniversary celebration.
This performance is something that will be etched in our minds forever. Each student was called for the video shoot individually, abiding by all the social distancing rules. The schedules of the video shoot spanned for almost two weeks, with dancers being given a time limit of an hour each to shoot their portions of the video. Even the students from abroad sent in their videos with a similar backdrop and costumes for the perfect coordination, which is one of Bharthanjali’s hallmark specialties.
The real task at hand was to bind all these individual videos into a wholesome piece to be fit on screen, while giving an equal opportunity to all. This means, 60 individual videos had to watched, their best portions to be selected and edited in a way that looks well coordinated and seamless. Anitha aunty, solely sat down to watch all the 120 videos (A full length and video and a close up video of each person) and condensed it to the beautiful version. This further had to be put together as a video collage for each frame and line of the Nama Ramayana. With the help of Mr. Iyappan, our Videographer, Anitha aunty and Sweta Shankar - one of Bharathanjali’s senior most students, we put together the entire production, the output of which you will be watching in the video above.
Original music: M S Subbulakshmi Amma
Dance Choreography: Guru Smt. Anitha Guha
Mridangam: Sri. Ramshankar Babu
Video choreography: Guru Smt. Anitha Guha & Sweta Shankar
Video and editing: Sri. Iyappan Arumugam
I was trying to count the number of dancers and failed miserably. They were all dressed in similar costumes but for a slight difference in the color of the blouse and the waist piece of the costume. Condensing the best of all these 60 dancers into ~ 12 minutes' video is not just a Herculean task but also a Himalayan task. I was stunned to see Lord VishNu sleeping on the wave of an ocean. So much more information can be packed in the same frame - thanks to technology. I have to watch it again in the 52" T.V with my son's family and my grand kids. Lord RAma and M. S. S. Amma are sure to shower their choicest blessings on all the participants in this mega production. Be Blessed! Is the silver lining of this dark global pandemic, the evolution of such a wonderful modern technology? Necessity is the mother of invention! :)
Thank you mam🙏🙂🙏
Every performer is one Diamond. Good job....choreography, presentation and video editing is fantabulous
Thank you very much 🙏🙏🙏 SAIRAM
How any one can forget your efforts to keep Bharatnatyam Alive,and respect.Sai Ram is always with you. Best of Luck.
Very nice of France ...Jaya Sita-Rama ...
MSS Anita Guha Two Stakwarrs in theur Own Fields Blessed Allnof Us Are.👍
Excellent performance ur idea is good 👍
super..super
Superb ! Jai Sriram Jai Hanuman !
Choreography and editing were brilliant!
ಮೇಡಂ ತುಂಬಾ ಸುಂದರವಾದ ನೃತ್ಯ ಸಂಯೋಜನೆ ಅನಂತ ಅನಂತ ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು 🙏🙏🙏🙏🌈ಜೈ ಶ್ರೀ ರಾಮ್ 🚩🚩🚩🚩🎪
Excellent job
God bless you all...
Beautiful choreography
Super jai sri ram
Omg ✨✨
Such an amazing performance 💙
just wwwwwoooowwww!!! amazed not only by the choreography but also by the editing. such a great work!! hats off
love from paris
Very nice performance 😊😊
Excellent editing and choreograpkhy👌👍👍
Appreciate the time and effort taken in this exercise. A beautiful performance by the troupe as well. Kudos and best wishes..
Beautiful akka and Aum Sai Ram. Very nice coordination , choreographer and editing. 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
Wow. Excellent co ordination, editing and choreography. Well done.God bless all of them.
Excellent.
A feast to our eyes and soul easy understanding hats off madam
Beautiful and such a bliss to hear legend s voice 😍😍
Appa what a tremendous performance mam. No words to express. My eyes are filled with tears ராம் ராம் ராம்.........
Jai sri aram🙏🙏🙏
Sairam Thank you very much for all your wishes 🙏🙂🙏
Wow. Very nice coordination , choreography and editing. Treat to eyes Anitha akka🙏
Very beautiful 🥰😍
Excellent performance.t q for releasing this vedio
Beautiful choreography Anitha mam . Treat to our eyes and soul.🙏 Thanks
Beautiful dance with experimental videography.
Wonderful tribute to Lord Rama, with evergreen vocal of a legend and a perfectly executed dance performance.. Befitting combination. 🌹Best wishes to the team. 😊
Thank you 🙂🙏
Great efforts. No words to Express the joy and happiness to watch your program and hear MS Amma's singing. 👏👏👏👏🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
Sairam 🙏🙏🙏 thank you 😊🙏
I saw few of the dances of the group and what a divine bliss it is to watch. I LOVE All the performances. Would be nice to know where do u guys perform. Would like to watch it live if i can
Thank you very much 😊 Do follow us on Instagram @anithaguhasbharathanjali to get updates on our upcoming performances.
Beautiful😍❤✨
Wow ✨
Excellent
The best Namaramayanam Dance ever...
❤️💚❤️💚❤️💚❤️💚❤️💚❤️
No one can beat your excellent choreography aunty🥰🥰
Sairam Aunty🙏
Very nice beautiful
This is soo good ma'am. Really mesmerized by the efforts of you and your students. Hatsoff🙏
Thank you ma sairam 😊
Wow very nice
Amazing
Wonderful
No words to say
Superb
60 participants, wow, what a great effort
Outstanding performance 🙏🏻👍🏻
Very wonderful idea the most devotional bajan brought in as dance form .
Simply Lovely, Thank you all,
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Thank you SAIRAM 🙏🙏🙏
Beautiful. Dance performance. By bharathanjali.. Blessings. Er sury
Amazing 🙏🙏. So much effort and skill..i am awestruck.
Super mam
Outstanding performance
Namaste, Love Love Love highly talented. Watching gives Festival feeling. Thanks to team
Excellent.. great composition.
Beautiful performance.Congratulations to all the classical dancers
Thank u so much Aunty... 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Sarvam Saike Samarpanam 🙏🙏🙏
Totally mesmerizing
Namskerm
shashikala Ramaprasad Beautiful performance
Wow!! Always you work s are outstanding and excellent!!!one more feather on your cap!!!hats off!!!feast to eyes.
SAIRAM thank you🙏🙏🙏🙂🙏🙂🙏
Very wonderful and great effort mam❤️❤️❤️
Fantastic work anitha ma'am👌👌👌👌👌
Beautiful! Thanks for sharing!🙏🏻❤️Jai Shri Raam🙏🏻
Awesome work. Sairam
I enjoyed the concept... Thank you
This is amazing....what a delight to watch
Excellent choreography
So much of hardwork.... thanks a lot...
Beautiful... wow .. so divine
🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
A pioneering trend setter video for the wonderful camera and editing effects!
A visual delight indeed!!
Thank you ☺️🙏
Please perform bhagavatham gajendra mokham it is difficult but try if possible my daughter lern bharthanatyam in vizianagarm music college srutha keerthi now she married to dr pavan
Out standing performance. Blessing to watch this.
I wanted to know the source of costume (off white and multi color bordered) from where I can get this ?
I like this dance very much
Beautiful
Wonderful
Awesome Anita- perfect in every way and so harmonious and well choreographed for the digital challenge. Students look so beautiful ! Sujatha Srinivasan
Thank you sooo much Sujatha 🙏☺️🙏
good morning sister ...
in Their Own Fields...
Beautifully edited !
Very nice
Very nice mam
👏👏👏
I was super and beautiful
Done beautifully by the young artists. Kudos to you - Guru Ms. Anitha Guha. Wonder how many days the recording took place to accommodate all the dancers. Editing is poetical.
Saiiram Thank you🙂🙏🙂 the recording went on for about 8 days from 9am to 6 or 7pm every day 🙂
@@AnithaGuhasBharathanjali That shows in the perfect coordination of the artists. Thanks for replying to my question Guruji. Best wishes to you and to your students. Congratulation for completing 30 years successfully!
Wonderful Performance!! Clearly depicts the whole team effort!!💯🤩
Can you please share the name of the app used to edit the video! 🙏
Stalwarts..
பொம்மைகள் ஆடுவது போல்
Mam ..do u take online classes..pls give us the details
Sairam Due to the present situation from 2029 April it's been only online classes.
Once the situation is better it will be direct Classes and few on line classes
But pl call 9940014596 around 4.30 pm for details
பிரமாதம் சொல்ல வார்த்தைகள் கிடைக்கவில்லை
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