Ep 3 – Elements of Karanas – Nrtta Hastas & Karana 1 | Karana Ujjivanam | Dr. Padma Subrahmanyam

The #documentary, titled #KaranaUjjivanam is completed under the supervision of Dr. Padma Subramanyam by Kalakosa Division of Indira Gandhi National Centre For The Arts (#IGNCA). The 21-episode documentary (originally over 10 hours long) represents the wide scope of Ms. Subrahmanyam’s research that first started as a subject of her doctoral thesis from Annamalai University in the 1960s. In the documentary, scholar and author ‘Shatavadhani’ R. Ganesh reads out Sanskrit texts, and her disciple Gayatri Kannan reads out Ms. Subrahmanyam’s English lines, while the exponent herself clarifies the context of the literature. Young dancer Mahati Kannan demonstrates the dance movements.

#ElementsofKaranas – #Angas, #Upangas & #Caris
#Karanas #PadmaSubramanyam #NrttaHastas #Karana