Smara Sundaranguni - Javali | Ashtanayika | Christina Prakanthan| Lakshmi Ramaswamy| Sri Mudhraalaya

A Swadeenapatika Nayika, in the Ashtanayika classification given by Bharata in Natyashastra , is overtly proud and confident of her husband. Here, the Nayika openly boasts about her husband's unparalleled charm, valour and love.
Smara Sundaranguni, composed by Dharmapuri Subbarayar and choreographed by Padmabhushan Kalanidhi Narayanan has been performed by Christina Prakanthan, disciple of Dr Lakshmi Ramaswamy.

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Dr. Lakshmi Ramaswamy:
Dr. Lakshmi Ramaswamy is a Bharatanatyam dancer, teacher and a choreographer. Her Bharatanatyam dance institution Sri Mudhraalaya is now 25 years old. Lakshmi Ramaswamy is a US Fulbright Fellow (2000), a Senior Fellow at the Ministry of Culture (India), recipient of the Tamil Nadu State Award - Kalaimamani (2017) and a ‘Top’ graded artist of Doordarshan.
The 1st doctorate in Bharatanatyam from the department of music at the University of Madras, she serves in the same as a Guest Faculty and has conducted many Indian Classical dance workshops and lectures in Chennai, Kolkata, U S and Canada.
She has written Bharatanatyam course books for Annamalai and Alagappa University & course material for Prayathnam as well. She is a consultant for Alagappa University and is invited to play the role of an examiner by several-dance institutions and regional selection committees.
Bharatanatyam dancer, Lakshmi Ramaswamy has also authored Bharatanatyam books for dance students, researchers and art readers.

Christina Prakanthan:
Christina Prakanthan is an Indian Classical Dance (Bharathanatyam) Practitioner and Teacher based in Melbourne, Australia. She is a founder and Teacher at Natyatharu school of Dance (Australia). She performed her Arangetram in year 2002’ in Colombo under Smt. Suryakala Jeevananthan. She was conferred the title 'Visharadha' at the age of 13 from Bhathkande Sangeeta Vidyapeet (New-Delhi). Christina, continued to learn dance in Bangalore while she completed her academic pursuits. She holds a BCA (Bangalore University) and MBA (University of Wales, UK) degree. Currently she is under the mentorship and guidance of Dr. Lakshmi Ramaswamy pursuing advanced training in theory and practice.

Sri Mudhraalaya:
Started in the year 1994, Sri Mudhraalaya is a registered society with satellite institutions headed by her students, in different parts of Chennai.
The institution offers group and individual classes that aims at: holistic training in practical dancing, theory and exercises, nattuvangam, costume design and makeup, backstage management, stage presentation, production assistance, lighting, choreography and teachers training.
That is why many Students of Sri Mudhraalaya, today are independent dance teachers who have in turn conducted Arangetrams of their students.
It gives wide scope to serious learners by encouraging them to perform at prestigious festivals especially the Chennai music and dance festival. Some of them are establishing themselves as marked soloists, PhD scholars and Graded artists in India.
Sri Mudhraalaya offers Scholarship to outstanding students; ‘Suvidhyaarthi’ to deserving students has also been instituted.

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Bharatanatyam:
Bharatanatyam is one of the 8 classical dance forms of India. Originally from Tamil Nadu, it is now practiced throughout the world and is a popular genre in many Indian Dande Festivals. The Bharatanatyam dancer is accompanied with the Nattuvangam, Violin, Mridangam and the Flute along with the Vocal rendition during a Bharatanatyam performance. Originally performed mainly in temple dance, this Indian dance form has now spread across languages, genres, religion and boundaries. A regular Bharatanatyam repertoire consists of an Alarippu, Jathiswaram, Sabdam, Varnam, Padam and a Thillana. The Tanjore Quartet is supposed to have formulated the present day repertoire.
You must have heard the names - Rukmini Devi, Leela Samson, Priyadarshini Govind, Alarmel Valli, Rukmini Vijaykumar, Parshwanath Upadhyay, The Dhananjayan, Prof C V Chandrasekhar, they all come under eminent Bharatanatyam artistes.
Bharatanatyam is an Important Dance Style and is performed in Indian dance festivals & Indian Cultural Events. Dance has always been an integral form of Indian Heritage, Culture & Tradition. Indian Classical Dance Forms have also found their way into the commercial Indian Film Industry. Dance music videos in various Indian are also inspired by Traditional Dance Forms & Classical Dance Styles.