New Delhi: Bharatanatyam danseuse and 2007 Padma Shri recipient Geeta Chandran feels that dance can become a lonely journey, and World Dance Day, which falls on Monday, is a way for fellow dancers to tell each other: ‘Hey! Let’s hold onto the tradition’. Chandran, whose organization Natya Vriksha is celebrating[Read More…]
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Learner, performer, and teacher; the many roles of Padma Shree Geeta Chandran
It was at the tender age of five that Geeta Chandran, the acclaimed Bharat Natyam dancer, began learning the art from the traditional teachers of the form- the Devadasis. Her first teacher, Swarna Saraswathy taught her the “sampradaya shuddha” (pristine) Bharatanatyam, as she prefers to call it. Under Swarna, she[Read More…]