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Welcome to TANJORE DANCE MUSIC & ART RESEARCH CENTRE

"Tanjore Dance Music and Art Research Centre established by the legendry Bharatnatyam Guru Shri Kubernath Tanjorkar.

For your kind information we wish to mention here that, ours is an Institution providing training and performance in Classical and Indian Folk Dances, in the Cultural city of Vadodara (Gujarat, India) since the year 1985. Our Institute is registered under the following esteemed organizations:The World Best Talent and Also Master in

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OUR CLASSES

Bharatanatyam

Bharatanatyam is a major form of Indian classical dance that originated in the state of Tamil Nadu. It is one of eight forms of dance recognized by the Sangeet Natak Akademi and it expressed South Indian religious themes and spiritual ideas, particularly of Shaivism, Vaishnavism and Shaktism. Bharatanatyam's theoretical foundations trace to the ancient Tamil text by Bharata Muni, Natya Shastra,its existence by 2nd century CE is noted in the ancient Tamil epic Silappatikaram, while temple sculptures of 6th to 9th century CE suggest it was a well refined performance art by the mid 1st millennium CE. Bharatanatyam is the oldest classical dance tradition of India.

Traditional Nattuvanars and Gurus

NATTUVANGAM is a Tamil word i.e. Natta + Angam. Natta means dancer or Dance Performance and Angam means body or main operating or controlling centre. The combination of this two is called Nattuvangam. In other words a Dancer for presenting dance with aesthetic effect always tries to keep link with Nattuvangam. This effort by a dancer brings harmony for total attraction which ultimately leaves lasting effect in the mind audience.

Kuchipudi

Kuchipudi is one of the eleven major Indian classical dances It originated in a village named Kuchipudi in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Kuchipudi is a dance-drama performance, with its roots in the ancient Hindu Sanskrit text of Natya Shastra. It developed as a religious art linked to traveling bards, temples and spiritual beliefs, like all major classical dances of India. Evidence of Kuchipudi's existence in an older version are found in copper inscriptions of the 10th century, and by the 15th century in texts such as the Machupalli Kaifat.

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