“Srishti” , a dance film on Shiva and Parvati is released on Raadha Kalpa’s YouTube channel. One episode every week!
Episode 6 & 7 are now available for viewing…. Don’t miss watching in the proper landscape format 😊
YouTube link is in my bio for Raadha kalpa.
Video @vivianambrose
Music Dr Rajkumar Bharathi @saishravanam
Vocals @keerthanavaidyanathan
Jathi & Mridanga @gurubharadwaaj
Commissioned by @aimforsevausa
#bharatanatyam #indiandance #shiva #parvati #srishti #creation #advaita #meditation #purana #philosophy #jatakata #shivatandav
The final episode of “Srishti” , a dance film on Shiva and Parvati is now on my YouTube channel.
We filmed this entire section in 2 hours. With just @vivianambrose and two people he had to help with camera. No crew, or make up artist or costume designer. I honestly don’t know how we got a 40 min dance film of fairly decent quality done in just 3 days.
But magic happens when you have clarity of intention, and a certain amount of madness.
I released this last episode online last year along with my book “finding shiva” , but it’s different with the narration and in sequence with the other episodes….
Don’t miss watching in the proper landscape format 😊 (things get cut off in reels and you really don’t get to see the beauty of the landscape in the Himalayas)
My YouTube channel link is in my bio.
Video @vivianambrose
Music Dr Rajkumar Bharathi @saishravanam
Vocals @keerthanavaidyanathan
Jathi & Mridanga @gurubharadwaaj
Commissioned by @aimforsevausa
#bharatanatyam #indiandance #shiva #parvati #srishti #creation #advaita #meditation #purana #philosophy #jatakata #shivatandav
A small clipping from the workshop in Switzerland…
We now have the choreography of “Ranjanimala” available on the online program www.theraadhakalpamethod.com alongside a lot of other theory, strength training, flexibility work and repertoire….
The music is also available on most music platforms in the Raadha Kalpa Essentials album.
Workshop with @shalishescalled
#bharatanatyam #raadhakalpa #indiandance #workshop #bharatnatyam
“Srishti” , a dance film on Shiva and Parvati is released on Raadha Kalpa’s YouTube channel. One episode every week!
Episode 5 is now available for viewing…. Don’t miss watching in the proper landscape format 😊
In the past 5 years I’ve begun to explore one topic repeatedly in different formats of storytelling. This same idea of Shiva and Parvati , was infused in my choreography of the Swami naan undan adimai Varnam, explored it again in a contemporary format in “Unrequited” and again in “Srishti” . None of them are even remotely similar in approach but they are inspired by the same story from the shiva puranam.
YouTube link is in my bio for Raadha kalpa.
Video @vivianambrose
Music Dr Rajkumar Bharathi @saishravanam
Vocals @srikanth_sings
Commissioned by @aimforsevausa
#bharatanatyam #indiandance #shiva #parvati #srishti #creation #advaita #philosophy #jatakata #shivatandav
I cherish the few times in the day that Kong wants to cuddle or fall asleep leaning on me… ♥️
He just comes for an hour – early mornings – and continues sleeping…. The sweetest thing.
#dogmom #gsd #lifewithkong #germanshepherd #doglife
I cherish the few times in the day that Kong wants to cuddle or fall asleep leaning on me… ♥️
He just comes for an hour – early mornings – and continues sleeping…. The sweetest thing.
#dogmom #gsd #lifewithkong #germanshepherd #doglife
Waiting between shots … while shooting with my lovely @raadhakalpa dancers .
Can’t wait to share the results of this shoot for “The Goddess” supported by @cycle.in_
Save the dates!
Chennai Oct 20th
Bangalore Nov 10th
Hyderabad Dec 17th
With the wonderful videography by @vivianambrose
But for now… this is what happens while we are waiting 😂🤣😂
#bharatanatyam #dancers #floss #justforfun #shootday #indianclassical
“Srishti” , a dance film on Shiva and Parvati is released on Raadha Kalpa’s YouTube channel. One episode every week!
Episode 4 is now available for viewing…. Don’t miss watching in the proper landscape format 😊
This one was especially hard because of the stones in the waterfall. I could barely dance and move because it hurt so much. I had to shelve my choreography for something else to make the most of the rainbow and water… 🤭
YouTube link is in my bio for Raadha kalpa.
Video @vivianambrose
Music Dr Rajkumar Bharathi @saishravanam
Vocals @keerthanavaidyanathan
Commissioned by @aimforsevausa
#bharatanatyam #indiandance #shiva #parvati #srishti #creation #advaita #philosophy #jatakata #shivatandav
Touring the USA from August – November with “Anubhava” for @aimforsevausa
Performing with @ambisub and @rohanrhythm in Raleigh, Austin, Ft Lauderdale, Tampa, Atlanta, Knoxville, Orlando, Dallas, Houston, Dayton, New York, Philadelphia, Hartford, Boston, Albany, Chicago, Washington, SW Florida, San Francisco, Seattle, Detroit, New Jersey, Pittsburgh.
Find us in a city near you! Details in the link in my bio or on www.aimforsevausa.org
Video @vivianambrose
Location courtesy @shankaraa.foundation
#bharatanatyam #carnatic #indiandance #tour #dancers #collaboration #performancetour #aimforseva
“Srishti” , a dance film on Shiva and Parvati is released on Raadha Kalpa’s YouTube channel. One episode every week!
Episode 4 is now available for viewing…. Don’t miss watching in the proper landscape format 😊
YouTube link is in my bio for Raadha kalpa.
Video @vivianambrose
Music Dr Rajkumar Bharathi @saishravanam
Vocals @keerthanavaidyanathan
Commissioned by @aimforsevausa
#bharatanatyam #indiandance #shiva #parvati #srishti #creation #advaita #philosophy
“Srishti” , a dance film on Shiva and Parvati is released on Raadha Kalpa’s YouTube channel. One episode every week!
Episode 6 & 7 are now available for viewing…. Don’t miss watching in the proper landscape format 😊
YouTube link is in my bio for Raadha kalpa.
Video @vivianambrose
Music Dr Rajkumar Bharathi @saishravanam
Vocals @keerthanavaidyanathan
Commissioned by @aimforsevausa
#bharatanatyam #indiandance #shiva #parvati #srishti #creation #advaita #philosophy #jatakata #shivatandav
Kong has to learn new things everyday, otherwise he gets bored. Today he learned to jump over my back. He learned the hula hoop jump last week… he loves playing with it… and today on first try, he jumped over my back… ♥️
Maybe I’ll be able to do some choreography with him in the next couple months 😂
#gsd #dogmom #lifewithkong #kong #germanshepherd #training
Just having some fun in #frankfurt
Shot a video with @thatbeardedguysphotography
#bharatanatyam #bollywood #tamilgirl #indianclassicaldance #indiandance
Touring the USA from August – November with “Anubhava” for @aimforsevausa
Performing with @ambisub and @rohanrhythm in Raleigh, Austin, Ft Lauderdale, Tampa, Atlanta, Knoxville, Dallas, Houston, Dayton, New York, Philadelphia, Hartford, Boston, Albany, Chicago, Washington, SW Florida, San Francisco, Seattle, Detroit, New Jersey, Pittsburgh, Orlando
Find us in a city near you! Details in the link in my bio or on www.aimforsevausa.org
Video @vivianambrose
Location courtesy @shankaraa.foundation
#bharatanatyam #carnatic #indiandance #tour #dancers #collaboration #performancetour #aimforseva
Day 49: #100daysofinnergrowth
Morning rituals…
Walk with kong… and tea on the swing as we watch people… and life in general…
After a while he falls asleep curved around me like a neck pillow and I listen to music for my creative work or respond to emails/ messages etc
I didn’t have a relaxed morning routine before Kong. I’d rush out of the house early for class, with barely any time to think or gather myself. I’d even go for my training at 4:30 am, so that I could make it to class at 6:30 am after training.
But I’ve realised that it’s important to slow down sometimes and make space for myself. I like my morning routine now.
I had to do the early training, classes, teaching etc at that point in time, but I realised that it’s also important to accept that we need to do different things at different points in time. I had to learn to let go of some things to make space for new things.
Neither is wrong… it was necessary at one point in time. It’s just not necessary anymore.
😊
(And before I get hundreds of comments…. Yes I’m tired today. I’ve been working non stop, and some days I’m tired. But I have lots of work to do today – which I will do. No – I didn’t want to use a filter. I’m not unwell. It’s normal for everyone to have some puffy eyes on some days. I don’t wake up with make up and bright eyes and in a saree everyday ♥️)
#slowingdown #lifewithkong #gsd #germanshepherd #lovemydog #dogmom #innergrowth #quiet
#mornings
I’m teaching a few workshops in different places in the USA on this upcoming performance tour with @ambisub @rohanrhythm @aimforsevausa (for performance cities, check the link in my bio)
We will be opening our performance “Anubhava” with a piece on Sri Rajarajeshwari
The workshops in Aug & Sept are below:
(Registration links in my bio)
Oct/Nov I’ll have workshops in the Bay Area, chicago, and Des Moines IL, look out for updates.
Austin :
Aug 14,15,16th
time: 6:30 – 9:30pm
[email protected]
@tattvamasiatx
Fort Lauderdale :
August 18th
time: 5:00 – 8:00pm
[email protected]
Meera Ramanathan (954)8309358
Atlanta :
Aug 22 & 23rd
time: 5:30-8:00 pm
[email protected]
Preetha (678) 908-0207
@preethasubramanyan
Houston
Sept 16th & 17th
Details TBD
[email protected]
@tattvamasiatx
NYC
Sept 18th & 19th
time: 6:30 – 9:30pm
[email protected]
Jayanthi (646) 464-1872
#bharatanatyam #workshop #ustour #indiandancer #teaching #dancer
Just messing around…. 🤭
I am a classical Bharatanatyam dancer. But I love all kinds of movement vocabularies…. I don’t believe in the hierarchy of a movement vocabulary… dance is dance is dance.
It is just that for me, Bharatanatyam is my first language… the one I am most fluent in, the most easy for me to communicate nuance, emotion, feeling… but I love all dance ♥️
Video by @thatbeardedguysphotography with the support of @nrweventss
#dancefordance #lovedance #dancer #bollywood #hindisong #chakachak #indiandance
Choreography doesn’t happen at a specified time in a specific location. Most of the time, it’s a decision to create… and then I just end up thinking about it the whole day… every spare moment.
The technical part of breaking down rhythm is something that just needs to be done, and can be done in a specific time frame…., but the movement connections and the emotive intent is something that needs inspiration ….
The choreography keeps changing until I decide…. And I let it change quite a lot. Whenever I have a thought… I take a grubby video that’s reference for me. Nothing fancy or pristine like you’re used to seeing on social media. (Sharing some of this grubbiness with you all)
Just letting you all know that this is the process… that precision and clarity in performance comes from many many days of meditating on an idea….
As you can see a lot of the choreography happens when I’m watching tv with my husband, or have entered the gym for training, or in grocery stores, or in the living room…. Kitchen at night.
I do have designated times in the studio…. But it’s not necessary that it will be a fruitful session….
So here are some BTS for my tour with @ambisub starting in August. We will be in cities across the USA, performing for @aimforsevausa . So come watch us in a city near you. Link in my bio.
(Didn’t add music… to keep it real….because I’m mostly thinking the music in my head when choreographing and saying rhythm loudly for the video reference… for later)
You can all ask questions about choreography. I’ll try to respond to as many as possible.
#choreography #bts #bharatanatyamdancer #bharatanatyam #indiandancer #grubbydancer
I don’t know what’s better…. The fact that I could hold my pincha mayurasana with a lot of control today …. Or kong rolling over for a belly rub in the middle of it 🤣
#yoga #germanshepherd #lifewithkong #dogmom #dancer #bharatanatyamdancer
Kong was a very reactive dog. He has slowly gotten better over the last 6 months with a very very big effort from both @santhosh_powerstar and me.
I couldn’t even imagine a scenario where he would be off leash with all of my students 6 months ago.
But getting a reactive dog to be calm is not a small thing. There is constant training and reinforcement that needs to happen throughout the day in different ways.
Giving you examples of reactivity:
– He used to get agitated if the doorbell rang. Hair standing on back and ready for attack. Now he barks, informs but is relaxed.
– he would guard me and other family members – still does, but he’s getting used to the idea that other people can be around and not be a threat. This has taken a lot of effort
– he still gets agitated and aggressive towards people who stare at me on walks, but he’s able to calm down sooner and doesn’t continue his aggression
There are hundreds of examples…. But if you’re thinking about getting a #gsd because they’re cute and smart, please remember to make the time to give them what they deserve. They are really loving and become a part of the family… but one needs to be able to give them the necessary exercise, love, mental stimulation, and socialisation.
A dog like kong could easily have been locked up in solitude for most of his day, left untrained.
The whole family and all caregivers also need to be on the same page with a smart dog. Varying commands confuse them and leave them agitated. So does raising your voice / shouting.
Kong became aggressive and over protective when he lost his brother and it’s been a task to start getting him to trust strangers.
We had a big win today with this off leash scenario in a class full of my @raadhakalpa students … ♥️
They’ve been instrumental in helping kong on this journey alongside all of my friends at @stairs.physio who are patient with his presence many times a week.
Thank you all so much! Kong will have a better life because of all of your love … and I hope to make him even more calm and friendly over the next year.
(But he will always kill for me 🤣😂😂)
#gsd #germanshepherd #training #patience #love #loyalty #animals #dogmom
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Touring the USA this fall, Aug-Nov , with @ambisub in support of @aimforsevausa
We will be presenting “Anubhava”
Percussion @rohanrhythm
Light design @gyandev
Video @vivianambrose
Will be in Raleigh, Austin, Ft lauterdale, Tampa, Knoxville, Atlanta and Orlando in August.
Don’t miss our new show
Location courtesy @shankaraa.foundation (Rudraksha)
Link in my bio with details of all cities .
#bharatanatyam #violin #carnatic #indiandance #indianmusic #dance #classicaldance #indianclassical #ustour
Kong ….
– is silly
– is very loving
– doesn’t like me to go anywhere
– begs for things everyday
– is very gentle when he’s playing games
– gives me hugs when I’m sad
– learns new things very very quickly
– always wants to carry my bag to my room
He’s the sweetest… not sure that I deserve him ♥️
#gsd #germanshepherd #lifewithkong #kong #dogmom #kongyboy #gsdlove #pet
