Do you have to know everything about Bharatanatyam? Not for one moment! This newsletter is as much for a toddler in Bharatanatyam as it is for the initiated, learned and distinguished. This is our endeavour to provoke dialogue and exchange, question and answer, and give and take across varied echelons of dance comprehension.
Keep an eye out for RootEd Recommends and RootEd’s RapidReads.
Do you plead creative or interpretive? (Issue 04)
Like, at once, the painter and the painted!
An article which explores the question of whether the dancer is a creator or interperter.
Dance – Infinite, in the moment (Issue 03)
Decoding Inclusivity (Issue 02)
Following on the heels of our first ever Dance Debates, we attempt to decode what inclusivity implies to our community of the performing arts. In this month’s blog, we continue to meditate on what an inclusive Bharatanatyam space looks like. Dispassionately and with a level of attached unattachment, we dive into unfolding its many facets.
Dance – Nice, but not Essential? (Issue 01)
RootEd Rapid Reads
This article, offers a beautiful deliberation on why the arts are critical to society. As Prof Toope examines the key, contrasting attributes of the sciences and the arts, he underlines the importance of art with poignant and quiet conviction, while examining it in the light of recent circumstances
RootEd Recommends
Nayika stories
Ostracised for being unable to bear children, Thimmakka, a centenarian from Karnataka, paid it forward by planting nearly 8000 trees in her town. Thimmakka becomes the nayika (heroine) in dancer Malavika Sarukkai’s exploration of her story through Bharatanatyam. Through Bharatanatyam, a life-story turns legend, the unusual becomes archetypal, the time-bound becomes immortal.
The Rooted Foundation 