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Natya Vidushi Kumari Jaya..... |
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She was born in 1964 in Arehalli. She did her basic schooling in
Arehalli itself and thereafter moved to Mangalore in 1978. After completing her education,
she shifted to Bangalore in 1985.
Jaya showed interest in dance at a very early age and her earliest memories speak only
about organising dance programmes. She herself danced and also directed dance and social
dramas. She took active participation in acting despite strong opposition from family and
society. She encouraged other children as well to take part in dance and drama and this is
what earned the wrath of the community. What is still amazing is the fact that she could
manage all this without any formal training. She feels dance is a medium that provides
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Coming to speak about her career, it can be said that Natya Vidushi Jaya is an
indefatigable Bharatnatyam danseuse and Guru who has involved herself in multifarious
fields like demonstration, training, choreography, natuvangam and has also written many
thought-povoking articles. She is an |
artiste who stridently justifies her
conviction that Bharatnatyam is the only path for all round development of personality.
Jaya had her training in Bharatnatyam under noted national dance Gurus like Jayalakshmi
Alva, Rajrathnam Pillai and Kalanidhi Narayanan. Her training in Kuchipudi was under the
tutelage of Vedantham Prahlada Sharma. Jaya, to whom Bharatnatyam is not only a profession
but also a hobby, has given many dance performances at various National and International
festivals throughout the country and abroad.
She is a post-graduate in dance, history and Hindi and has done a lot of research on
'Adavu Lakshanam' and "Hasthabinaya'. Besides, she has made an intensive study of
Vachana Sahithya and Jaina Sahithya and has performed on the stage their salient features
through the medium of dance. |
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Jaya has dedicated her life to dance so much so that her experience is vast, varied and
spectacular. Dance should not be confined to mere recreation. It has its own role in
edifying the dance fraternity, society, nation and the world. Dance should become a
dynamic force an medium in fulfilling this |
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task," says Jaya with lot of emphasis.
She considers dance to be a penance, a conduit for meditation and an effective instrument
for having a beatific vision of the Supreme Being's cosmic form.
Jaya has choreographed many dance dramas and few of them like Ishwareeyanjali,
Vachanajali, Bahubali Vijaya, Divya Darshana and various other dance features
incorporating contemporary features have been telecast. Thus she has not only made a solid
contribution to the experimental aspects of Bharatnatyam but also is a popular |
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columnist and writer.
Currently she is learning Karnatic classical music from Sangeetha Vidwan Kotamraju
Venkatesh.
Jaya offers the following services to Indian as well as non-Indian dance
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Training in Bharatnatyam.
For beginners besides inital exercises, all types of adavus in
five jaathes and three tempos. Thereafter, she teaches dance items ranging from Alaripu to
Thillana and intensive training is given for their Arangetrum.
Training on items like Keerthans, Padavarnam, Padams, Javalis,
Astapadis, Devaranamas, Bhajans, Slokas and Thillanas.
Choreography
including script-music-dance movements, direction and recording of ballets.
Choreography and
teaching of dance items of the dancer's liking, contemporary dance items, fusion dance
items.
Students
interested in dance are provided with required facilities alongwith teaching during their
annual vacation. If they learn continuously for three years annual holidays, arrangement
for their Arangetrum is made after the end of the fourth annual holidays.
An overseas
Arangetrum/Ranga Pravesha package is available for all students who can learn the course
for four consecutive summer vacations at their place of permanent residence. The guru will
be available on a 5 year vacational contract basis and the sponsoring student should make
all necessary arrangements for the training and Arangetrum during the 5th vacation.
Lecture
demonstration, worshops, experiment cum fresher short term course, intensive training in
Abhinaya performance techniques, academic guidance for project works, thesis for PG
courses, M.Phil and Phd are her forte.
Counseling
services for professional Bharatnatyam dancers.
Jaya desires to
perform for charitable and fund raising programs.
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Contact:
Natya Vidushi Jaya
No.30, Sirur Park, Road, Sheshadripuram,
Bangalore - 560 020.
Karnataka, India.
Ph: (080) 3442576
e-mail: [email protected]
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