Bharatanatyam comes from bhavam (expression), ragam (melody), ... leg and feet together with facial expressions having meanings to convey and may express small episodes, ...

It looks like an unlikely setting for a Bharatanatyam class. The stamping of feet on the floor in tune with the jathis of Bharatanatyam fills the small hall with a tin roof of the Thai Tamil Palli ...

Vazhuvoor V.B.Ramiah Pillai was a Bharatanatyam teacher par excellence with Midas touch, ... “By admiring him, we learnt at his feet”, she added.

Bharatanatyam, a later christening for what was known as Dasi Attam, in both its performance spaces of temple and court, given its history with the anti-devadasi movement played out at a high ...