Dasiyattam and the
first professional performances by an Indian dance troupe in Europe - 1838
1838 was a year of many events, some routine but some of
greater importance. For example it was the year when the world’s first
photograph of a person was taken by Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre of the
Boule…
Ammani Ammal’s story
Dasiyattam and the
first professional performances by an Indian dance troupe in Europe - 1838
1838 was a year of many events, some routine but some of
greater importance. For example it was the year when the world’s first
photograph of a person was taken by Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre of the
Boule…
When music and dance ruled
Some months ago, we traced the route taken by exponents of
Carnatic music in the Vijayanagara kingdom to Tanjore, where the Maratha Nayaks
patronized them. That there were a number of music and dance forms in vogue already, is
pretty clear, but with time new systems becam…
