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• From: brenda gauhary mccallum.dallas,u.s.a (@ 210.186.46.37) on: Wed Nov 27 23:27:58
  
  it's first
  padmini
  shobana
  banupriya
  sukanya
  aishwarya rajnikanth
  
  
• From: balasubrahmanyam.ch (@ ) on: Wed May 21 10:10:59
  
  for ever it woud be vmala;
  let it be any form of dance ,folk(naya daur,khat putli,)cinematic (amar prem,suraj)western(sangam ,thenilavu),,classical(u.nations assembly,which i was fortunate to witness live)b'natyam,m'attam,et al.(new delhi).
  i was fortunate to have personally witnessed her
  live perfo in open air theatre in campus andhra university waltair,ap.it was a spell she cast on the then youngsters,who perhaps ,like me adore her for ever & ever. may her tribe increase.
  
  
• From: nandu (@ m280-mp1.cvx3-b.ltn.dial.ntli.net) on: Wed May 21 13:37:53 EDT 2003
  
  Amala
  
  
• From: kalarpana (@ dyn091.walster-119.ndsu.nodak.edu) on: Sun Jul 13 22:21:13
  
  Namaste !
  
  Shobana will be in the u.s to perform for the world music ( an off broadway
  platform at the symphony theatre new york) on Saturday 15th November 2003 at 8
  pm . They are only the second indian dance group to be presented by these
  prestigious instiute and the government of india. She will be joined by four
  dancers and musicians on vocals, violin, veena, and mrdangam. Their program,
  Sampradaya - From Myths to Modernity, will encompass traditional and
  contemporary works.
  
  Website : http://kalarpana.tripod.com/homepage/id10.html
  
  This is a special invitation for those in New York and surrounds from shobanaji.
  
  Best
  
  
• From: mahesh (@ ccc13m.loc.gov) on: Mon Jul 21 18:18:27 EDT 2003
  
  not me
  
  
• From: SASHA (@ ) on: Wed Dec 17 01:08:33
  
  I THINK PADMINI WILL BE THE BEST AMONG ALL.
  
  
• From: bored (@ cache122.156ce.maxonline.com.sg) on: Wed Dec 17 02:37:55 EST 2003
  
  prabhu deva, kamal, shobana, amala, padmini, ramya krishnan(minsara kanna) and many more..
  
  
• From: Miami (@ 1cust69.tnt2.bloomington.il.da.uu.net) on: Wed Dec 17 23:14:42 EST 2003
  
  What about Srinidhi?
  
  
• From: Madhu (@ lan-202-144-61-145.maa.sify.net) on: Thu Dec 18 22:50:37 EST 2003
  
  No no no. The best is Vijaykanth and none other than Vijaykanth. His facial expressions are excellent. He is the only one who is keen on continuing the rich heritage and culture of Bharatanatyam. For him, dance is a way of life.
  
  Yes, there may be many dancers like Kamala, Balasaraswathi, etc. etc., but there is only one Vijaykanth who can be easily called the Master of Dance.
  
  Be it a dance set to a ghazal, or be it any traditional dance involving difficult steps, he does it with flowing ease of one who has been exposed to beats and rhythms right from the foetal stage.
  
  Vijaykanth is THE BEST DANCER the world has ever had and i am sure everyone will agree with me. There can be no second opinion. Don't you agree, friends ?
  
  
• From: aanalagan (@ lunar-gw.zapsurf.com.sg) on: Fri Dec 19 00:05:09 EST 2003
  
  madhu - certaintly...our porichaikalangu jacket captain vijaykanth has shown that in his recent thenavan by "flying" stunts and dance sequence with toppai kiran b itch was awesome wasn't it madhu...:)
  
  
• From: Mythili (@ 203.197.138.167) on: Sat Dec 20 08:02:39 EST 2003
  
  Dear Madhu,
  You haven't mention one most important thing of dance movement of Captain. His eyes will also dance when he is fighting. Isn't it? Whenever you start writing about Captain, you must keep it in mind that you are writing about a DESIGNATE CM.of Thanga Tamizhnadu.This is not written to hurt captain's fan. But it is going to happen.
  
  
• From: vetri (@ 61.247.250.249) on: Sun Dec 28 04:21:53 EST 2003
  
  I am new to Tamil movies. vijaykant? dancer/? anyone given adress?
  
  
• From: Sima (@ ppp-69-148-50-150.dsl.hstntx.swbell.net) on: Fri May 7 00:17:10
  
  Who is the best dancer?
  
  You may have to change your mind after watching these Bharatanatyam online videos:
  
  http://in.geocities.com/medhahari/videos.html
  
  
• From: Sima (@ ppp-69-148-50-150.dsl.hstntx.swbell.net) on: Fri May 7 00:21:25 EDT 2004
  
  Who is the best dancer?
  
  You may have to change your mind after watching these Bharatanatyam online videos:
  
  http://in.geocities.com/medhahari/videos.html
  
  
• From: Sima (@ ppp-69-148-50-150.dsl.hstntx.swbell.net) on: Fri May 7 00:22:31 EDT 2004
  
  Who is the best dancer?
  
  You may have to change your mind after watching these Bharatanatyam online videos:
  
  http://in.geocities.com/medhahari/videos.html
  
  
• From: Sima (@ 202.54.131.232) on: Fri May 7 00:22:50 EDT 2004
  
  Who is the best dancer?
  
  You may have to change your mind after watching these Bharatanatyam online videos:
  
  http://in.geocities.com/medhahari/videos.html
  
  
• From: Radha srinivasan (@ cache-mtc-aa15.proxy.aol.com) on: Thu May 20 10:40:04
  
  Hi
  
  My name is radha. Iam a mother of a teenager. I have a lot of interest in dancing. Is there any place i can get baratanatyam vedios. Please can some one halp me?.
  
  Thank you
  Radha
  
  
• From: quake (@ 202.68.154.144) on: Thu May 20 17:29:31 EDT 2004
  
  http://www.iomx.com
  
  
• From: Raj Vengadasalam (@ 078.c.004.pth.iprimus.net.au) on: Sun May 23 00:33:13 EDT 2004
  
  Great Classical Dancers in Indian Movies... Here is my pick in order of greatness
  
  1) Kamala Lakshmanan (see her in Pavai Vilakku- simply awesome, Paarthiban Kanavu-old version)
  2) Vyjayanthimala (Vanjikottai Vaaliban)
  3) Saayi Subalakshmi sisters
  3) Ragini
  4) Padmini
  5) E.V. Saroja
  6) Shobana
  7) Amala
  
  
  
  
• From: Sunil (@ astound-66-216-226-136.mn.astound.net) on: Sun May 23 10:06:35 EDT 2004
  
  The topic of this discussion is "who is the best dancer", not "who used to be the best dancer"! So, what do we have today? Can Anita Ratnam or Padma Subramaniam dance as they used to? Can they dance at least half as well as Medha Hari in her DVD video? (these DVDs give a really sharp picture of facial abhinaya that you will never see on a VHS tape!) The teachers should teach, and the dancers should dance. If a dancer is too
  
  fat because he or she does not practise, can we call him/her a dancer?
  
  
• From: Shanta (@ astound-66-216-226-136.mn.astound.net) on: Sun May 23 10:07:48 EDT 2004
  
  The topic of this discussion is "who is the best dancer", not "who used to be the best dancer"! So, what do we have today? Can Anita Ratnam or Padma Subramaniam dance as they used to? Can they dance at least half as well as Medha Hari in her DVD video? (these DVDs give a really sharp picture of facial abhinaya that you will never see on a VHS tape!) The teachers should teach, and the dancers should dance. If a dancer is too
  
  fat because he or she does not practise, can we call him/her a dancer?
  
  
• From: Raj Vengadasalam (@ 211.27.194.52) on: Mon May 24 00:50:04 EDT 2004
  
  For everybody's information, Kamala Lakshmanan and Vyjainthimala are still dancing, true to Barathanatyam's glamour. Thank goodness for them not in Tamil movies!!! Padma subramaniam dances with her eyes and facial muscles. She does not have to jump around. These older dancers are still dancing thru vidoes, CDs and DVDs. From the viewers' perspective, that is reality, though not real time. So they are relevant now as they were decades ago. Fat, thin, short, tall, fair, dark, we can stll call a dancer a "dancer" Afterall dance and music come from within and reaches the viewers' and listeners' within. It does not matter as much to ponder when and where it happens. One has to evolve to a certain level to understand this notion.
  
  
• From: Elora Bora Singh (@ dialpool-210-214-171-67.maa.sify.net) on: Thu Jun 17 09:26:35
  
  The one and only in the world is Leela Samson. She has acclaimed it and risin to the top.
  
  
• From: Bhaskar (@ ispk-cache.ispkenya.com) on: Tue Sep 21 11:09:38
  
  A real danceuse (patra), according to Abhinayadarpanam (one of the two most autoritative texts on Bharatanatyam), must possess the following qualities. She has to be
  (1) young, (2) slender, (3) beautiful, (4) with large eyes, (5) with well-rounded breasts, (6) self-confident, (7) witty, (8) pleasing, (9) well-aware of when to dance and when to stop (able to follow the flow of songs and music, and to dance in tact (thalam)) (10) with splendid costumes and (11) of a happy disposition.
  
  The danseuse must be beautiful, for according to Sangitaratnakara the true dance relates to a beautiful body, and any dance other than this is simply caricatures (VII.1246).
  You can easily find out if a particular dancer is authentic or not by reading about the criteria of a real dancer (patra) in the Natya shastra (XXVII.97-98).
  The ten disqualifying criteria according to Abhinayadarpanam: (1) women with white specks in the apple of their eye, or (2) women who have scanty hair, or (3) have thick lips, or (4) pendant breasts, or (5) who are either very fat or (6) very thin, or are either (7) very tall or (8) very short, or (9) hunch-backed, or (10) voiceless.
  
  
• From: Bhaskar (@ ispk-cache.ispkenya.com) on: Tue Sep 21 11:10:29
  
  A real danceuse (patra), according to Abhinayadarpanam (one of the two most autoritative texts on Bharatanatyam), must possess the following qualities. She has to be
  (1) young, (2) slender, (3) beautiful, (4) with large eyes, (5) with well-rounded breasts, (6) self-confident, (7) witty, (8) pleasing, (9) well-aware of when to dance and when to stop (able to follow the flow of songs and music, and to dance in tact (thalam)) (10) with splendid costumes and (11) of a happy disposition.
  
  The danseuse must be beautiful, for according to Sangitaratnakara the true dance relates to a beautiful body, and any dance other than this is simply caricatures (VII.1246).
  You can easily find out if a particular dancer is authentic or not by reading about the criteria of a real dancer (patra) in the Natya shastra (XXVII.97-98).
  The ten disqualifying criteria according to Abhinayadarpanam: (1) women with white specks in the apple of their eye, or (2) women who have scanty hair, or (3) have thick lips, or (4) pendant breasts, or (5) who are either very fat or (6) very thin, or are either (7) very tall or (8) very short, or (9) hunch-backed, or (10) voiceless.
  
  
• From: Bhaskar (@ ispk-cache.ispkenya.com) on: Tue Sep 21 11:10:49
  
  A real danceuse (patra), according to Abhinayadarpanam (one of the two most autoritative texts on Bharatanatyam), must possess the following qualities. She has to be
  (1) young, (2) slender, (3) beautiful, (4) with large eyes, (5) with well-rounded breasts, (6) self-confident, (7) witty, (8) pleasing, (9) well-aware of when to dance and when to stop (able to follow the flow of songs and music, and to dance in tact (thalam)) (10) with splendid costumes and (11) of a happy disposition.
  
  The danseuse must be beautiful, for according to Sangitaratnakara the true dance relates to a beautiful body, and any dance other than this is simply caricatures (VII.1246).
  You can easily find out if a particular dancer is authentic or not by reading about the criteria of a real dancer (patra) in the Natya shastra (XXVII.97-98).
  The ten disqualifying criteria according to Abhinayadarpanam: (1) women with white specks in the apple of their eye, or (2) women who have scanty hair, or (3) have thick lips, or (4) pendant breasts, or (5) who are either very fat or (6) very thin, or are either (7) very tall or (8) very short, or (9) hunch-backed, or (10) voiceless.
  
  
• From: Bhaskar (@ ispk-cache.ispkenya.com) on: Tue Sep 21 11:11:08
  
  A real danceuse (patra), according to Abhinayadarpanam (one of the two most autoritative texts on Bharatanatyam), must possess the following qualities. She has to be
  (1) young, (2) slender, (3) beautiful, (4) with large eyes, (5) with well-rounded breasts, (6) self-confident, (7) witty, (8) pleasing, (9) well-aware of when to dance and when to stop (able to follow the flow of songs and music, and to dance in tact (thalam)) (10) with splendid costumes and (11) of a happy disposition.
  
  The danseuse must be beautiful, for according to Sangitaratnakara the true dance relates to a beautiful body, and any dance other than this is simply caricatures (VII.1246).
  You can easily find out if a particular dancer is authentic or not by reading about the criteria of a real dancer (patra) in the Natya shastra (XXVII.97-98).
  The ten disqualifying criteria according to Abhinayadarpanam: (1) women with white specks in the apple of their eye, or (2) women who have scanty hair, or (3) have thick lips, or (4) pendant breasts, or (5) who are either very fat or (6) very thin, or are either (7) very tall or (8) very short, or (9) hunch-backed, or (10) voiceless.
  
  
• From: vaishu.. (@ 1cust56.tnt26.dfw9.da.uu.net) on: Tue Sep 21 14:17:44 EDT 2004
  
  in the movies...my best barathanatyam dancers r...
  vyjayantimala
  padmini
  amala..
  banupriya is ok...
  
  rest ordinary..
  
  

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