Category: Feature
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NDA: Bajirao Mastani’s Mohe Rang Do Laal
Bajirao Mastani is storytelling filled with opulence and grandeur . The film is beautiful, lavish, opulent and stylish in every frame and this story is filled with tons of emotion and soul. Bajirao Mastani restores ones faith in eternal love. The chemistry is magnetic and that in itself is heart-warming experience.…
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Nateshwar: The Journey – Highlights
Nateshwar Dance Academy presented our annual school show Nateshwar The Journey featuring our students at The Playhouse Company on 28 November 2015. Photography Style: Journalistic/ Documentary by Keshlan Nadasen Photography |Lens 3 | Event coverage: Tempest Media . Images may not, under any circumstances, be published, altered in any way including but…
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Nateshwar The Journey | School Show 2015
It’s officially Showtime! An opportunity for students to show off their talent at our annual school show. The title of the show is “Nateshwar … The Journey” – a glimpse of our 35 year journey of Dance. Tickets available from Computicket.
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NDA Feature: The Art of Lavani | Pinga by Deepika Padukone & Priyanka Chopra
After the exquisite launch of Deewani Mastani from the much anticipated Bajirao Mastani. Director Sanjay Leela Bhansali has now released a Marathi Lavani Folk Dance to the track Pinga which depicts the films leading actresses Deepika Padukone and Priyanka Chopra dressed in traditional Lavani attire consisting of a sari draped…
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NDA: Kathak & the Mogul Era revisited in Deewani Mastani
The Mughal era & Kathak The Mughal invasion and occupation of undivided India not only enriched and enhanced the Kathak tradition, but it also added elements of fusion and versatility to it. As a result, the single largest influence of this era on Kathak was its migration from a purely…
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NDA : Navratri feature- Garba & Dandiya Raas
Garba This feature is about the origin and history of Garba & Dandiya Raas. Garba is a Gujarati folk dance celebrated during Navratri, a celebration lasting nine nights. Garba songs typically revolve around the subjects of Lord Krishna or the nine goddesses. The word Garba comes from the Sanskrit word for…
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NDA FEATURE: Exploring the Manipuri Dance forms of northeast India
History of Manipur and Manipuri Dance. In the Ashwamedha Parba of the Mahabharata, it is referred Manipur a splendidly beautiful, the people are well cultured and religious minded exclusively attached to Lord Vasudeva Krishna who is always in their thought. The people are simple and happy. They speak sweet words.…
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Natraj Gopi Krishna: Indian Cinema’s Youngest Choreographer & King of Dance
Natraj Gopi Krishna was born into a family of Kathak dancers. His maternal grandfather Pandit Sukhdev Maharaj was a teacher of Kathak and his aunt Sitara Devi was a Kathak dancer who has performed around the world. When he was 11 years old, Gopi Krishna began training under his…
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NDA: Shampa Sonthalia to choreograph Sunday Times Eastern Bridal Fair
Nateshwar Dance Academy has collaborated with choreographer Shampa Sonthalia in 2013 and 2014 to create two memorable Fashion & Dance extravaganzas for the Sunday Times Eastern Bridal Fair. 2015 promises to be another year of grandeur and spectacular entertainment. Shampa is an inspiration to many dancers. Join us we journey…
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NDA DANCE FEATURE: Uday Shankar & Indian Contemporary Dance
Contemporary Dance in Indian Dance has a relatively short history. Since the perception of ‘modern’ or ‘contemporary’ can vary from dancer to dancer, this dance form cannot be defined as easily as the classical dance styles of India. It is also not codified in a detailed manner, as are the…
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ABCD 2: A dance film bursting with soul, entertainment & spellbinding choreography!
ABCD 2 is a complete entertainer filled with delightful dance performances. The prequel ABCD won the hearts of Dance enthusiasts worldwide. ABCD 2 surpasses expectations it is unquestionably, India’s best dance film to date. Every dancer in this dance crew is flawless and Remo D’Souza has crafted another…
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NDA DANCE FEATURE: KATHAKALI ~ the traditional dance of Kerala
Kathakali is one of the oldest theatre forms in the world. It originated in the area of southwestern India now known as the state of Kerala. Kathakali is a group presentation, in which dancers take various roles in performances traditionally based on themes from Hindu mythology, especially the two epics,…
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