Welcome you all to the inaugural episode of NIV Baithak featuring Rama Vaidyanathan, leading exponent of Bharatanatyam and winner of Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in dance.

In this episode, Rama ji speaks about her own journey over several decades, how it shaped her attitude towards dance, evolution of her personal style while also answering critical questions raised by rasikas and students. She also presents three pieces as a part of her demonstration - Mayura Alarippu, thumri and a Meera Bai bhajan.

The programme was hosted by Pritam Das, an young Bharatnatyam dancer.

NIV Baithak is a series of conversation and lecture demonstration sessions hosted and curated by NIV Art Centre & Film Studios featuring some of the leading exponents and gurus in Indian Classical Music and Dance.

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Timestamp
00:00:00 - Introduction
00:01:00 - Journey shaping an artist
00:03:13 - Struggle
00:06:22 - Attitude towards dance
00:09:30 - Arriving at a personal style
00:16:00 - Bharatanatyam Margam in contemporary times
00:19:54 - Mayura Alarippu - Demonstration
00:26:54 - Approach towards interdisciplinary practice
00:33:45 - Demonstration on Thumri
00:38:22 - Scope for young classical dancer in today's world
00:42:46 - Investment of time, patience
00:45:32 - How would Rama Vaidyanathan like to be remembered
00:46:15 - Pedagogy
00:52:20 - Ultimate purpose of presenting classical dance to a rasika
00:58:30 - Importance of sustained practice
01:00:24 - Comments on Pay & Perform
01:07:20 - Performer's changing body over time
01:11:50 - Learning different banis
01:15:30 - Explorations in choreography
01:18:00 - Message to young practitioners
01:20:40 - Demonstration- Performance on Meera Bai's bhajan

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