Why we stopped renting Bharatanatyam Jewelry ?

Dance jewelry renting is still a good business in cities like Chennai, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Trivandrum and Trissur in south India. Many local dance jewellery shop keepers regularly rent many sets including Bharatanatyam and Kuchipudi dance costumes to groups of children who performs once or twice in a year. Even though they can afford to buy in most cases, many parents in India think it is very convenient to rent, use and return for one fourth of the buying cost. They can avoid the maintenance job too !

About six years ago, when we started IndiaMartInUSA.com we also thought of renting dance jewelry should be a good business model here in USA. We did rent dance jewelry and costumes for a while. Soon realized the maintenance and shipping charges are more than what we could charge from a customer. The customer also was paying too much in shipping charges. A dance costume which is only $120 was rented for $40. The customer paid anywhere from $22 to $30 for both ways shipping and ended up paying more than half of the cost of the dress just to use it for one time. As a business, we had to dryclean the dress each time it was back from renter. Some times we found Altha and marker dots and lines in the dance dress making it completely useless after one or two uses.

So the renting model for the dance jewellery and dance costumes didn't work out good. Today concentrate on the quality and delivery time of our dance jewelry and costumes and have real good customer base all over the world.

Thank you for the continuous support.

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Indian Classical Dances
Native to Tamil Nadu (a state in Southern India), Bharatanatyam is one of the popular Indian classical dance forms. Previously referred to as Sadir, Dasiattam and Thanjavur Natyam, it demands unconditional and complete dedication from the performer. The dynamic and earthy style of this dance makes it one of the most chosen forms of Indian classical art forms. Although Bharatanatyam is predominantly performed by women, men are also known to engage in it. While the women wear a typical sari in the dance performance, men have bare chest and wear a dhoti-like outfit in the lower part of the body.
Kathak
Kathak, which originated in northern India, represents one of the eight forms of Indian classical dances. The name Kathak has been derived from the Sanskrit word katha, meaning story. Thus, katthaka means the one who tells a story. Kathak focuses more on the footwork of the dancer. The movements are skillfully controlled and performed straight-legged, by dancers wearing the ankle bells (ghunghroo). The costumes and themes of Kathak are often similar to those in Mughal miniature paintings.

History
Initially, dancers known as katthakas used to perform in village squares and temple courtyards across the country, unfolding mythological and moral tales from the ancient scriptures. They used to support their recitals with hand gestures and facial expressions. Music and dance were used by them to illuminate the story and to enliven it up. With time, this dance took the form of Kathkalakshepam and Harikatha in southern India and came to be known as Kathak in the north
Kuchipudi
Kuchipudi was introduced as a dance drama, but its present day dispensation tells a different story altogether. It has now been reduced only to dance form, with the drama missing completely. With proficient training and knowledge, the Kuchipudi dancers have started presenting the dance form in their individualistic ways, today. In the present timesd, majority of the Kuchipudi dancers are women. Kuchipudi dramas are enacted during nights, in open air, on improvised stages. The audience generally sits on the ground.
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Temple Jewelry

Temple jewelry is the name given to certain kinds of traditional jewelry originating in southern India. Temple jewelry is strongly associated with classical forms of Indian dance that are often part of spiritual and devotional activities, especially the Bharatanatyam form of dance. For this reason, it's also called dance jewelry.
A true set of temple jewelry includes ten separate pieces — not only necklaces and bracelets but also earrings, ear chains, diadems, chains for the waist and most especially anklets. These anklets are known as gajjalu in some regions of India; they are a key feature of Bharatanatyam dance. Gajjalu are made from leather thongs or from twine, on which small bells are hung. As the wearer moves, the bells jingle. According to tradition, the more talented the dancer, the more sound would be heard from the bells.
Today, it's very easy to find beautiful temple jewelry that's perfect for many different occasions. Anyone who hopes to perform classical Indian dance properly needs a fine set of traditional dance jewelry. Temple jewelry is also the perfect adornment for more traditional occasions.

Beijing sways to Bharatanatyam - The Hindu

For Chinese tired of Peking Opera and ballet, Jin Shanshan’s dancing school is a refuge

On a recent snowy Sunday, the walls of a nondescript apartment complex in a Beijing suburb reverberated with a steady rhythm.

In a small exercise room, 14 young Chinese students stomped their feet on the cold wooden floorboards, as their teacher, sitting upright and cross-legged, clapped her hands to produce a quick beat.

A typical scene, perhaps, in any Beijing arts school. This, however, is a Chinese dancing school with a difference: every Sunday morning, young Chinese from across the city gather here not to learn Peking Opera or ballet, but Bharatanatyam.

Founded in 2005 with only a couple of students, Jin Shanshan’s dancing school today trains two dozen students — from 5-year-old beginners to professional dancers.

Jin (40) is perhaps China’s only professionally-trained Bharatanatyam teacher who has studied extensively in India. She was introduced to Indian dance as long as 25 years ago, when she met the famous Chinese danseuse Zhang Jun.

Zhang brought Indian classical dance to China in the 1960s, when she was one of the founding members of former Premier Zhou Enlai’s initiative to set up an Oriental Song and Dance Ensemble. Zhang travelled to India to visit schools, studying with Uday Shankar, Birju Maharaj and at Kalakshetra in Chennai. Zhang subsequently started a school in Beijing to teach young Chinese Bharatanatyam and Kathak; Jin was one of her students.

The renowned dancer passed away last year after a battle with cancer. Her star student is looking to keep her teacher’s legacy alive through her own school, which she started seven years ago with modest ambitions.

“Back then, I only planned to teach my daughter, and a few friends encouraged me to start teaching their children,” Jin told The Hindu in an interview. Today, she teaches two dozen students every week, holding classes for beginners, intermediate and advanced dancers. Her youngest student is only four years old, while her most advanced protégés are college students in elite Beijing arts academies.

She plans to expand her school into a centre for culture that introduces Indian arts to China, and soon hopes to bring renowned Indian dancers, artists and musicians to Beijing.

Jin cites the eminent dancer Leela Samson as “a great inspiration.” She first met Samson when she travelled to Kalakshetra in Chennai in 1998. “She is my guru, who inspired me and showed me the attitude one needs to have to become an artist.”

Jin believes Chinese interest in Indian culture is growing, evinced by her steadily expanding classroom size. “Too many people in China learn Western ballet and piano,” Jin said. “Chinese people love Bollywood, but they are now also beginning to realise the charm and beauty of Indian classical dance.”

Most of her students come from well-to-do Beijing families. Xu Yan Ling enrolled her 5-year-old daughter Shi Shao in the school two years ago, after she saw Jin perform at a Beijing university.

“I want to give my child this unique education, to expose her to a different culture,” Xu said. “Zhang Jun made Indian dance very popular in China, and Shanshan is continuing her work. So we want to support her.”

Jin’s class is also popular with Beijing’s small but growing Indian community. Padma Raman from Chennai, who moved to Beijing in July, enrolled her 8-year-old daughter Smriti in Jin’s school.

“The level is really high,” Raman said. “The first thing that amazed me was how the Chinese kids were getting the mudras perfectly. Even my daughter was not getting it right but they were! Shanshan is better than some Indian teachers we have seen, and she is really following the Kalakshetra way.”

Jin takes her classes seriously, and says she also wants to instil in her students “the Indian values” she learnt through her own education, particularly at Kalakshetra. At the end of every class, the students pay their respects to their teacher, bowing to her before leaving the room — much to the amusement of a Chinese parent, who confided that her child was usually a terror to her primary schoolteachers.

Complaints from students are not tolerated. When one young student at the end of a particularly tough routine puffed out her cheeks in exhaustion, Jin admonished her. “Nobody behaves like that in India!,” she said. “Always keep your posture!”

Courtesy: The Hindu 

RANGA SHANKARAA by Nrithya Bharathi

RANGA SHANKARAA – Dance & Music Festival 2013

Presents – KRISHNA – A divine Experience

“Krishna” is an experience of the transcendent, choreographed by the celebrated dancing couple Shijith Nambiar and Parvathy Menon. They have put together this production with the purpose of sharing their experiences of the Divine with audiences worldwide.

This production features professional Bharatanatyam Artists from Chennai, India with Principal performers Duo – Shijith Nambiar and Parvathy Menon.

The Festival also features Dancers of Nrithyabharathi in “Brahmanandam” – A tribute to great Scholars and poets who have gifted Eternal Bliss and supreme Happiness to Mankind through Poetry, Literature, Dance, Music……

Vocal Recital – The Artist featured in the music section is Gautam Sacheendran, winner of the All Kerala music competition conducted by Swathi Music Dias for consecutively 5 times. He has won the title ‘Gana Prabha’ awarded by Pookkad Kalalayam in the year 2010.

Date – April 6th 2013

Time – 4:30PM

Venue – Zionsville Performing Art center, 1000 Mulberry Street, Zionsville, Indiana

Tickets – $25 (family), $ 10(Individual), FREE for Students

Tickets are available online at – http://www.dancecostumesandjewelry.com/