Research Catalog

Title

Interview with Kalanidhi Narayanan [sound recording]

Author

Narayanan, Kalanidhi, 1928-

Publication

1989.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Rao, Geetha.
• Coorlawala, Uttara Asha.
• Surendran, Shyamala.

Description

2 sound cassettes (76 min.)

Donor/Sponsor

Oral History Archive.

Subject

• Bharata natyam
• Women dancers > India

Note

• Interviewed by Asha Uttara Coorlawala 25 and 27 Sept. 1989 in New York and Queens, NY. In English, with some responses in Tamil.
• Also participating in the interview are Geetha Rao, dance lover, and Shyamala Surendran, classical dancer and writer.
• For transcript of interview see: *MGZMT 3-1650.

Access (note)

• Cassette 2 and pages 12-34 of the transcript are closed until released by Uttara Coorlawala.

Contents

SUMMARY: Cassette 1. Kalanidhi Narayanan discusses her devadasi dance teachers and musicians in Madras, ca. 1936-1947; the Devadasi Act of 1936; erotic (javali) art versus devotional (bhakti) art. -- Cassette 2. Her early dance training in Bharata Natyam; Uday Shankar's visit to audition her; her method of teaching abhinaya; the interpretation of texts; the ideal dancer; her performances at the Music Academy; possession as opposed to projecting a role/character; stylization; the need for program notes.

Call Number

*MGZTC 3-1650

OCLC

NYPY926023627-R

Author

Narayanan, Kalanidhi, 1928- Interviewee

Title

Interview with Kalanidhi Narayanan [sound recording]

Imprint

1989.

Access

Cassette 2 and pages 12-34 of the transcript are closed until released by Uttara Coorlawala.

Local Subject

Audiotapes -- Surendran, S.

Audiotapes -- Rao, G.

Audiotapes -- Narayanan, K.

Added Author

Rao, Geetha.

Coorlawala, Uttara Asha. Interviewer

Surendran, Shyamala.

Research Call Number

*MGZTC 3-1650