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• 1 Shreenidhi Jun 26, 2007 at 5:42 pm

  Hey i feel great that you are blogging about dance too. I would also like to know that how you started learning dance, where, who is ur guru? etc; etc:

• 2 Anjali Jun 28, 2007 at 4:21 am

  Thanks for visting my site. I located your site on Google and found it good. i shall be posting my details on About page soon. Thanks again.

• 3 Deepthi Feb 15, 2008 at 10:22 pm

  Hi Anjali, Excellent explanation by you about ADAVU. I was looking for these basics for my 4yr daughter who’s crazy about Bharatnatyam. I need more information on Nattadavu 5&6th steps

• 4 Anjali Feb 15, 2008 at 10:47 pm

  Hi Deepthi, Thanks for visiting this blog. Take a look the Index page. I have posted the explanation as well as the video for 5th and 6th step. Still if you have any doubts feel free to ask.

• 5 Kryna Patel Feb 20, 2009 at 5:51 pm

  hello this is kryna i am a student learning bharatnantyam and enjot it umm if u can send all the steps to bharatnantyam that would be the best umm andd yeah hope to hear from you

• 6 Anjali Feb 23, 2009 at 1:08 pm

  Hello Kryna, thanks for visiting the site. Probably you can buy my the Adavu CD where in all the 10 Adavus will be covered. Let me know.

• 7 Chandini Jun 22, 2009 at 10:15 am

  Hi Anjali,
  I was very happy to come through this website. I learned Barthnatyam for 2 yrs when I was young but could not continue it. Now Iam 27 and love to dnace. I used to do many folk dances in school days but I was very keen on learning Barthnatayam. I was very impressed with the efforts you have put into this website. I have started to learn from this site and enjoying it. I wanted to know how many times or days we need to practise the same adavu step ( to get good posture and balance )before starting the next adavu step? I want to send my daughter (now 3yr old) to dance class, what is the minimum age to start?
  Thanks
  Love this website.

• 8 Anjali Jun 22, 2009 at 7:49 pm

  Hello Chandini, Thank you for the kind words. Regarding correct posture, I feel you must have somebody to correct you. A beginner would not be able to understand if he or she is right or wrong. Once you have the corrections with you, practicing becomes effective. Practice each step untill you can do it uninterrupted in the third speed. Kids start learning at the age of 5 and 6. Parents like you who already have some knowledge can always initiate your child.

• 9 deepti Jul 31, 2009 at 8:05 am

  Hi , I have learned dance 5 years ago but i know after seeing the steps i am able to dance now . Do u have cd or dvd of full dance steps or taal , i want to reculact dance .

• 10 Anjali Aug 3, 2009 at 8:27 am

  Yes, I shall mail you with the details.

• 11 Ansar Aug 24, 2009 at 2:08 am

  hI,anjali I’m very happy to come through this website,I’m a classic dance lover especially bharthanatya unfortunately I don’t know much about this could I get any c.d /books to know more about this dance form,I hope you can help me to know about bharathanattyam

• 12 Anjali Aug 24, 2009 at 10:35 am

  Hello Ansar,
  Thank you. Some good books that should help you in the introduction of the dance form is Abhinaya darpanam and natyashastra which is vast. The book ” Dance dialects of India” by Ragini Devi is a good read for people like you.
  What kind of Cds are you looking for?

• 13 nigamaa Aug 25, 2009 at 1:53 am

  Thanks for the hint to Dance Dialects, btw recently I aquired a DVD : “Karana Prakaranam – Marga Tradition Revived by Dr. Padma Subrahmanyam”. I bought it because it advertises to be in accord with Natyashastra. Anyhow one of my Natyashastras discovered that the Shastra is a conglomerate of various previous, unrelated books. Which makes sense to me to wait for an authoritive edition.

• 14 sherin sony Aug 31, 2009 at 9:01 am

  i am really interested in your programme.

• 15 Anjali Aug 31, 2009 at 10:40 am

  I have mailed you with the details.

• 16 Bhavya Sep 24, 2009 at 4:57 am

  Hi Anjali ,
  Thank you for the great site.I’m a final year student of Electrical Engineering at IIT Kharagpur.I’ve a great interest in learning classical dance but do not have time to take regular classes. Initially I wanted to learn kuchipudi and I’ve searched for learning sites but couldn’t find a site as useful as yours.When I’ve found your site I was very happy.I’m slowly browsing through the site whenever I’m getting time. Can you make it more elaborate by giving information of mudras and all in the beginning.

  Bhavya

• 17 Anjali Sep 24, 2009 at 7:34 am

  Thank you Bhavya for the suggesstion. Please check these links for mudras http://onlinebharatanatyam.com/2008/01/03/asamyukta-hasta-or-single-hand-gesture
  http://onlinebharatanatyam.com/2008/02/28/samayukta-hastas-or-double-hand-gestures-in-bharatanatyam

• 18 tejaswini Feb 13, 2010 at 6:41 am

  hiii anjali,i feel very great about u, i started lerning after i saw this blog. its really excellent, there is no words to pen down… its really really helpful to me. i have been lot of interest to learn dance since my childhood but the opportunity is come now. i am utilising this blog my level best,,,,,,, thanx alottttt…. i learnt namaskar, and adavus intial steps,, now i entered into adavus but i didnt understand how to start and i didnt get how to know i am perfect or not on those steps……
  plzz give a small suggetions to me plzzzzzzzzzzz

• 19 Anjali Feb 13, 2010 at 7:24 am

  @Sandali,Inthu, Shubha, thanks a lot for your kind words.
  @Tejaswini, Thank you. This website is only a reference. So you will need a teacher or some one who has learnt to correct you in the steps.

• 20 Meghna Aug 12, 2010 at 1:03 pm

  Hey this is a wonderful site… U knw learning any classical dance form is my chilhood dream… due to some circumstances I was not able to join any dance classes that time.. Now m 23 years old and a bit stable in my career.. Still cant manage to join regular dance classes because of the time constraint.. But here I see some hope…
  Thanks

• 21 lalitha. Oct 7, 2010 at 7:23 am

  anjali mam U R ASTATIC BLOOSM IN INDIA. THIS WEB SIT is too good for learning dance

• 22 Amarjeet Kaur Mar 2, 2011 at 6:14 am

  classical dance is very systmetic dance

• 23 viveka Apr 11, 2011 at 6:21 am

  too good to see everything online

• 24 chelvi thyagi Apr 20, 2011 at 8:05 am

  Pls. load videos for all the adavu’s. There are videos only for few. You are doing amazing job…I love it.

• 25 Vidya Sagar Apr 21, 2011 at 1:39 am

  Hi , my kid is of 4 years and wish her to learn Bharatanatyam. Do u have cd or dvd of full dance steps or taal.

  Thanks

• 26 Anjali Apr 21, 2011 at 12:33 pm

  @Chelvi, all the adavus are up, check the video title under this link http://onlinebharatanatyam.com/index1/

• 27 spsharma Jun 12, 2011 at 7:49 am

  my daughter want to learn bharatnatyam. she is 8 years old. thanks

• 28 Pratyashi Jul 4, 2011 at 9:49 am

  Dear Sir,

  Sir can you tell me something about adavus like why are there adavus in bharatanatyam only why not in other classical dances,its origin.Sir I learn Bharatanatyam in Pushpanjali dance acamdemy- Guru- Shrimati Pushpa Bhuya. I have an assessment about adavus, sir I have to submit it on 10th July.So, can you please help me?

  —–Pratyashi.

• 29 Anjali Jul 6, 2011 at 8:14 am

  @Pratyashi, Adavus are basic technique and it is practiced in most classical dances. Every classical dance has got its own set of adauvs.

• 30 lakshminarayana Aug 5, 2011 at 7:12 am

  Hy this is lakshmi thanks for the visiting the site i i got more information this is the very good site i like it
  thanks.

• 31 lakshminarayana Aug 5, 2011 at 7:15 am

  hi this is lakshmi narayan i like this site because here nice & very good information about Barathanaatyam dance & other also
  thanks.

• 32 Arusha Sep 28, 2011 at 3:21 am

  i wanted steps for vandhemataram for my daughter (4 yrs), who is having a solo dance competition . I’ll be very grateful if u can suggest some videos or some dance steps so dat she can dance for 2-3 minutes. thank u.

• 33 D BRAHMANAND Nov 29, 2011 at 12:44 am

  i like music and i want cultural dance so i except to send my mail in bharathanatyam speps
  thankingyou sir

• 34 ragamai Feb 27, 2012 at 7:13 am

  madam i am fan of bharatanatyam and I am practicing it from your blog and I have a doubt that after araimandi you didn’t put a video on remaining adavus’s so please keep them also

• 35 shalini Mar 29, 2012 at 4:31 am

  hi anjali ur site has helped my daughter a great deal with her efforts on bharatnatyam. she is now on visharu adavu. thanks a ton.always looking forward to new postings.

• 36 Tirthadipa Pradhan May 14, 2012 at 9:22 pm

  Hey Anjali, thanks for uploading the adavus….i find it useful this way to remember the simple steps (which i forget very often )…good job dear…also i wanted to know does pakkadavu and rangakramana have the same movements? thank you!