Bharatanatyam (Intermediate)
The Ian Potter Centre for Performing Arts
$300
Past Event
Join IPAC for an intensive two-day masterclass to take you to the next level! Through this masterclass participants will learn finer techniques of executing movement vocabulary, responding to complex rhythmic structures and application of dance postures.
Faculty: Rama Vaidyanathan
Rama Vaidyanathan is one of the top-most stars of Bharatanatyam and is a well known exponent of the dance form all over the world. She has been fortunate to have trained intensively under the legendary dancer Yamini Krishnamurty. Rama has also been under the guidance of the eminent Guru Saroja Vaidyanathan. She has received critical acclaim for her extraordinary skills in choreography and has made several humble contributions to the Bharatanatyam repertoire. She has been teaching at Ganesa Natyalaya, Delhi, for the past 25 years and has also been taking intensive master classes in other parts of the country and abroad. Rama has been associated with SPICMACAY, an organisation engaged in propagating Indian arts amongst young people, where she has performed at hundreds of rural and urban schools across India. Rama has served as the Bharatanatyam faculty at IPAC (Singapore) since 2005 and IPAC (Australia) since 2021.
As part of the two day workshop, participants will learn a repertoire number and will be provided with music pre-recording of studio quality for practice. The participants will be given an opportunity to perform this piece at the IPAC Showcase performance concert at the end of their learning program.
Venue: David Li Sound Gallery at the Ian Potter Centre for Performing Arts
Total duration: 8 hours
Session 1 – 1:00 – 5:00pm, Saturday 18th May, 2024
Session 2 – 1:00 – 5:00pm, Sunday 19th May, 2024
Performance: 3:00pm, Sunday 26th May, 2024 (rehearsal time TBC)
Prerequisite: A minimum of five years of prior learning of Bharatanatyam and must be in practice.
Places are strictly limited so please book early.