Comments on: In conversation with Bijayini Satpathy, Director of the Odissi Gurukul at Nrityagram https://groundviews.org/2010/09/16/in-conversation-with-bijayini-satpathy-director-of-the-odissi-gurukul-at-nrityagram/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=in-conversation-with-bijayini-satpathy-director-of-the-odissi-gurukul-at-nrityagram Journalism for Citizens Fri, 17 Sep 2010 12:40:10 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.1 By: jiva https://groundviews.org/2010/09/16/in-conversation-with-bijayini-satpathy-director-of-the-odissi-gurukul-at-nrityagram/#comment-23245 Fri, 17 Sep 2010 12:40:10 +0000 http://www.groundviews.org/?p=4194#comment-23245 Thanks for the wonderfull interview. Have seen Bijayini once in Edinburgh and was blown away. Well done Sanjana

On a parralal note.
I worry about calling Kandyan dancing Sri Lankan dancing. It is one of the many Sri Lankan dance forms. Bharata Natyam( a post colionial reconstruction like much of dance in South ASia) is also Sri Lankan dance. Deva dasis( temple dancers) were present in Vannar pannai Sivan Kovil and Nalloor Kandhaswamy kovil in Northern Sri Lnaka before the banning AND its subsequent revival . Its modern reconstruction – Bharata natyam is is very much a cultural heritAGE that Tamils and Sinahla practiioners in Sri Lanka take pride in.
In dance terms Kathakali and Theyyam from Kerala have the most similarities with Kandyan dancing.

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