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occupation from
various castes such as, Melakkarar,
Nayanakkarar and
Nattuvanar come
under this term. Isai
Vellalars are a
micro community. Out of all...
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music and a singer, and
typically the dancer's guru is
present as the
nattuvanar or director-conductor of the
performance and art. The
performance repertoire...
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Bharatanatyam format.
Kittappa Pillai and his
brothers were born into a
nattuvanar family and were
trained in
music by
Muthuswami Dik****ar. They went on...
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trained under the
Thiruvalaputhur Kalyani Grand Daughters,
Gopalakrishna Nattuvanar and
Viralimalai Muthukannamal. Ganesh's
doctoral work was The research...
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distinguished dance teacher K.
Kandappan Pillai, a
member of the
famed Thanjavur Nattuvanar family. Her
younger brothers were the
musicians T.
Ranganathan and T....
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state of
Tamil Nadu.
Meenakshisundaram Pillai,
whose ancestors were
nattuvanars, was a
descendant from the
Thanjavur Quartet,
which comprised four brothers:...
- 2013.
Retrieved 1
December 2013. S.
SHIVPPRASADH (12
January 2012). "
Nattuvanar of rare calibre". The Hindu.
Retrieved 20
December 2014. "Special footwork"...
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performance is led by a
conductor (chief musician)
called the
Sutradhara or
Nattuvanar, who
typically keeps the beat
using cymbals and also
recites the musical...
- the past years,
there were no
formal training institutions,
schools or
nattuvanar (teacher) for koothu. Now, to
encourage the
dying art,
there are some...
- with her: two dancers, two
nattuvanars (leaders of
Bharatanatyam concerts), and two teachers.
Others followed:
Nattuvanar Appaswamy and his
dancer wife...
