Professional course for dancers and dance teachers. Why should Dance teachers learn the art of Nattuvangam? Until now, dance teachers have been doing Nattuvangam based on their tala knowledge and technical experience and with this ability they have been teaching items choreographed by themselves or their Gurus. It is a matter of fact that unlike Carnatic Music, there is no systematized training methodology for learning or teaching Nattuvangam.
Guruji Natyacharya, a Music and Bharatanatyam teacher and a research scholar, has formulated systematic methodology of learning this art and attaining the stage of perfection through his book “Natya Nattuvanga Saram” and also takes direct classes (also through skype) to teach this. In the below mentioned list of courses, the ones marked are Diploma course and the other one is Certificate course.
140 hours Diploma course
Tala aspects, Musical aspects Method of tapping for Adavus in Wooden Plank and Hand Bells Detailed learning about various aspects of Suddha Nrtam Rules and regulations of Dance, its construction and structure.
**Methods to hand dance accompaniments.
**Method to set background music for dance.
**Details about various Dance items.
**Method of choreographing dance knowledge of different items and Variations in different styles (Banis).
**Method of setting jathis.
**Understanding any type of jathis with its calculations.
**Reciting jathis along with metronome, which more useful for even rendering on
250 hours Diploma course
Practical Bharatha Natyam to Advance studies in Bharath Natyam Choreographing techniques of 8 Items
Recording Practical.
**Reciting jathis along with metronome in the studio with pre recorded accompaniments
**Technique accompaniment jathis Setting and reciting jathis to songs.
**Music knowledge required for dance and basic requisite vocal training for dance .
**Theory only - if they want to learn singing especially for Bharatha natyam
