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COLLECTOR’S ITEM: Dancer and actor Vyjayantimala Bali (left) and Ms. Y.G. Parthasarathy, dean and director, Padma Seshadri Bala Bhavan Secondary Schools, at the release of Bharathanatyam DVDs of the actor in Chennai on Wednesday.
CHENNAI: A collection of noted dancer Vyjayantimala Bali’s rendition of rare traditional Bharatanatyam performances is now available in digital format, courtesy a series of DVDs brought out by Swathi Soft Solutions, a city-based IT company. Releasing the two DVDs —Aradhana, the Celebration of a Celestial Art and Sampradaya, the Touch of Tradition—N. Ram, Editor-in-Chief, The Hindu, said Ms. Bali’s versatility in classical Bharatanatyam was characteris ed by her commitment to preserving the purity of the classical art form and adherence to core values. Mrs Y.G. Parthasarathy, dean and director, Padma Seshadri Bala Bhavan Secondary Schools, received the first copies. Ms. Bali was a “remarkable talent” who, even at the height of her extremely successful film career, had sustained her dedication to dance. “A healthy situation is now developing where young dancers are being enthused by the example of people like Ms. Bali,” Mr. Ram said. He appealed to art lovers and the public to support ventures like the one attempted by Swathi Soft Solutions which made available a great tradition in a modern form. Ms. Bali had a “wonderful dramatic passion” for Bharatanatyam, besides a fine sense of rhythm and nritya, Mrs. Parthasarathy said. Chennai was witnessing a revival of classical dance and music. Throughout her dance career, she had tried to revive rare temple dance forms, Ms. Bali said. Bhakthi was the predominant aspect of her dance and the digital format was an attempt at sharing her performances with a wider audience. A tremendous market existed for digitalising dance performances as, unlike music, dance performances had not had much digital recording, Sujatha Vijayaraghavan, consultant for the making of the DVDs, said. The discs were the first in a series of live recordings of Ms. Bali’s performances done on several occasions.
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