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May 22, 2023 · Rukmini Vijayakumar honours tradition while reaching for contemporary cultural consciousness. Where the Bengaluru-based dancer, choreographer and actor once struggled to keep the practice of modern dance and Bharatanatyam “separate” in her body, she eventually allowed each medium to gently influence her overall approach. By Avantika Shankar.
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Aug 18, 2011 · Based on the idea of ‘neutrality in both mind and body, the system attempts to create a dancer that is simultaneously efficient, precise, and imaginative. She was awarded the title of Arsha Kala Bhushan from Swami Dayananda Saraswati in 2013 and received the Big FM award for a dancer of the year from Jaya TV, the same year.
Rukmini Vijayakumar began her dance training at the age of eight, studying Bharatanatyam under Guru Narmada, Guru Padmini Rao and Guru Sundari Santhanam. She shares insights on dealing with vulnerability and how it takes determination, hard work and sweat to make dreams come true.
Rukmini Vijayakumar is the artistic director of Raadha Kalpa dance company, and the director of LshVa, an art space. She is the founder of The Raadha Kalpa Method, a pedagogical system of training classical Indian and particularly Bharatanatyam dancer.
Mar 3, 2023 · Vijayakumar refers to her becoming a dancer as an ‘incidental’ occurrence, emphasising that she could have been in any profession and would still be equally ‘obsessed’ with dance.
Nov 5, 2022 · A mesmerising rehearsal, where Natya guru Rukmini Vijayakumar helps the students with abhinaya (expression) and nritta (footwork). Hundreds of students have been exposed to her teaching ...
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Oct 25, 2023 · Rukmini Vijayakumar is one such dancer, whose focus on the immense possibilities of movements of a dancing body and her pedagogical method of training (Radha Kalpa) has garnered a positive ...
