Here is a guide/listing of all of the posts I've written regarding dance and non-dance features. First I've listed some general categories of post collections, and then groupings of posts by type follow.
General Categories
- Research on dance, cinema, and history
- Rare finds from film dances and real-life footage
- Scholarly/academic writings; archive finds
- Films with dance styles: Bharatanatyam, Kathak, Kathakali, Kuchipudi, Manipuri, Mohiniattam, Odissi, Sattriya, Kootiyattam
- Documentaries about or featuring dance
- Films with special-topic dances: practice, twin, male, humorous, from early cinema, from Western films, inspired by Busby Berkeley, Rabindra Nritya/Tagore
- Dances from less-common language films: Bengali, Kannada, Malayalam, Odia, Assamese, Sinhala
- Film dances I hope to find someday
Traditional Indian Dance in Indian Films
Kamala, Sayee-Subbalakshmi, Padmini, Vyjayanthimala
 > Rare Dance Songs of Kamala, Sai-Subbalakshmi, Padmini, & More!
> Even More Rare Dances of Kamala!
> New Kamala and Padmini/Lalitha Dance Finds!
> Kamala Dancing at the National Heritage Fellowships Concert September 2010!
> Baby Kamala Dancing in Ram Rajya and Kismet (1943)
> A Personal Article on Kamala: Reminiscenses of a Disciple
> The Classical Dances in Konjum Salangai (Tamil, 1962)
> Padmini: The Eternal Dancer (Galatta Cinema Article)
> Kamala's Dances in Jwala (Hindi, 1971)
> New Kamala Film Dance Finds! Manohara and Malayitta Mangai!
> Kamala Dancing in the Documentary Bharata Natyam (1954)
> Found: Three New Kamala Dances (Ore Iravu, Vedhala Ulagam, & Manthiri Kumari)
> All About Kamala's Sister Rhadha - The Other Dancer in Bhakta Kuchela!
> Three New 1950s Kamala Dance Finds
> A Clear Copy of Kamala's Tandava Dance in Sivagangai Seemai
> Rare 1930s Tamil Film and 1950s Padmini Dance Footage from Ellis Dungan's Collection
> Kamala's Peacock Dance Found! (and some other "new" Kamala, Padmini, and Lalitha dances)
> Found! Kamala, Rhadha, and Vasanthi's Dance in Chenda (1973, Malayalam)
> Muthuswami Pillai's Star Students, Sayee and Subbulakshmi, and the "Twin Dance" Phenomenon
> Sayee and Subbulakshmi's Film Industry Relatives: R. Padma, P.A. Periyanayaki, and Others: Part Three
> Found: Vyjayanthimala's Other Bharatanatyam Dance in Chittor Rani Padmini (1963, Tamil)!
> Meeting and Interviewing Kamala! And a Rare Video Find at the NYPL!
> New Kamala Dance Finds in the Tamil Films Mahatma Udhangar (1947) and Illarame Nallaram (1958), and Better Versions of Two Kamala Classics! |
Dances of Traditional Communities (Film and Nonfilm)
 > Rare Video Clips of Devadasis, Uday Shankar & Simkie, Ram Gopal, and More
> The Devadasi Video Mystery Solved! Gujarat and its Bharatanatyam Legacy
> Adventures in Date-ing the BritishPathe Devadasi Dance and Video
> Rare Video of Devadasis Gauri Ammal and Balasaraswati
> Found: Bala (1976, Satyajit Ray) and an Extant Recordings List
> A Better Quality Bala AND Sanchari, Bamboo Flute, and Kuchipudi Revisited Posted Full Length!
> Dance Footage of Balasaraswati at the 1963 Edinburgh Festival
> Devadasi-Like Dances in Classic South Indian Films
> Kalavantulu/Devadasi Dances in the Films Muddu Bidda and Periyar (An Ode to Davesh Soneji's Latest Book)
> Film Choreographies of Nattuvanar V.S. Muthuswami Pillai: Part One
> Found: Vyjayanthimala's Devadasi Dance in Piya Milan (Choreographed by V.S. Muthuswami Pillai)
> Muthuswami Pillai's Star Students, Sayee and Subbulakshmi, and the "Twin Dance" Phenomenon: Part Two
> Sayee and Subbulakshmi's Film Industry Relatives: R. Padma, P.A. Periyanayaki, and Others: Part Three
> Muthukumara Pillai on Screen in Kannika (1947), and Other Nattuvanars in Indian Cinema
> New 1950s Footage at Net-Film: Vazhuvoor Ramaiah Pillai, E.V. Saroja, Chitrasena, Vajira, and Padma Subrahmanyam! |
Uday Shankar, Kalpana, and the Shankar Creative Dance Style
Remembering Film Choreographers Series
Film Classical Dances Of...
Indian Dance in Western/NonIndian Films
Detailed Dance Comparisons
Film Classical Dance Finds
 > My Latest Collection of Lesser-Known Film Classical Dances
> Hamsa Geethe's Classical Dance Competition: Translation and Reflection
> Classical Dances from the Film Swathi Thirunal (1987, Malayalam)
> A Gorgeous Kathak Dance in Khudito Pashan (1960, Bengali)
> Another Kamal Hassan "Classical" Dance in Sanam Teri Kasam
> Film Thoughts: La Danse De L'Enchanteresse (France, 2007)
> Kinara is on YouTube! Hema Malini! Classical Dance!
> Natyacharya: An Upcoming Bharatanatyam Documentary
> Classical Dances from the film Sringaram (Tamil, 2007)
> Found: The Classical Dance in Kann Sivandhal Mann Sivakkum (Tamil, 1983)
> Upcoming Documentary: Odissi - From the Temples to the Contemporary Stage
> Found: Bhavantarana (and other lovely dance-related documentary clips!)
> Full-Length Bhavantarana is now up!
> A Better Quality Bala AND Sanchari, Bamboo Flute, and Kuchipudi Revisited Posted Full Length!
> Found: Devayani's Classical Dance in America Ammayi (Telugu, 1976)
> Found: Sharon Lowen's Odissi Dance in Swarna Kamalam (Telugu, 1988)
> Rare Video of Dancers Tara Chowdhary, Guru Gopinath & Indrani Rehman, Sitarist Ravi Shankar, & More (all thanks to Net-Film!)
> Remembering the Late Tara Chaudhri
> Two More Busby Berkeley Top Shots in 1930s Indian Film Dance
> Bharatanatyam in Sri Lankan Sinhalese Films and in Sri Lanka
> Classical Dances in Recent Indian Films - Including Sattriya and Kootiyattam!
> Found: Rangam (Malayalam, 1985) and Shobana/Mohanlal's Bharatanatyam and Kathakali Dances!
> Birju Maharaj Dancing Kathak in Khayal Gatha (1988, Hindi)...Yes, I'm Back, Hiatus Ended!
> Guru Gopinath Dancing in Mahatma Udhangar (1947, Tamil) and BFIFootage, Plus Thoughts on His Legacy |
Dance Extravaganzas!
Dance Archives and Academia
Indian Cinema
Other Projects and Fangirl Adventures
> Vyjayanthimala and Padmini's Dance-off: Vanjikottai Valiban vs. Raj Tilak
> Indian Classical Dance Extravaganza!
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