नयऔररोजगार

अखलशपटल

भारतमसमारोहबनानयकएपरनहहोतह,चाहवहशादसमारोहहो,कोईयोहारयाकोईवशष

कायम।नयहमशासभारतीयसकतकाहसारहाह।एवखशीदशनकाएकवाभावकतरीका

ह।एकपशवरनतकबननकलएएकजमजाततभाकआवयकताहोतीह,काएऔरमागदशन

डासकरयरबतसमानजनकहऔरइससडासरकोअतरराीयमणकअवसरभीमलतहनय

नय अब कवल मनोरजन का मायम या हमार रचनामकदमागकोसतकरनकाएकोतनहह, बक यह आजीवका क एक अ ोत और यहा तककएकताकपमापतहोगयाह।

एक करयर वकप क प म अब इस लया जान लगा ह कलाकार क लए सरकारी और गर-सरकारी

व पोषण साए ह जनक ारा अययन, उत शण और याा क लए वभ छावया और

अनदान दए जात ह। ावसायक नय क लए औपचारक शा क आवयकता होती ह और ऐस कई कॉलज ह जो नय क वभ कार म नातक औरपरानातकपामदानकरतह।डीरखन

वाल उमीदवारएक पशवर शक बन सकत ह नय का अयास म बत जटल, थका दन वाला होता ह औरइसतदनकरनकआवयकताहोतीह।

एक पश क प म नय म कई करयर वकप हो सकतह।चऔरमताकआधारपरकोईभीइनम सकसीएककोचनसकताह।

*नयकलाकार (Dancer)

एक नय कलाकार बनन क लए चहर क अ भाव, मच पर उपत और आकषक उपत होनी

चाहए।

दशन करन वाल कलाकार का अपना समह होता ह

याउहकसीसमहकसाथकामकरनाचाहए।

उहन नय का अयास करन म बत समय बताया

होगा। नय क म लोग क लए सपक होना एक

फायदा ह और समय-समय पर दशक क च जानन

कलएजनताकसपकमरहनकआवयकताह।

नयशक (dance teacher)

इस म आन क लए का को समवत करन क लए शण कौशल, बत धय और बधन कौशल

होना चाहए। उह उस नय क बार म गहरा ान होना

चाहए । नय को ावहारक और सातक ान म

उहकशलहोनकअवयकताहोतीह।ताकवछा

को नय क सभी पहल को सखा सक। नतक जो

शणकोएकवसायकपमलनाचाहतह, उह कल, कॉलज, नय सानम नौकरी मल सकती ह

और व अपना वय का नय वालय भी खोल सकत

कोरयोाफर

मनोरजनउोगमअऔररचनामककोरयोाफर

क बत माग होती ह । अ कोरयोाफर को टज

शो, टलीवजन, लाइव शो, समारोह या फम क लए

कोरयोाफ करन क लए अवसर मलत ह और उह

उनक काम का अा पसा भी मलता ह। कोरयोाफग म नय क रचना करना, नतकयको

शत करना और वभ चरण का एक पटन

बनानाशामलह।अनभवीनयऔरसगीतकअ

समझ अततः आपको एक अा कोरयोाफर भी बनासकतीह।

अभनयकरयर

यद आप एक डासर ह और आपक पास अा

अभनय कौशल ह तो आप फम उोग म आन का

वकप भी चन सकत ह। बॉलीवड म एक सफल

अभनता बनन क लए डास और एटग एक

महवपण कजी ह। सबस अा उदाहरण ऋतक

रोशन का ह। आपको शत करन और फर फम

उोग म शामल होन म मदद करन क लए

अकादमक ग भी ह। फम उोग कसी भी

फम म बक डासस क लए एक मच भी दता ह। उनकाढ़सकपउहअभनताबननकामौकाभीद

सकताह।

नयचकसक

डास थरपी एक बत ही सवदन शील करयर ह, जो भावनामकऔर वहार सबधी समया वाल लोग

को शरीर क गतवधय और भाव क मायम स खद

को करना सखाकर उनक मदद करता ह। इस थरपीकोडासमवमटथरपीकहाजाताह।चकसक

लोग और समह क साथ नयतस करत ह जहा उनक वहार और भावना का नरीण करन क लए शारीरक गतवधय का उपयोग कया जाता ह। वअपनीसमयाकोजाननकलएोध, मआद पराहककअभकजाचकरसकतह।अपन ती या शात भाव को जारी करन क लए सगीत क गतकाउपयोगकयाजाताहयहजीवनकमानसक औरशारीरकपकोएककतकरनकबारमह

नयकासभावनासभराआह

हालाक इस क बार म सचना नटवक अय

क तरह कशल नह ह। अधकाश लोग को यह

नह पता होता ह क नय कतन अवसर दान कर

सकता ह। लोग आज भी डास को करयर नह शौक

समझतह।

नयमकरयरकलएछाव / अनदान:

1. वभ साकतक

2. सकत मालय, भारत सरकार अपनी

को परा करन वाल चयनत वान को उत शण क लए दो साल क लए हर महीन 5000

।

यह योजना भरतनाम, कथक, कचपड़ी, कथकली, मोहनीअम, ओडसी नय/सगीत, मणपरी नय/ सगीत, थागटा, गौड़ीय नय, छऊ नय/सगीत, सया

नय क लए माय ह। छाव क अवध दो वष क

होगी।

यहराीयराजधानीदलीसरकारकासाकतक

वग ह। यह उत शणक लए दो साल क लए 3000 तमाहकछावदानकरताह।

3. साहयनाटकअकादमीगतऔरसानको अनदानभीदानकरतीह।

4. नय म शारीरक ऊजा का बत उपयोग होता ह

और कई कलाकार शारीरक समया क कारण

अपन तीसव दशक क अत म नय करना बद कर दत ह।कछनयशककपमकामकरनाजारीरखत ह, कोरयोाफर और अय शासनक या पर

टक रहत ह। नतकय म नौकरय क लए ती तधाहोतीह।

नतक को बड़ी माा म वतन नह मलता ह लकन व

अपनी कला क दशन और उपयोग स सत का अनभवकरतहनयकलाकोलोगजीवकाकासाधन नहमानतहइसहमएकउदाहरणससमझतह–

यहहमशानयकलाकारकसाथहोताह:

लोग:बटा,तमयाकरतहो?

कलाकार: म नय (कोरयोाफ) सखाता / म एक नतक

लोग: ओह अा! और आप अपन जीवन यापन क

लएयाकरतह?

यह कहा गया ह क "जब आप वह करत ह जसस

आप यार करत ह, तो आप जो करत ह वह पजा बन

जाती ह "नय म करयर को अब गभीरता स लया

जानाचाहए।

यहसोचबदलगईहकडासगमकरयरयादालबा

नह चलगा। डासर हो या कोरयोाफर, अब उह समानकनजरसदखाजाताह।

कई ब को डास करना पसद होता ह। कछ का यह भीकहनाहकवबड़होकरडासरबननाचाहतह। बत

नयसमाजकादपणह,दपणपरधलजम

तोउससाफकरनाहोताह।

अपनसपनकोहककतमबदलनकलएयाकर:1.

1.अपननयपकबारमसभीानातकर

2. आप जस कार का नय सीखना चाहत ह, उस

सीखन क लए वय को नय का या सानम नामाकतकर।

3.नयमडीातकर।

4. नय क वभ चरण को एक सदर पटन म सट करनकायासकरऔरनयकलासीख।

5.जनसपकबनाएऔरअपननटवककोमजबतकर

डासकोकरयरकपमलनकबतसारअवसरह

लकन इसका मतलब यह नह ह क डासर बनना आसानह।अपनसपनकोसाकारकरनकलएबत

महनत और यान दन क आवयकता ह। बना कसी पछतावकआपकरातमआनवालीबाधाकोपार करनकलएआपकोमानसकशकआवयकता

होतीह।

"लोकयता का शॉटकट ह लकन उकता का नह"

इसलए हमशा नय करत रह।

"नय करन का कोई मौका न चक"

सा ारा नह बय को कक तथा ओडसी नय का शण दना आरभ कया। इदौर म कक

क वचव क कारण उहन शआत कक स करी परत बाद म उहन कवल ओडीसी नय क चार एव सार को अपना लय बनाया और मा कछ ही वष म इदौर ही नह अपत पर मय भारत म ओड़ीसी

नय को भी ापत कर दया। छदक कला अकादमी क शया न भारत

जबा रहा क उहन ओडीसी नय को नई ऊचाइया द। छदक कला अकादमी ारा तवष छदकोसव

आयोजत कया जाता रहा। तीन दवसीय नयोसव म वभ शाीय नय क बड़-बड़ ग जन एव

कलाकार को दश-वदश स आमत कर इदौर क दशक को यह सौभाय दया क वह उनक तत को

सम दख सक। डालया मम का नय क त जनन एव समपण ही ह जसन ओडीसी नय को मय भारत

म अम प म खड़ा कर दया। उनस सकड़ छाा न शण

Endeavours Beyond The Borders

Anjali Nandan the founder of Online Bharatnatyam.com is Keralite settled in Dallas, US with her husband and two kids she speaks about her journey.

Her roots and training

My mother's family has a strong background in Malayalam literature. While my Paternal family are entrepreneurs. Both my maternal grandparents compose poems, write articles, and are wonderful orators. My grandmother used to train a lot of kids for the kalolsavam. Ammama has also written scripts for Ottam Thullal competitions That’s how my mother was interested in art I started to dance because my mother wanted me to dance I was about seven years old when I started learning Bharatanatyam. My very first teacher was Mrs. Madhurai Kelkar. I trained for 8 years until I completed my Visharad with her from Bharatiya Sangeeta Samitti. Later Ambujakshan sir who used to run a Natyam school in Mulund. Kalamandalam trained teachers would teach Bharatanatyam and Mohiniattom there Under my second teacher, I got to do several live performances for Bharatanatyam and Mohiniattom My journey as a teacher began as a teaching assistant to my martial arts sensei during my teens. I guess teaching technique and the confidence to face a group of students came from there. Later when I chose Natyam, I worked as a dance teacher at schools and had my independent students locally.

Journey of onlinebharatanatyam com:

OnlineBharatanatyam.com started as a blog in 2007 I had nothing to do since I had to wind up my Mumbai classes and bid farewell to my students to move to Pune. One fine day my husband Nandan introduced me to blogging. It was a novel idea then. The site aims at providing Bharatanatyam lessons online. While there is no substitute to the traditional Guru-Shishya (Teacher-Student) way of imparting this knowledge, the content here can supplement and help a new learner understand the basics. Slowly people started commenting on the posts. They wanted videos, and that’s how the YouTube channel began. Eventually, I moved to the US due to my husband's work. My blog viewers wanted to learn more about the steps I described and posted pictures of in the blog. Thus, I began teaching online in 2008 through Skype

Connecting with the students around the world like Australia, Germany, Dubai pretty much many places. Now we have a couple of teachers assisting me to take online classes.

From online to stage tell us about the Arangetram of students learning on our online platform.

We had the good fortune to offer Arangetrams to students who started learning from me in 2009 and 10. They finally did their Arangetrams in 2017/18 with a live orchestra from Bangalore Frankly, I had never imagined conducting an Arangetram by online teaching alone. But it was the parents who believed in the process. Kids were motivated, the parents were enthusiastic and proactive I was in wonder that this was happening!!!! I think if our conscience is clear, intentions are to help and serve, everything falls in place.

Lessons learned from online teaching: a) When you interact with a person online for about 5 to 6 years and have not met them in person, our minds have already created assumptions and preconceived notions about them and their families But finally, when you meet them, live, and share the same space and food with them for a week you realize, oh my god, this was not what I had imagined These days I don’t make assumptions or preconceived notions about anybody. I do my job and get out. b) Whatever may be the mode of learning a student must find time to practice on their own Only those who have the motivation and discipline to spend time with dance/ art by themselves on their own figuring out the right and wrongs move ahead. When such students perform it is obvious This form of practice is Sadhana/Riyaz, which pays off in the long run Our scriptures talk about Sravanan, Mananam, Nididhyasana, and Sakshatkara. In simple words, Sravanam means to listen carefully to what the teacher is saying with uninterrupted attention

Mananam is a phase where a student reflects on the subject, creating notes and going through the lessons or contemplating over it. In today's times watching/hearing the video/audio lesson repeatedly also is mananam. Also tried to read between the lines This would also mean figuring out the ornamentations used to improvise an Adavu. Nididhyasana is when you practice what you learned to get your muscle memory strong. And finally, Sakshatkara is to make that body language your own or to live it. What it means for a dancer is through Nididhyasana, the language and vocabulary with which you perform is unique. And that is what we are all looking for is a “unique identity ” But all that takes hard work

Pandemic and online Bharatnatyam platform:

OnlineBharatanatyam.com has only been growing in views. At one point in time, I had to stop looking at the emails and requests I got for online classes I like to keep enough time for my family and kids Too much work or so called “passion” is harmful for a happy balanced family life.

During the time of the pandemic, the entire school moved up online, without any inhibitions So from single private lessons, it got upgraded to group lessons. I had the entire group of 7 to 8 kids up online with me at a time which was amazing. I was saving so much time Hybrid sessions are catching up Students are in the studio and online at the same time. I have the freedom and the confidence to tell them that OK I have Wi-Fi available in the studio if you’re not well, stay home, attend classes if you can Hybrid is the new normal We must accept these changes

Now I have a teacher/student assisting me to take online classes.

Ongoing learning:

Currently, I’m pursuing Mohiniattom from Mrs. Aswathy Srikanth. Ashwathy ji and her spouse Srikanth Natarajan are wellknown dancing duos in the field of Bharatanatyam It’s been almost 4 years of online lessons now and we have completed a Margam in Mohiniyattam. As far as Bharatanatyam is concerned, I try to be as independent as possible to choreograph for my students and perform Madhuri teacher is no more

I upgrade myself by attending workshops by visiting artists like Shijith Nambiar and Kalakshetra Mohanan. I have also learned from Jayakamala Pandiyan Akka, the daughter of legendary Vazhavoor Rajaratnam Pillai She would visit my house when in Dallas and we would get a chance to understand Vazhaoorar’s compositions. During the pandemic years I got to connect with Artists like Ramachandran Muralidharan Sir, Shankar Kandasamy ji, Dr. Padma Subrahmanyam Akka, and Srikant Natarajan Sir to learn about their work and specialization. I have worked with Mridangist and Nattuvangist to improve my Thalam skills Learning is an ongoing/eternal process. The more I delve deeper, I realize that I know nothing. And that is a humbling experience.

Tips for people who opt for online training. Wh shouldn't.

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Online classes may not be suitable for everybody. Some young kids are so playful, how do you get them to do something like Theermanam/ Makuta/ Sutral Adavus in regular online sessions? In such cases, private online lessons or in-person training are much more suitable.

Patience is the key for online classes to be successful. As a teacher, how we talk, and communication matters a lot In an online setting, we must describe an Adavu elaborately verbally as well as physically. I mean it can be very exhausting as a teacher.

Finally, any mode of learning has its challenges, keeping your focus