Except that they would make others tap to the rhythm honed out of years of practice and performance on stage. One finds that there is a definite revival of this artform worldwide thanks to the amazing work being done by senior artistes without exception. Suchitra, a Kalashetra artiste, today a mother of two and in her early forties could not wait to get back to dancing, except that she chose to be a dance teacher rather than push herself to the fore. Dance is an art that should be practiced on stage by young women and men when their bodies are supple and movements are fluid. Asking your limps to move and trying to present yourself as an alluring Bhama or Rukmani when you are in the wrong side of forties can be quite tiring for the audience, however much you could be accomplished as a dancer, a mistake many an ambitious artist make much to the discomfort of the audience!
Here is an interesting website http://www.cyberkerala.com/bharatanatyam/ which has a lot of information and data on dancers in chronological order. About 22 artists have been listed with a request for more people who could be enlisted at this site provided they send in their resume with three photographs. A good effort but expecting people who are busy pursuing their vocations to get enlisted in any website is a tall order. We wish the website the best. What I liked also that they have linked as external links the following artists, some of whom are well known names on the basis that they have a website of their own.
1. Rema Shrikant
2. Vasumathi Badrinathan
3. Shobana
4. Febina Mathew
5. K.Mohanan & Sunitha Mohanan
6. Medha Hari
7. Radha Dutta
8. Anupa Thakurta
9. Aline Civinelli
10.Rani
11.Gayatri Subramanian
12.Parvathy Raghunath
13.Anjali Nandan
14.Pranita Jain
Once again I must come back to ICCR which has not done this sort of work where irrespective of their standing in the dance profession, every single performer of value should find their names and links in the ICCR database, which is no big job for this government organisation.
