★Anandanatanam, Institute of Bharatanathiyam has been established with the
aim at propagating the orthodox style for Indian Classical Dance, Bharatanathiyam to Japan
★Directer, Smt. Yumiko Tanaka has been graduated from
Otani University in Kyoto, Japan in B.A. Indology, after that she has studied
Bharatanathiyam Course in B. A. & P.G. totally about 6 years at Kalakshetra, College
of Fine Arts , Chennai , India
with guru Smt. Rukumini Devi and Smt. Sharada Hoffman
★Smt. Yumiko Tanaka has been actively engaged in Bharatanathyam performances in India, Japan, Europe & USA, and educated her students
Europ
USA
INDIIndia
Chidanbaram Siva temple Kapariswara temple , Chennai

★Smt. Yumiko Tanaka has composed
Japanese themes in Bharatanatyam such as
Manyoshu,Genjimonogatari,Heikemonogatari,Elevenfaced Avalokitesvara of Hokkeji
Temple,Yanagimaru Nagaraja by Japanese for enjoying and correctly understanding
Indian Classical dance, Bharatanatyam for Japanese audiences
oVocal : Sri. Sitarama Sharma
He is the music comporser of those Japanese itams
He himself sang them in Japanese when we perform
Japanese Bharatanatyam itam [Tsukiya Aranu]
taken from Japanese classical literature Isemonogatari
participated for the Art Festival of Japan
organaized by Department of Culture, Goverment of Japan
Japanese Bharatanatyam itam [Heikemonogatari]
taken from Japanese classical literature Heikemonogatari
participated for the Art Festival of Japan
organaized by Department of Culture, Goverment of Japan

★In 1997 she has composed a dance drama
[Gita Govinda]
this is the first standard Bharatanatyam dance drama in Japan,
then in 1998 she composed a dance drama [Harukanaru Sokyu]
taken from a Tibetan travel record of Ekai Kwaguchi in full Japanese songs
Dance drama [ Gita Govinda]
Lord Vishunu & Lakshmi
Krishna & Radha , Gopies
Dance drama 「Harukanaru sokyu 」
Ekai and Yaku are swallowed up by a glacier
Ekai and Kalachakras in Potaraka Palace

★Arangetram dancers (who
completed the scheduled Bharatanatyam course)
and professional dancers have been produced from this Institute
Vice Director / Ms. Miki Nakatsuji
(Anandanavagraha Budha)
Class teacher / Ms.Teruko Komukai
(Anandanavagraha Mangara)
Arangetram / Ms.Yasuyo Ibaragi
(Anandanavagraha Sukura)
Arangetram・Ms.Kazuyo Takasu (Anandanavagraha Brhaspati)
Arangetram・Ms.Miho Aoki

★Video on Sale
Recently from our Institute' Ms. Miki Nakatsuji's Video
for Bharatanatyam has been put on sale.
This video entitled "I love you, expressing with dance" has been issued in the
series "School of Ginza" by Dai Nippon Insatsu.
It contains four kind of dances,ie. Korean Dance; Hawaian hula-hula; Flamenco; Indian
Dance, with very interesting talk explaining the uniqueness of each dance.
Price: \ 3,800.
More detail information, please contact with Dai
Nippon Insatsu following address,
E-mail gakko@icc.dnp.co.jp