Activities

 

★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

 

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 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