ತರ್ಕಮದ್ದಲೆ – ಒಂದು ಸಾಧ್ಯತೆ
ಯಕ್ಷಗಾನ ರಂಗಭೂಮಿಯ ವಿಶಾಲವಾದ ಸಾಧ್ಯತೆಗಳ ಚೌಕಟ್ಟಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಕೇವಲ ಪ್ರಯೋಗದ ದೃಷ್ಟಿಯಿಂದ ರೂಪಿಸಬಹುದಾದ ಒಂದು ರಂಗ ಕಲ್ಪನೆಯೇ “ತರ್ಕಮದ್ದಲೆ” - ತಾಳಮದ್ದಲೆ ಎಂಬ ಚಾಲ್ತಿಯಲ್ಲಿರುವ ಪದ್ಧತಿಯ ಹೆಸರಿನ ಬಲದಿಂದಲೇ ಈ ಹೆಸರನ್ನು ರೂಪಿಸಲಾಗಿದೆ. ಆದರೆ ಈ ಕಲ್ಪನೆ ಯಕ್ಷಗಾನದ ಸುಧಾರಣೆ ಅಥವಾ ಪರಿವರ್ತನೆ ಇತ್ಯಾದಿ ದೃಷ್ಟಿಕೋನಗಳನ್ನು...
“ವಿಘ್ನ”ಗಳಷ್ಟೆ ‘ವಿಘ್ನನಿವಾರಕ’ನ ಆರಾಧನೆ ನಿತ್ಯ ನಿರಂತರ
ವಿಶ್ವ ಚೈತನ್ಯವನ್ನು ನಮ್ಮಷ್ಟು ವೈವಿಧ್ಯಮಯವಾಗಿ, ವೈಶಿಷ್ಟ್ಯ ಪೂರ್ಣವಾಗಿ ಬೇರೆ ಯಾವುದೇ ಸಂಸ್ಕೃತಿಯ ಮಂದಿ ಕಲ್ಪಿಸಿರಲಾರರು. ಸೃಷ್ಟಿಗೊಬ್ಬ, ಸ್ಥಿತಿಗೊಬ್ಬ, ಲಯಕ್ಕೆ ಇನ್ನೊಬ್ಬ, ಸಂಪತ್ತಿಗೆ - ವಿದ್ಯೆಗೆ, ಆರೋಗ್ಯಕ್ಕೆ, ಮಳೆಗೆ - ಬೆಳೆಗೆ ಹೀಗೆ ಕೋಟಿ ಸಂಖ್ಯೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ದೇವ - ದೇವತೆಗಳನ್ನು ಆರಾಧಿಸುವ ನಾವು ವಿಘ್ನಗಳ...
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ಬಾ ಕವಿತಾ – ನವ ರಾಮಪದ
‘Divatige’ – A Mesmerizing Field Drama
Divatige is a torch that radiates light from a burning wick, fed by any organic oil. It may be fixed at a point or held by hand and moved around to illuminate the immediate surroundings. Naturally its light is soft, dim and fluctuating. Now imagine a situation where...
Tamasha (Folk Theater Of India By Balwant Gargi)
HE AUSTERE Moghul emperor Aurangazeb spent the last eighteen years of his life (1689 - 1707) quelling the rebel chiefs of South India and the Western Ghats. The sturdiest resistance was from Shivaji, who led the expert guerilla warriors, the Marahtas. The imperial...
Nautanki
NORTH India has two extremes of folk theater: the secular Nautanki and Naqal, and the religious Ramlila and Raslila. Nautanki, an operatic drama, is performed in Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and Rajasthan. The earliest dramas of this form were called sangeets (musicals). One...
Dr Balwant Gargi – A Special Tribute
Balwant Gargi searching for his material on Indian folk theatre traveled widely to villages, shrines, and country fairs all over India, interviewed over 400 actors and dancers, took over 5000 photographs. Of these, 62 were selected to illustrate this most unusual...
The Folk and The Classical (Folk Theater Of India By Balwant Gargi)
THE FOLK theater is impolite, rude, vulgar. It shocks prudes. The secular forms - Tamasha, Nautanki and Naqal - dominating the northern and western parts of India are replete with sexual jokes. It is considered improper for women to watch these plays. In the city of...
JATRA (Folk Theater Of India By Balwant Gargi – Continued)
A JATRA actor can be recognized by the way he stands - a tilted tower. He does not held himself back but throws his weight forward. Passionate, charged with energy, he explodes into fiery dialogue. He moves like a tornado in the small arena. In spite of continuous...
Tamasha
(Folk Theater Of India By Balwant Gargi) Courtesy & Copyright : Sri Balwant Gargi THE AUSTERE Moghul emperor Aurangazeb spent the last eighteen years of his life (1689 - 1707) quelling the rebel chiefs of South India and the Western Ghats. The sturdiest resistance...