The Credo of a Dancer - 2019Back

Drawn largely from the vast treasure house of archives carefully preserved by Balasaraswati's family over the decades, this exhibition was MOPA's maiden curatorial venture, a collaborative effort with Balasaraswati Institute of Performing Arts. It was on view at various venues in Chennai and other cities in India, spanning Balasaraswati's birth centenary year, 2018-19. It showcased the life and art of an artiste who has left her imprint on dance for all time, with an engaging selection of photographs, articles, press clippings and vintage audio-visual excerpts. Also on display were rare personal effects belonging to Balasaraswati.

Balasaraswati Institute of Performing Arts is a branch of Bala Music and Dance, USA. Its main goal is to preserve and propagate Padma Vibhushan awardee, Tanjavur Balasaraswati's style of music and dance, a style that has encompassed 9 generations of hereditary practitioners of the art and one that is alive and active to date.

All photographs of T Balasaraswati shown on this website have been provided by Balasaraswati Institute of Performing Arts.




Gallery

Music Academy, Chennai

The Folly, Amethyst, Chennai

Dance India Asia Pacific, Goodman centre, Singapore

Dakshinachitra, Chennai

Indian Music Experience, Bangalore


Team

Technical Management
B Charles
Gowtham Ganesan
Chennai Art Theatre

Promotional and Publicity Design
Varsha Venkatesh, Shutter Blinks
Karthik Gowrishankar

Digitisation and Exhibition Design
Jackin Skims
S Prashanth Balaji
Nivedha Sekar


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