Dance School
The dance workshop
The Guadeloupian Cultural Association of Friends of India
brings to the attention of its members andsympathizers the opening of his Indian dance workshop
at Guadeloupe Center of Indian Culture at Petit-Canal
Saturday afternoon from 3:00 p.m.
Information and registration:
- par Tel: 0690 535734; 0590 203622, Mail: amisdelinde@orange.fr
- or Address: Les Mangles, Bld de Déméré, 97131 Petit-Canal.
Registration is open to anyone:
- children from 4 years old; adults, no age limit
Le Dessingou Nadrom
The Indian Dances organized from time to time in the country, are illustrations of the scenes taken from the great legends and epics of India called "NADROMS".
Among the most famous, it is presented inGuadeloupe :
"The Maldevilin, The Ramayana and The Dessingou"
The Guadeloupian Cultural Association of Friends of India, in its Dance School, provides training for its pupils:
-- to these dance styles, called Traditional Styles.
-- to other Indian classical and modern dance styles :
- _cc781905-5cde- 3194-bb3b-136bad5cf58d_ Kathak
- _cc781905-5cde- 3194-bb3b-136bad5cf58d_ Baratanatyam
- _cc781905-5cde- 3194-bb3b-136bad5cf58d_ Odissi
- _cc781905-5cde- 3194-bb3b-136bad5cf58d_ Bollywood
According to an ancient text called “the Vishnu of Harmattora” it is the fulfillment of all desire to venerate God through dance.
The dance pleases the Gods who are themselves supreme dancers. The most famous of them is SCHIVA.
The dancer pays homage to God because everything being a form of theatre, dance is also a prayer.
Dance offers the fullest expression to the cultural life of a people. Foot movement is complicated and an integral part of any Indian dance. It varies to adapt to the movements of the hands "the mudras" which symbolize an emotion or an idea.
The dance, even if it is popular, is of divine inspiration and
School students dancing in Bolywood style
is based on a musical rhythm dominated by percussion instruments (notably: the matalon and the talon). _cc781905-5cde-3194 -bb3b-136bad5cf58d_
The orchestras consist of:
- from a matalon player
- from several heel players
- and of course a named conductor
VATIALOU