Fundamentally Yours…The Adavus

A presentation on Bharata Natya training with ergonomics in mind  

 

By Mamata Niyogi Nakra, Founder of Kala Bharati (Montreal) who trained under Guru U.S. Krishna Rao and Chandrabhaga Devi and Nicole LaMontagne, classical and contemporary dancer from Montreal 

 

A project that began at Cirque du Soleil, Montreal, as research on the methodology for training Indian Classical dancers, has grown into a deeper study of the fundamental units of Bharata Natya known as the adavus, with an analytical perspective based on the physics of dance.  It was observed that for optimum results in dance performance, a methodology has to be developed in which training is imparted with ergonomics in mind. Ergonomics is a science in which things are designed or crafted to achieve the highest level of proficiency with maximum ease in execution or usage.