Laksha Dantran
Laksha Dantran is a professional Indian classical Bharatanatyam artist in Chicago.
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Laksha Dantran is a professional Indian classical Bharatanatyam artist in Chicago.
At the age of 10, she had officially started learning and later joined the “Kalakshetra Foundation” College of fine arts, Chennai, Tamilnadu India in 1992 and after completion of a 6-year professional certification in Bharatanatyam. In the meantime, she learned Kuchipudi professionally in Chennai, Tamilnadu, India.
Laksha toured Germany, Belgium, Reunion Islands, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Sharjah and Malaysia.
In the US, Laksha worked in the Story of Ram, Ratri, Pranaya, Shoorpanakha as a performer in With Rumi, Fire bird with Mandala arts, and as a curator of the International Women’s Day Celebration 2021.
Laksha is a recipient of 3Arts award for performing arts and Spark micro grant for visual arts in 2019.
Above photo by Life Touch
About the Performance
Kuchipudi is one of the eight major Indian classical dance forms originated in a village named Kuchipudi in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh as a dance-drama performance with its roots in the ancient Hindu Sanskrit text of Natya Shastra. The traditional Kuchipudi was performed by all males’ troupe.
Tharangam-Sri Krishna Leela Tarangini is a Sanskrit opera authored by Narayana Teertha. The songs are in chaste Sanskrit and clear diction and are rich in poetic quality. However, today’s piece -Tharangam is not written by Narayana Teertha. The wonderful experiments of Padmabhusham Guru Dr. Vempati chinna Satyam transformed this beautiful Keerthanam, written by Oottukad Venkata Subba Iyer in the glory and splendor of Lord Krishna, into one of the best Tharangams executing divine Abhinaya (facial and body expression), laya (enchanting grace), gripfill rhythm and intricate foot-work on a brass plate while depicting the enormous qualities of Lord Krishna.
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