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	"Kalakshetra" and Rukmini Devi
		Meanwhile, at Kalakshetra, Rukmini Devi was forced to stop teaching by the traditional dance teachers, the Nattuvanars, not because she disapproved of their teaching methods but because of their interest purely in monetary gain.
		The students of Kalakshetra between the age of 8 and 15 attend either the Besant Theosophical School or the Besant Arundale Higher Secondary School.
		Kalakshetra is as much a tribute to Smt.
	www.katinkahesselink.net /his/kalakshetra.html (2319 words)

	Kalakshetra - anjana rajan - www.artindia.net (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Kalakshetra was established in the 1930s by Rukmini Devi Arundale -- the great dancer, educationist and activist -- so that people of any region or creed could learn the arts of India in a spirit of devotion and humility.
		She taught that all art is divine, and its purpose should be to uplift the artist as well as the audience.The Kalakshetra theatre epitomizes this approach.
		She sometimes demonstrated a movement or a bit of abhinaya for the sake of the students during a rehearsal or choreography session.
	artindia.net /anjana/kalak.html (323 words)

	Sampurna website of Ludwig Pesch
		Kalakshetra continues to be synonymous with an exploration and cultivation of what remains valid both aesthetically and spiritually in India's ancient cultural traditions.
		This is the reason why Rukmini Devi's work for and through Kalakshetra still occupies a place of pride in the history of modern India, and in the minds of millions of her citizens.
		Not surprisingly, Kalakshetra was given the status as Institution of National Importance by the Government of India in the 1990's.
	home.planet.nl /~pesch082/htmlpag/E/Kalakshetra.html (1375 words)

	The Hindu : Tribute in true Kalakshetra style
		Rukmini Devi's Kalakshetra has been able to impact all aspects of culture in education, in plastic arts, in textiles, in animal welfare, in vegetarianism and in the living environment.
		Kalakshetra style is famous for its focus on the Angika.
		The lines are stressed and a precise way of holding the Mudra is emphasised and the words of the lyrics are almost used as tala indicators for placing the hand in an exact position even during narration.
	www.hindu.com /thehindu/fr/2003/03/28/stories/2003032801160400.htm (735 words)

	Artistes- ps
		Meanwhile, at Kalakshetra, Rukmini Devi was forced to stop teaching by the traditional dance teachers, the ‘Nattuvanars’, not because she disapproved of their teaching methods but because of their interest purely in monetary gain.
		Rukmini Devi always wanted Kalakshetra to be as much a centre for education as a centre for arts.
		The students of Kalakshetra between the age of 8 and 15 attend either the Besant Theosophical School or the Besant Arundale Higher Secondary School.
	library.thinkquest.org /04oct/01260/rda.html (2237 words)

	ARTINDIA,India painting, India craft, India dance, India music, India cinema, India tradition, India culture
		The traditional form of dance in all its purity and dignity is the trademark of Kalakshetra.
		Among Kalakshetra's major activities is the one relating to production and presentation of dance-dramas and the like.
		They are intended as an essential training for the students and teachers, who become thoroughly familiar with preparing for and participating in public performances which, though performed by amateurs, are kept as far as possible to professional standards.
	www.webindia.com /artindia/kcldnce.htm (574 words)

	Rukmini Devi Arundale
		Her powerful personality, her contribution to the renaissance of Bharatanatyam and her creation of Kalakshetra, the world-renowned temple of arts in Chennai, earned for her great admiration.
		At a time when the teaching-learning process was still anchored in the guru-sishya system, she set up Kalakshetra which provided an institutional setting for the students of music and dance.
		She dominated Kalakshetra as a queen who brooked no disagreement or even individuality.
	taal.20m.com /rukmini.html (698 words)

	The Hindu : Documenting Kalakshetra sari
		The Kalakshetra Tradition' by Shakuntala Ramani is about one such tradition, which though rooted in the Kanchipuram metier gained an identity of its own, as Rukmini Devi Arundale put it, "by absorbing and incorporating all that is best and beautiful in the Indian weaving tradition".
		The Kalakshetra sari was an amalgam of the traditional weaver's superb craftsmanship and Rukmini Devi's design brilliance, which delved into a rare collection of Kanchipuram saris gleaned from family and friends and set about mixing and matching colours, selecting borders and motifs and developing striking innovative formats.
		And thus within the framework of traditional design, a whole new design identity was evolved, and the Kalakshetra sari was born.
	www.hindu.com /thehindu/mp/2002/07/04/stories/2002070400180300.htm (833 words)

	SRUTI-India Carnatic Music,india dance & music magazine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		She thought that she had arrived in some village since Kalakshetra was located at the fringe of the city.
		Rukmini Devi, the founder of Kalakshetra, was herself a staunch vegetarian; and, furthermore, one of the mottos of the College was: Beauty without cruelty.
		Different teachers taught her in different years and each one, regardless whether he or she was a teacher of dance or vocal music or Sanskrit or group music, could give to her something unique as professional skills and on personality development.
	www.sruti.com /august2k/spot2.htm (3028 words)

	Dancers Directory at The Horizons - Art, Culture and Lifestyles from India
		At Kalakshetra, she got the golden opportunity to be under the guidance of the famous guru Sharada Hoffman for 4 years and under the guidance of Kalaimamani Krishnaveni Lakshmanan for 2 years.
		After her postgraduate diploma course, she continued in Kalakshetra as a guest artist and in 1996 joined the Kalakshetra Foundation as a lecturer in Bharathanatyam.
		As a dancer, she has played major roles in many of the Kalakshetra Dance Dramas like Sita in "Ramayanam", Saraswathi Bhai in "Purandara Dasa", Parvathi in "Siva Geethi Mala", Madanavalli in "Krishnamari Kuravanchi", Radha in "Geetha Govindam" etc. She has extensively toured the west and many parts of India with the Kalakshetra troupe.
	www.thehorizons.com /dancers/ganga/bio.htm (464 words)

	SRUTI-India's premier music and dance magazine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		rimanta Sankaradeva Kalakshetra, named after the great unifier of Assamese society and poet-playwright, musician-composer, painter-sculptor, philosopher-reformer Srimanta Sankaradeva (1449-1568 AD), was conceived as a grand exposition of life and culture of the people of the North-East, of its diverse ethnic groups creating the multi-coloured cultural mosaic of the region.
		Located in the picturesque background of blue hills at Panjabari in Guwahati, the Kalakshetra was established under a clause of the historical Assam Accord, 1985, and bestowed to the nation by the then President of India on 9th November, 1998.
		Nandini Ramani, a disciple of the legendary dancer T. Balasaraswati, and a multifaceted personality dealt with the three Ds-- dedication, determination and discipline-- which are prerequisites for a dancer, and the necessity and tradition of loyalty towards ones own chosen sampradaya while discussing the importance of methodology and technique in dance.
	www.sruti.com /July06/nnote.html (798 words)

	Bangkok's Independent Newspaper (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		It will be presented by Kalakshetra, a Madras-based organisation that not only endeavours to train youngsters in dance and other classical crafts and arts but also has had a great deal of success in doing so.
		The festival’s version of the “Ramayana” is mainly presented as a dance drama using the conventions of Bharat Natyam, one of India’s classical dances.
		Kalakshetra’s ‘Ramayana’ will be at 7.30pm on Sunday at the Thailand Cultural Centre as part of the International Festival of Dance and Music.
	www.nationmultimedia.com /weekend/20050930/index.php?news=column_18754869.html (588 words)

	Prithvi Theatre Festival 2006 : Pebet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The story is renewed in a way such that it comments on the political and cultural indoctrination in response to the dominant tension of the time.
		Kalakshetra is not so much a production company, as a group engaged in research theatre.
		For the last 35 years, Kalakshetra has been working in creating a theatre idiom - a physical, rather than psychological language, based on 'sound and movement', driven by instinct and intuition, and exploring the specific powers of live theatre in the context of Manipuri indigenous culture.
	www.prithvitheatre.org /Pebet.htm (253 words)

	The Sunday Tribune - Spectrum
		It was a Kalakshetra saree that Indira Gandhi wore to attend the banquet given in her honour by the French President Francois Mitterand in Paris.
		The impact of the Kalakshetra textile on the general public was so great that soon many looms had to be added to meet the demand.
		The Kalakshetra Weaving Centre uses only the best of silk and natural dyes and the price of "your" designed saree is about Rs 9000 or 200 US dollars.
	www.tribuneindia.com /2004/20041212/spectrum/main2.htm (828 words)

	Bharata Kalanjali - The School
		Since the Dhananjayans were still living in the Kalakshetra premises and there was no space available to set up a class, Chitty was the only student who had the privilege of Dhananjayan going to her house to teach her dance.
		The principal reason the Dhananjayans left Kalakshetra was because of their strong conviction that they could develop themselves to their fullest capacity by striking out on their own.
		After Kalakshetra, life was a struggle because Dhananjayan did not have a big job, and in the dance sphere, he was not even established.
	www.bharatakalaanjali.org /school.html (778 words)

	Artistes- dh
		Vannadil Pudiyaveettil Dhananjayan and his wife Shanta, popularly known as the Dhananjayans are among the most accomplished dancers and teachers of Bharatanaatyam, as well as one of the legendary dancing couples of India.
		While teaching in Kalakshetra in the 1950’s, Chandu Panicker was assigned by Rukmini Devi, the responsibility of finding young male dancers willing to come to Kalakshetra to learn Kathakali and Bharatanaatyam.
		Fortunately, not only was he accepted, he was also given a scholarship to study at Kalakshetra where the rigors of his education and way of life prepared him to meet the challenges of life as a dancer later on.
	library.thinkquest.org /04oct/01260/dhananjayans.html (1165 words)

	About the Artists
		Fail is a post-graduate of Kalakshetra, the reputed bharatanatyam dance institution in Chennai.
		He is the recipient of an ICCR fellowship for his four year training at Kalakshetra which was held under the Indo-Russian Cultural Exchange program.
		Prior to his training in Kalakshetra, Fail has also trained in ballet and various world folk dances.He is also a graduate in theatre from Russia and has worked with the Tatarstan State Vaudeville Theatre.
	www.sampradaya-dance.com /fail_bio.html (109 words)

	Kavita Chhibber
		Your going to Kalakshetra the great Gurukul run by Rukmini Devi Arundale and Chandu Panicker for the cultural arts was a major twist of fate.
		As long as we were under the shadows of Kalakshetra, people would not have accepted the innovations I wanted to experiment with.
		Kalakshetra’s style has pervaded through all dances and we see the same discipline and excellence that has made our performances so appreciated every where.
	www.kavitachhibber.com /main/main.jsp?id=arts-Nov2006 (1967 words)

	'No one can take her place'
		He joined Kalakshetra in 1944, at the age of 11, to learn music but ending up learning dance.
		She was the first Brahmin woman to dance, much to the shock of the Brahmin community.
		Kalakshetra differed from other institutions because we had the opportunity to learn everything from the greatest masters.
	www.rediff.com /news/2004/mar/03spec.htm (760 words)

	'Rukmini Devi was a banyan tree under whom everyon
		She joined Kalakshetra when she was eight years old and went on to play memorable roles in Rukmini Devi's productions.
		I joined Kalakshetra in 1952, at the age of eight.
		Kalakshetra represented India and I was representing the Malaysian Indians.
	www.rediff.com /news/2004/mar/01spec.htm (873 words)

	Hinduism Today \| May 1986
		This break with tradition paled, however, before the scandal caused by her enthrallment with the dance arts of the devadasis, derogatively known as "temple harlots." She is best known for taking that dance form, the Bharata Natyam, and making it respectable.
		After studying for some 7 years, she opened Kalakshetra, or "temple of the arts," on January 6, 1936, in a simple thatch-roofed building in Madras.
		Students, Indian and foreign, are taught to "lead simple lives and to learn to understand the full and true meaning of art in its twin aspects of inspiration and expression." Kalakshetra promotes "the religious spirit on a non-sectarian basis." Youths are taught to become self-reliant and helpful and understanding toward others.
	www.hinduismtoday.com /archives/1986/05/1986-05-09.shtml (691 words)

	Hinduism Today \| Nov 1993
		She knew that her commitment to Kalakshetra would be weakened by entry into politics.
		Kalakshetra provides comprehensive training in diverse arts, including the designing and weaving of saris and tapestries.
		The Arts Academy (Kalakshetra) was founded on January 6, 1936, with Rukmani Devi as its head and moving spirit in the spacious ground of the Theosophical Society.
	www.hinduismtoday.com /archives/1993/11/1993-11-02.shtml (1659 words)

	Forthcoming Productions
		She has toured both in India and abroad with Kalakshetra, performing in several of their ballets, and with Bharata Kalanjali.
		He graduated from Kalakshetra, and has also studied other forms of classical Indian dance.
		She was one of the members of the cultural troupe Aradana sent by the South Zone culture, Chennai to Reunion and Mauritius Islands.
	www.thehorizons.com /cca/ltree1.htm (1137 words)

	Feature (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The founding of Kalakshetra, in 1936 when Rukmani Devi was only 32, was a landmark event, bringing her dream to build a temple for the arts, to near fulfillment.
		At Kalakshetra which this writer visited twice when the late Kamala Jayatilaka was in training there, girls were seen learning and practising their steps in the shade of banyan trees and elsewhere there were girls learning to play the veena and to sing.
		Traditional patterns and motifs were revived on the looms at Kalakshetra and Kalakshetra sarees acquired a reputation of their own.
	www.dailynews.lk /2005/09/15/fea05.htm (2661 words)

	Dance Academies in Chennai,Classical Dancers and Dance Academies in Chennai,Cultural Attractions Chennai,Chennai Tour
		Founded in 1936, by Rukmini Devi Arundale and her husband Dr George Arundale, Kalakshetra has played a significant part in the revival of Indian art and crafts; especially the dance form of Bharatnatyam.
		Kalakshetra is situated on a sprawling 100-acre campus at Adyar.
		The Kalakshetra Foundation comprises the Rukmini Devi College of Fine Arts, the Besant Arundale Senior Secondary School, the Besant Theosophical High School, the Craft Education and Research Centre, the Bharata Kalakshetra Auditorium and the Dr U. Swaminatha Iyer Library.
	www.chennaihub.com /dance-academies-in-chennai.html (304 words)

	Early Life
		Adyar Lakshman began his education at Kalakshetra in 1944 at the young age of 11 years.
		Graduate of Kalakshetra College of Fine Arts in the subjects of Bharatha Natyam, Nattuvangam and Carnatic music in 1948.
		Upon his graduation she gave him the opportunity to take part in Kalakshetra’s world-famous dance productions such as Kutrala Kuruvanji and Kumara Sambhavam.
	www.angelfire.com /la/adyarlakshman/earlylife.html (389 words)

	70 years young
		CV Chandrasekhar shared his memories as we were seated at the Kalakshetra auditorium with his dancer wife Jaya, waiting to watch the program of the evening.
		After his early training at Kalakshetra, Chandrasekhar goes on to complete Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in science, teaches biology and English at a boarding school in Mussorie, and works on his PhD in Botany at Benares.
		Known for his adherence to the traditional Kalakshetra forms, Chandrasekhar says he has, over the years, both consciously and by dint of his training tried to stay within the spirit of his early tutelage.
	www.chennaionline.com /specials/cleveland04/cv.asp (821 words)

	Sabhas - Kalakshetra (Institution)
		Kalakshetra, more of an Institution than a sabha was founded in 1935 as International Academy of Arts, but later under the suggestion of Pandit Subramania Sastri, it was renamed 'Kalakshetra'.
		Kalakshetra arranges regular performances by top ranking artistes and also thematic dance programmes.
		During December, Kalakshetra arranges quite a few programmes which enthrall the audience with their high standards in music and dance.
	saigan.com /heritage/musicseason/kalak.htm (719 words)

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