Alarmel Valli

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Title
Alarmel Valli
Names
Valli, Alarmel (Commentator)
Mullins, Carol (Lighting designer)
Moss, Dean (Videographer)
Valli, Alarmel (Dancer)
Collection

Danspace Project Video Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1991-06-16
Table of Contents
Pushpanjali (ca. 10 min.) / offering to the Divine, followed by devotional verse dedicated to the god Shiva and description of the cosmic dance of Shiva. -- Amarushatakam (ca. 16 min.) / introduced by Alarmel Valli, who discusses the Sanskrit love poems portrayed by the dance. -- Thillana (ca. 12 min.) / raga, Rageshri ; tala, Adi ; pure dance movements.
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 9033
Shelf locator: *MGZIC 9-5593 (former)
Topics
Danspace Project (New York, N.Y.)
Siva (Hindu deity)
Bharata natyam
Dance -- India
New York International Festival of the Arts
Genres
Filmed dance
Filmed performances
Notes
Creation/production credits: presented by the Danspace Project in association with the New York International Festival of the Arts. Lighting, Carol Mullins.
Performers: Danced by Alarmel Valli. Music performed by Uma Muthukumaraswamy (group leader), Prema Ramamoorthy (vocalist), Shobhana Swamy (cymbals), Thaduthai Kondapuram Ramamoorthy Koorthy (flutist), Krishna Raja Rao Gopinath (drum or mridangam).
Venue: Videotaped in performance at St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery, New York, on June 16, 1991, for the Danspace Project Archive by Dean Moss.
Funding: Preservation of this video was supported by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
Physical Description
Videocassette
Extent: 1 videocassette (VHS) (39 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in
Description
Three dance solos by Alarmel Valli, described in the program as "the foremost exponent of the Pandanallur tradition in Bharatanatyam, which stands for classical authenticity, technical excellence and lyricism." Program 2.
Type of Resource
Moving image
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPY98-F2684
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b13700244
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 1e8a9bf0-84ed-0135-dab5-0dd2b4d18bcc
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Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Alarmel Valli" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1991. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/04669821-18c0-463e-a0d1-572045b81b6f

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Alarmel Valli" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 19, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/04669821-18c0-463e-a0d1-572045b81b6f

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1991). Alarmel Valli Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/04669821-18c0-463e-a0d1-572045b81b6f

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Alarmel Valli