About SHIV KRUPA BHARAT NATYAM
Shivkrupa Bharatnatyalaya was established in 1968 by Guru Satishkumar Pillai a descendent of a traditional artist Gauri Amma from Tanjavur, who came to Vadodara along with the princess of Tanjavur who married Sir Sayajirao Gaekwad. Following Gauri Amma, four sisters from the same family arrived at Vadodara and with their effort a strong base of Tanjavur style Bharatnatyam was established in Vadodara. The family lived under the royal patronage until the independence and thereafter adapted to training students from different parts of Vadodara. The Shivkrupa Bharatnatyalaya is located at Ajwa Road and is the only school in Vadodara that imparts training and conducts examination in Bharathnatyam in the Tanjavur style.
Performance: As it is a teaching institution, it emphasizes on conducting Arangetrams of students and training them for diploma and degree examinations. So far almost 45 Arangetrams have been conducted. Besides, there have been performances on special themes. Some of them are.
1. Dashavatar: A theme based on the ten incarnations of Vishnu.
2. Episodes based on bhajans on Lord Vishnu and Shiva .
3. A fusion theme Kaliyugavarada, which is based on kalki avatar, the tenth avatar of Lord Vishnu. It is primarily a fusion between Kathak, Bharatnatyam in Hindustani Music style using western instruments.
The students of this institute have participated in many performances, such as, kal ke kalakar, World Dance Day and several other temple performances.