Dances of India - Learning Bharata Natyam DVD or Video
Instructional Dance DVD or Video - 60 Minutes. For Ages 5 through Adult. Featured in Dance Teacher Magazine. Ships within 24 Hours.
DVD Price $ 17.99
Description: This DVD or video which features Padma Chebrolu, teaches traditional Bharata Natyam as performed by hundreds of millions of Indians all over the world. This dance tradition still follows the rules set by Guru Bharata in his Natya Sastra (Science of Dancing) from the second century A.D. It includes; Salutation, Single Hand Gestures, Warm-Up Exercises, Steps Series-1, Head Movements, Eye Movements, Neck Movements, Steps Series-2, Double Hand Gestures, Poses, Costumes, Make-up, and Ananda Natanam (2-Minutes) dance. Instructional DVD or video for beginners. More Info ..
Families of India
30 minutes. For All Ages. Rave reviews by School Library Journal, Booklist, Video Librarian, Parents Choice Award, and Kids First Award.
Price $25.99
Description: You will get to peek at the everyday lives of two families - an urban and a rural family. This video introduces you to a child who clearly narrates his or her activities. The footage is fantastic but not intrusive. Lots of interesting facts about the country are presentd from a reliastic viewpoint which brings India's culture into your home.
The Mystic's Journey: India and the Infinite - The Soul of a People
Intructional Video. 30 Minutes.
Price $19.98
Descripion: Mark Twain once observed that having had only the briefest glimpse of India, you would not trade the experience for all the riches in the world. What exactly is it about this exotic country that reaches to our very souls? Dr. Huston Smith, author of the classic The Religions of Man, joins acclaimed filmmaker Elda Hartley in this award-winning voyage through India's haunting spiritual landscape. Coyright 1997
Lonely Planet - North India
Lonely Plant Video Series. 47 Minutes. For All Ages.
Price $19.99
Description: A great travel video that gives what you can get from a guide book - visible interactions with the people, culture and the places of the region. An entertaining and adventurous approach to learning what to expect uopon visiting as well as giving you ideas and encouragement about travelling. Includes original music scores which draw upon local music talents. Copyright 1995
South India
Lonely Planet Video Series. 47 Minutes. For All Ages.
Price $ 19.99
Description: A great travel video that gives what you can not get from a guide book - visible interactions with the people, culture andthe places of the region. An entertaining and adventurous approach to learning what to expect upon visiting as well as giving you ideasand encouragement about travelling. includes original music scores which draw upon local music talents. Copyright 1995.
Gandhi
VHS Price: $17.96
DVD Price: $19.99
Description: Sir Richard Attenborough's 1982 multiple-Oscar winner (including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actor for Ben Kingsley) is an engrossing, reverential look at the life of Mohandas K. Gandhi, who introduced the doctrine of nonviolent resistance to the colonized people of India and who ultimately gained the nation its independence.
A Passage to India
VHS Price$19.95
Description: This adaptation of E.M. Forster's mysterious tale of British racism in colonial India turned out to be master director David Lean's final film. Subtle and grand at the same time, Lean's adaptation is faithful to the book, rendering its blend of the mystical and the all-too human with exquisite precision.
Cultural Centre of India
Dances of India-Bharata Natyam Arangetram Dances DVD DVD/Booklet
DVD Price $32.08
Dances of India – Bharata Natyam Arangetram Dances DVD featuring Padma Chebrolu brings you the traditional Bharata Natyam music used during the formal performances. This DVD brings you the traditional Bharata Natyam Dances performed during the formal performances. It also has all the dances performed during Arangetram (solo graduation recital), which is done after many years of intense dance training from the guru. More info
This DVD includes a booklet which has the songs, meaning of the songs and descriptions of the dances for easy reference. Audio CD for these dances is also available. Following are the dances from this DVD:
Description: The first DVD of this set, called "Ravi Shankar -- Between Two Worlds," is the definitive account of India's most celebrated musician and follows two years of Ravi Shankar's life - filmed in India and America - against the backdrop of seven decades of innovative collaboration with Western musicians. The second DVD shows Ravi Shankar live in concert as he performs two ragas.
India - Emerging Power
Price: $ 24.95
Baby Hindustani - Exploring Tamil
Price: $13.75
Description: Children learn best while having fun. Your child will laugh, dance and embark on a fun filled journey of fascinating objects. The free flowing pace, bright and friendly images, playful children, and humorous sound effects will help keep your child’s attention. Building a foundation for spatial, cognitive and language development.
Globe Trekker: East India
Price: $17.95
Globe Trekker: South India
Price: $17.95
The Cave Temples of India
Price: $25.00
Description:The Cave Temples of India may seem an unlikely place to research the future of 21st century physics, economics or political science. But embodied there in stone temples and sculptures more than 1500 years old is a knowledge of how our universe operates that dwarfs our present comprehension and opens the door for our culture’s next stage of growth.
India: Kingdom of the Tiger
Price: $9.99
Baby Hindustani - Exploring Hindi
Price: $13.48
Description: Children learn best while having fun. Your child will laugh, dance and embark on a fun filled journey of fascinating objects. The free flowing pace, bright and friendly images, playful children, and humorous sound effects will help keep your child’s attention. Like a favorite book, they will want to watch this again and again while building a foundation for spatial, cognitive and language development.
Press Reviews:
This DVD features renowned dancer and dance teacher, Padma Chebrolu. Bharata natyam, one of the oldest styles of dancing in India, is considered a form of workship ... Dance Teacher Magazine, May 2004
This DVD features traditional Bharatanatyam dances performed during the formal dances as well as during arangetram ... performed by Bharata Natyam dancer and teacher Padma Chebrolu.... News India-Times, Feb. 27th 2004
Dances of India-Kuchipudi Ranga Pravesam DVD/Audio CD/Booklet
Price $36.00
Dances of India - Kuchipudi Ranga Pravesam (entering the stage or debutante) DVD featuring dancer, Padma Chebrolu brings you the traditional Kuchipudi dances and music used during the formal performances. After intense training for many years, during Ranga Pravesam the guru presents his or her disciple to the public. More info
This boxset includes DVD with subtitles, Aduio CD of the songs and a booklet which has the songs, meaning of the songs and descriptions of the dances for easy reference. Following are the dances:
Description: There are so few videos which can encompass the complexity, variety and dynamism of India, but Rick Ray has proved up to the task. Travelling to India for 5 1/2 months and often appearing in the film himself, and includes interviews with The Dalai Lama, NPR's India correspondent Julian Crandall Hollick and ordinary Indians of all backgrounds, Rick's winning yet open eyed account of this amazing land is a documentary film which will stand against all others. The definitive work on India.
Origins of India's Hindu Civilization
Price: $29.95
Description: Long-ago Indo-Aryan invaders of India brought with them the pantheon of deities that evolved through the centuries into the complex Hindu religion that dominates the country's culture.
Understanding Hindu Traditions
Price: $29.95
Description: Visit historic Benares and see how a religious tradition, at least 5,000 years old, remains vital today. The major deities and their purposes are examined.
Mahabharata (1989) (2pc) (1990)
Price: $27.34
Description: This collection of ancient Sanskrit stories comprises a series of enlightened fables at the heart of countless beliefs, legends, and teachings; indeed, its very title means "the great story of mankind." Brook and award-winning writer Jean-Claude Carriere worked for eight years to develop this epic concerning two sides of a royal family, the Pandavas and the Kauravas, whose struggle leads to a fascinating voyage of emotions, contradictions, and dreams, filled with subplots which are alternately comic and tragic but always gloriously entertaining.
Adi Shankaracharya
Price: $14.36
Description: Based of the life of one of the greatest thinkers the Indian sub-continent has ever know, Adi Shankarcharya is a stunning achievement in the annals of world cinema. It is also the only film ever made in the classical Sanskrit language. On the way he wrote several commentaries that have changed the way mankind looks at religion and theism and the eternal quest for inner turth. Accompaained by a resonant soundtrack of Chandts based on the Indian Vedas. Adi Shankaracharya was deservedly given the Indian national Award for Best Feature Film, Best Cinematography, Best Audiography and Best Screenplay.
Taj Mahal: The Story of Muslim India
Price: $27.01
Description: For more than 300 years, the Taj Mahal has stood as the symbol of the rich court life of the Moghuls and of Shah Jahan’s love for his wife.
Short Cut To Nirvana
Price: $18.28
Description: This enthralling documentary treks to the heart of the largest gathering of humanity on Earth: the Kumbh Mela. The huge festival has been held in India every 12 years for over two millennia, but is little known in the West—until now. The film spectacularly captures the sheer spiritual bliss, eternal wisdom and candid joy that envelop both the festival’s pilgrims and world-renowned gurus in attendance. SHORTCUT TO NIRVANA also features a special appearance by His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
Kumbh Mela - Songs of the River
Price: $24.95
Description: The Kumbh Mela is the "Festival of the Urn" that pours out the nectar of immortality. It is a great roving festival that has moved around India for 4,000 years, erecting temporary cities along the Ganges River where millions of Hindu faithful gather to wash away their sins in the holy waters.
Music of India
Price: $29.95
Description: The music of India conjures up exotic images of a culture we can barely understand. This live-action program identifies and demonstrates various instruments and presents them in concert.
Raga of the Kings
Price: $30.99
Description: Ustad (Maestro) Amjad Ali Khan was born in the city of Gwalior in India. It is the birthplace, and resting place, of the legendary Miyan Tansen, court musician to the Mughal Emperor Akbar in the late 16th century. He is the youngest son of the famous court musician at Gwalior, Ustad Hafiz Ali Khan, and represents the sixth generation of a family of musicians.
Symphony Celestial: 12 Fascinating Dance Forms of India, Concise Edition (CD-ROM)
Price: $150.00
Description: This CD-ROM brings the best of Indian Dance Forms in the most professional format. Sources for the Dances are from the best of the best and cover the following popular dances of India.
