Laasya Arts

Laasya Arts is a registered organization that is based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia with the principal objective of promoting and preserving the ancient arts of India, primarily its classical music and dance. The main focus of this institution is to expose students to the many faces of Bharatanatyam by taking an innovative approach, while keeping the original techniques intact. The school also offers lessons in Carnatic music and also touch of contemporary and other major forms of Indian classical dance.

Laasya, meaning ‘graceful’, thus its is fitting that the Swan has been chosen as the school logo. Laasya Arts has carved a niche for itself nationally by staging several productions including dance drama for children elaborating on mythological and historical themes. Besides that the School have been working closely with several other organizations such as DiGi Telecommunications (a Malaysian based telecommunication company) and ASTRO (another Malaysian based leading cross-media operator with direct-to-home satellite television) to create a process of broadening and awareness in dance and music of South India.

The curriculum is tailor-made to suit the needs and experiences of students in Malaysia. Students graduate by performing their Arangetrams after undergoing rigorous training. Creativity is encouraged by allowing senior students to choreograph some of their own movements. Students of Laasya Arts perform regularly in various community events particularly during Navarathri."'

Principal of Laasya Arts

Shrimathi Usha Ramachandran, founder and principal of Laasya Arts hails from a family of musicians, the daughter of veteran mridangist and maestro Guruvayur Dorai and Sita Dorai, she started learning music at the age of five from her aunt Guruvayur Ponnama. The titillating vibration of the nattuvangam felt while witnessing a dance program by Shrimathi Indra Rajan who would become her guru ignited soon after her forays into the dance world. She was also guided by Shri Pandanallur Srinivasa Pillai who is actively responsible in her dancing career.

Despite some physical disabilities at that age, she continued learning dance and did her arangetram in the year 1983, She took up dance as a career and conferred the title of “MADURA NATYA MAMANI” in 1986. She begins her teaching career in Singapore where she had done her first arangetram of a student. She has since held the arangetram of numerous students. She has also performed in various parts of Malaysia, Singapore, India and Australia. During this period she has also choreographed a number of productions in music and dance of which Siddhartha, Bhavayami & Murugan Charanam are the feather in her crown.

With the blessings of Lord Krishna, the grace of her Gurus and the love of her students she has started her own dance and music school in the year 2003 – LAASYA ARTS with a vision to become an established and recognized performing art school in Kuala Lumpur, particularly in the ancient art of India.

External links

* [http://www.laasyaarts.com Laasya Arts]