Abstract
This special issue consists the compilation of special interviews ( Kannada +English) on history of dance, dance future and dance research in the state by renowned dancers, senior gurus, organizers, academicians, theater personalities, Yakshagana scholars, folklorists, Musicians, Instrumentalists and researchers of Karnataka such as From Bengaluru Dr Maya Rao, Dr Lalita Shrinivasan Dr Shridhar Nirupama Rajendra Dr Chodamani Nandagopal M R Krishnamurthy ( Kittu sir) Ananthram BTM Academy Nandini Mehta Radha Shridhar Usha Datar B Bhanumathi Dr Padmaja Suresh Vyjayanti Kashi Vani Ganapathi Probal Gupta Hema Prabhath Shubha Dhananjay Sharmila Mukharji Poornima Gururaj Ashok Kumar Uday Kumar Shetty Bharati Venugopal on behalf of Late Padmini Rao 'Ananya' Raghavendra Rao Sridevi Unni Kiran Subhramaniam and Sandhya Kiran Gayatri Keshavan Sai Venkatesh Dr Soundarya Srivatsa G Gurumurthy Balasubhramanya Sharma Mysore Dr Nandakumar and Radhika Nandakumar Dr Vasudhara Doraiswamy Nandini Eshwar Dr Sheela Shridhar Dr Tulasi Ramachandra Kripta Phadke Ramamurthy Rao Mandya Dr Chetana Radhakrishna Tumkur Raaman Dharwad Divakara Hegde Dr Shripada Bhat Gopalakrishna Naik Dr G L Hegde Vijaya Nalini Ramesh Sujatha Rajagopal Mangalore Dr Chinnappa Gowda Dr Prabhakara Joshy Along with this, Ashtanayaka (Shringara Nayaka's) column by Shatavadhani Dr R Ganesh (Kannada) A journey of Poetry towards Mahanata of Badami by Padyapaana friends. ( Kannada) Special interview on Dance Criticism and featuring the personality of Vidwan Korgi Shankaranarayana Upadhyaya (Kannada) Review on Shankar Kandasamy Dance recital ( Kannada) Review on Kuchipudi Yakshagana and Karnataka Yakshagana -A comparative study seminar ( Kannada) Obituary writeup on Dr Jaya ( Kannada) Writeup on the personality with a special interview in English - Leela Ramanathan and many more attractive Kannada dance columns
