Bhaskar 1977 'Dances And Chants Of India'

Like the name implies these are dances and chants. Quite interesting and a bit of a change from the usual classical performances normally posted.

"Bhaskar, born in Madras, India, began his professional career as a boxer at the age of 15, and climaxed his pugilistic efforts by winning the welterweight championship of Madras. Persuaded by several other experts of the dance to give up boxing and begin the study of dance, he became a first rate dancer in a very short time. He studied with the most famous teachers in India, including G. Ellappa, whose other most prominent pupil was Uday Shankar. While performing as a dancer, Bhaskar attracted the attention of movie producers and became a movie and stage actor in India.

Soon he was one of the most sought after choreographers in his native land, both for films and the stage. In 1952 he was decorated by Prime Minister Nehru for his contributions to Indian theatre. He toured India with his company of dancers and musicians and was invited by the Governor of Ceylon to perform before Her Majesty, the Queen of England, when she visited there. Bhaskar was brought to this country by Max Liebman for an acting and dancing role in the TV spectacular ,"MARCO POLO," later appearing in many other television shows. He has danced with great success—alone and with his company—on -New York concert stages, at the Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, the Chicago International Fair, Radio City Music Hall and at numerous universities and concert halls throughout the United States.

Bhaskar appeared on Broadway in "CALIGUALA" and then In the musical "CHRISTINE," which starred Maureen O'Hara. The critics unanimously praised him as the most unusual and exciting performer in the production. Bhaskar returned to New York from his extended tour of South America and South Africa for the premiere of his film, "Creation of Women," which was nominated for an Academy Award. Following the film premiere, he appeared at the Adelaide Arts Festival in Australia with Yehudl Menuhin and the London Philhar-monic Orchestra. He has since appeared in London on the West End in the play "THE KINDLY MONKEYS" and has just completed a movie called "INSTANT LOVE" starring Rossano Brazzi and Rhonda Fleming, to be released shortly."

Label: Request Records (2) ‎– SRLP 10095

Tracks:
A1 - Surya Nirham Or The Dance Of The Rising Sun
A2 - Naga Nirtham Or The Dance Of The King Cobra
A3 - Natanam Adinar: Literally Means "He Danced"
A4 - Pooja - The Dance Of Invocation
B1 - Thala Nirtham Or The Disc Dance
B2 - Dance Of The Hunter
B3 - Allaripu
B4 - Thillana
B5 - Krishna Ni Beganu Baru

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Digitised with: Project Essential II Turntable, Ortofon Red Stylus, recorded as WAV 16/48 in Audacity and saved unaltered as side A and B in WAV 16/48, and then separately edited with: Clickrepair (low settings) then slight reduction on surface noise + normalised to -2.0db in Audacity and exported as WAV 16/48 and MP3 320kbps.