 Teacher's
Profile
Maithily
 Initiated into Bharatanatyam
at the age of 10 under the tutelage of Jeyanthy Shanmugalingam, Maithily
continued hereducation in advanced Bharatanatyam and Nattuvangam at Fine
Arts Faculty at the University of Jaffna. She has received good training
in Bharatanatyam from her University education and received Natyakalamani
title. After that she lectured at Jaffna university and has taken part in
many performances. After graduation she lectured Bharatanatyam at the same
university for some years. She is the first student of Mrs. Jeyanthi Shanmugalingam
to earn her Bharata Kala Vithagar, a title to dance from Karnatic Music
Association of Nothern Sri Lanka. She also holds a degree in arts from University
of Peradeniya.
Bharata Narthanalaya is the name of Bharatam dance school, was formed
in Sri Lanka in 1986 under guidance of her teacher Mrs. Jeyanthi Shanmugalingam
and this academy took over her students when Mrs. Jeyanthi Shanmugalingam
moved to Canada. After that many students continued to study at Bharata
Narthanalaya and got their teachers grade. Many of her students are with
skills in Europe, some are in other parts of the world and some of them
are teaching to their students.
The highly dedicated deciplined process of learning and training is meant
to enrich the students` creative skills and give them knowlegde of cultures
and art forms. This involves interpreting the textbooks into a practical
guide to dancing and giving step by step information to students about
combining powerful, rhythmically intense foot work, lyrical postures and
dramatic story telling and dancing. Consisting of highly trained dancers
and children, the institute has given invigorating performances to promote
tolerance and multicultural understanding between ethnic communities in
Sri Lanka and Norway.
She has participated in dance dramas such as Thazayini Kalyanam, Nala
Dhamayanthi. She was given the role of Thazayini in Thazayini Kalyanam,
Damayanthi in Nala Dhamayanthi dance drama and got good response.
She has learnt various techniques of Bharatanatyam from leading Bharatanatya
teachers like Mrs.Shanthini Sivaneshan, Mrs. Jeyanthy Shanmugalingam,
Mrs. Leela Sevarajah, Mrs. Shantha Ponuthurai, Mrs.Pathmarangini Umashankar,
Mrs.Krishanthi Raveendra and Mrs Anusha Mylvahanam in Sri Lanka and India.
Some of them has taught her from G.C.E A\L, the secondary education in
Sri Lanka. She and other students have also involved in a programme to
make dance from Pancha Tantra Keertanai.
She choreographed many programmes for the Association of Young Artists
and for the university`s Navarathiri festival. Many of her students have
taken part in her dance programmes when she choreographed and presented
thematic dance features of many dance dramas. Five students had their
Arangetram under her choreography and guidance. She did teaching in Colombo
for some years and produced programmes for the Sri Lankan Rupavahini TV
station`s education programmes. Rupavahini telecasted the programmes once
a week.
Bharata Narthalaya started teachings in Norway in 1998 and had many programmes
for both mainstream and for Tamil cultural events.
She has with her creative talent encouraged students to take part in performances
that will give not only joy but also meaningful social awarness. It`s
noted that her students also become creative and search for knowledge.
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