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Html content: <div class="about-content"> <h1> Ananda Shankar Jayant </h1> <p> Dr Ananda Shankar Jayant, is celebrated as one of India’s leading classical dancers, choreographers and dance scholars. <br> Performing in the two classical styles of Bharatanatyam and Kuchipudi, Ananda, imbues to the technique and grammar of her dance, a sparkling quality that bristles with life. </p> <div class="stats"> <div> <h2>10+</h2> <span>Awards</span> </div> <div> <h2>10K+</h2> <span>Students</span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="pedagogy-card-content kuchipudi_content"> <h3 class="highlight">Kuchipudi</h3> <p class="text-blk subHeading"> Guru Sri Pasumarthy Ramalinga Shastry </p> <p class="text-blk subHeading"> Kuchipudi ,one of the seven classical dance styles of India , takes its name from the village of its origin, Kuchipudi, in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh. </p> <p class="text-blk subHeading"> Kuchipudi as a style is known for its verve and vivacity .Movements are rounded and fleet-footed, performed with grace and fluidity.</p> <p class="text-blk subHeading"> Performed to South Indian classical music; Kuchipudi shares many common elements with Bharatanatyam, yet it is distinct for its quicksilver precision and detailed expressive technique and specially created pieces such as Tarangam, Simhanandini etc., which are unique to Kuchipudi.</p> <p class="text-blk subHeading"> Kuchipudi today has many practioners across the globe, who continue to stretch its repertoire in both solo and ensemble works. </p> </div> <div class="pedagogy-card-content bharath_content"> <h3 class="highlight">Bharatanatyam</h3> <p> Guru Smt Rukmini Devi Arundale, Kalakshetra, Chennai </p> <p class="text-blk subHeading"> Bharatanatyam is a classical dance form with origins in the southern state of Tamil Nadu, India, and today is one of the most popular among all Indian classical dance forms with performers and teachers spread across the world.</p> <p class="text-blk subHeading"> Also one of the oldest of the dance forms, Bharatanatyam is known for its architectonic beauty and grammar, geometric and linear visuals, its extensive use of hand gestures (mudra) sculpturesque contours and the fine art of expression (abhinaya)</p> <p class="text-blk subHeading"> Bharatanatyam is usually accompanied by Carnatic Music - the South Indian style of classical music, and is known for its story telling technique that brings to the viewer, tales from the rich and varied heritage and culture of India, as well as India's spirituality.</p> <p class="text-blk subHeading"> Bharatanatyam today as a form, straddles solo and ensemble works; the traditional and the contemporary repertoire; with ease, as the style lends itself to conventional themes as well new creativity and aesthetics. </p> </div>

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