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This is one of my favourite quotes, and it really captures everything I feel about dance and my practice.
"In the Indian tradition, dance is a means of gaining liberation through sadhana or the discipline required to perfect it. And it is in this constant attempt to express the core of all human emotion. from joy and passion to anger and fury, through the gestures and movements of the human body, that offers the path to creative and spiritual fulfilment."
- Shringara, by Alka Pande
This is an adapted choreography I taught as part of my Divinity of Dance workshop at Kamatala Festival, July 2015, Exeter, UK.
It is a simplified excerpt from Hari Riha Mughda, a storytelling item, exploring the play between Krishna and the Gopis (milkmaids). In the workshop we were exploring various themes, one of which is the idea that through devotion to Krishna and the acting out of his past-times, we experience liberation of the soul.
Thank you to Namrata Dhawan for sharing this video she took of me! It is a bit shadowy... I forgot to take into account the light behind me! <3
Music: Water Girl by Zakir Hussain