Once upon a time, a long time ago (no, really, the story spreads between 2003 and 2008 in my case), in a land far far away (this one is easier to guess: Delhi, India) there were quite a few young damsels who had come to study Bharata Natyam. These are just a few memories from…
Bharata Natyam, like all Indian Classical dance forms, has several styles, or schools. While all schools present performances using the same type of costumes and the same major characteristics of the dance, there are many differences.Today we will refer to the style we studied: Kalakshetra. Our teacher, Jayalakshmi Eshwar is a product of this…
This is a story which started in 2003. I was a young college graduate, sure I owned the world and it was only a matter of days, mere minutes till my talent would be recognized… Sure enough, I had been dancing Bharata Natyam for 7 years, and finally the Indian Embassy in Bucharest, my…
