I, Me, Myself

Practice sessions.... Truly memorable for everyone...right? the grilling period which is full of enjoyment, enthusiasm, excitement, full of sweating and pain till the golden shining level is reached...but still much more memorable.... The efforts to wind up all the other commitments to reach on time, the efforts to achieve perfection, efforts to gain stamina, to give that exact expression required for the role even when you are tired a lot... and on top of all is controlling your cravings and eat healthy, taking care of health, managing previous injuries... It's like talking to your body and soul to get ready ...... Hard practice sessions mould us physically and mentally, not only for the performance planned but for that disciplined way of life and ask our soul to follow it for a lifetime. Asks to cut down the forest of cravings like Buddha and nurture our mind and body for a healthy & peaceful life. Yes, this is what practice sessions mean to me, what about you...

Dedication   What do you mean by this? committed to a task or purpose, the willingness to give a lot of time and energy to something because it is important.   Dedication can also be defined as complete devotion and faith in someone or something, like your dedication to your family,  for example , then what about the dedication in dance means to you? Can you be dedicated to both at the same time? How? If you are trying to balance your family, your career and your passion and love for dance, does that mean your dedication towards dance is less? Well, trying to improve your fitness level both at physically and mentally to keep a good balance between your dance and other commitments in life should be equally treated as a strong dedication  towards dance as well as family, careers etc . Because the motivation to balance hard dance practice sessions, the workload in office and handling difficult times with kids and family comes nowhere but from the joy, we get f...

What Dance gave me? Well, this is the question which every dancer should ask herself/ himself one day…I am sure first of all it will definitely give a smile on his/ her face no doubt :) Dance has given immense happiness to each and every person who has tried attempting to stamp his or her feet on any beat. Irrespective of the form, dance teaches us a lot of things. Right from learning basic steps until when you reach an advanced stage. The very first lesson dance taught me is discipline, not only about how to behave after entering in dance class till you leave but also about how to respect our tradition, our culture, our elders and most importantly our Gurus which will stay lifelong with me. Nowadays, respect for our elders, teachers/ Gurus is rare, its very sad, but I have observed it in many places, in younger generations especially. Here I feel, the role and attitude of parents play a very important role. Dance also teaches us how different emotions have an effect ...

Hello Dancers, First of all wish you all a very happy International Dance Day....Keep dancing.... Dance Day, the day to promote dancing all over the world…The day full of energy and enthusiam…. The day to dance once again….The reason to put your dancing bells once again….The reason to celebrate….The reason to be happy once again…. International Dance Day is a global celebration of dance. All the dancers gets a chance to showcase their talent on various platforms. All the non-dancers gets a chance to watch beautiful performances and tap their toes on the rhythm. The celebration day for those who see value and importance of this wonderful art form called as Dance . Dance, the unspoken language of heart which is conveyed by gestures and expressions. All the dancers who are in practice or who are getting a chance to perform on any platform will celebrate it to the best of their abilities today, no doubt….But what about those who by any chance are not able to do it t...

As all Bharatnatyam dancers know the meaning of ' Alara ' ...meaning to bloom, I too started blooming from the very first day I joined the training. Starting with all the energy, enthusiasm and spirit the learning experience began...  The eager and curiosity about learning new steps was the key driving force to move on. The beauty and love for Bharatnatyam were attracting me more and more towards itself. The anxiety to learn all the basic steps i.e.  Adavus  was high. The stamina sometimes was not enough to cope up but the mind was not ready to stop. The days passed and we were done with our Adavus.....What a great feeling it was...the feeling of achieving something...that time that "something" was much more to me...But as I move forward I realized it was just a drop in the ocean of knowledge...but how sweet it really was! The Adavus, the initial lessons in Bharatnatyam not only teaches us the basic steps but much more than that. It teaches us a basic disc...

Hello, Now almost after 16 years when I look back and think how did I start learning Bharatnatyam, it simply creates a smile on my face... What a wonderful memory it was I must say... I and my cousin sister went to explore the Bharatnatyam dance Class which was run by a family friend and it turned out so influential that on the very first day we came out after doing first two steps from the very first lesson Tattadavu...the happiness and joy were received can't be expressed in words...And this classical journey called Dance began that day...