pherank Posted November 28, 2017 Share Posted November 28, 2017 (edited) Not Your Usual Bharatanatyam Preeti Vasudevan tells stories of contemporary life, not of gods and goddesses. By Gia Kourlashttps://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/01/arts/dance/not-your-usual-bharatanatyam.html (there is a short video) I suppose this is like a "black and white" leotard version of traditional Indian Bharatanatyam dancing. The interesting thing is that in the present day - in Western culture - this dancing is quite easy to relate to now. Edited November 28, 2017 by pherank Link to comment
sandik Posted November 28, 2017 Share Posted November 28, 2017 Leigh Witchel, who used to be quite active here, has another perspective in Dancelog. Link to comment
sandik Posted November 28, 2017 Share Posted November 28, 2017 One of the things that I find in both of these reviews is the tension that many Western writers have when they discuss work in a tradition that they know has a complex and highly developed technique, but they do not hold themselves to be experts in. Both examples here do a great job with that challenge, but I know if I read a commentary by an Indian critic, they would see so many things that are invisible to my eye. Link to comment
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