How important is a breather space to an artiste? Only as essential as inhaling and exhaling oxygen or as exciting work coming one’s way. So, my survival instincts made me think up a few things that would take me away from my dance studio and to re-energize I, me ,myself. As part of my “…
Continue reading...Sunil Warrier, our student at the Whitefield center, talks about his experience learning and dancing with us. Excerpts… “Nritarutya follows the traditional way of teaching. The initial training focuses on building up the body to dance which includes stamina building, developing control, balancing, body conditioning, flexibility, alignment aspects. The training period depends from person to…
Continue reading...Dancer Pia Bunglowala reminisces the experience of the recent performance at Delhi. Dance has always been an integral part of me. And one of my most favorite thing of being a professional dancer is the fact that it takes you to interesting places and you get to meet a lot of interesting people. My association…
Continue reading...Artistic director Mayuri Upadhya’s article about the business of dance was published in “The Asian Age” . Read the article here. I’m a professional dancer. A few years ago the answer to “what do you do?” assured me of amused reactions. From raised eye-brows, stupid stares to utter fascination. From being asked “Ok…you dance, but what is it that you do for a living?” to “Dancer,…
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