Music and Performing Arts
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Bharatanatyam; More Than a Hobby?
I had a performance recently. I had some crazy revelations recently. Coincidence? I think not! I am a Bharatanatyam dancer. I have been for 19 years and counting, as quite honestly, it’s one of my greatest achievements. I love the nuanced movements and subtle meanings behind each gesture. There’s a strange sense of both erratic euphoria and meditative tranquility involved that’s hard to describe. It’s one of those things that I’ve been doing for so long that it has become a permanent fixture in my life. But as I’ve gotten older, I’ve noticed something, Bharatanatyam is no longer that weird ethnic extra-curricular activity it once was. The movements that are…