ISP Performance - SIT India: National Identity and the Arts, Fall 2014 from pushpanjali hindi Watch Video

⏲ Duration: 6 min 53 sec
✓ Published: 18-Feb-2015

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When I first started planning my practicum piece, I initially wished to perform pure bharatanatyam. I wanted to be respectful of the form and execute it as perfectly as possible. However, after a while of learning, reading, and thinking, I realized that it was more honest for me to recognize my position as a Western-trained body, for I cannot call myself a bharatanatyam dancer after one month of learning the technique. There is something problematic in learning a form in a rushed, goal-oriented