This India's Independence Day, the Battery Dance Festival "Erasing
Borders" in New York had a grand show, followed by 'Swarna Utsav' by
disciples of Guru Rajee Narayan for the Golden Jubilee celebrations of
Nritya Geetanjali on 16th in Mumbai and much later Ranjana Gauhar's
‘Sare Jahan Se Accha’ exploring ultimate freedom in Delhi. India's
spirit and happiness of Independence echoes all over the world and as
always multiplicity prevails.
With technology one has the privilege to be everywhere in the world at any given time. I can get a glimpse of a festival taking place in London or Tokyo or Bangalore when I am actually sitting at my place in Abu Dhabi sipping tea. Yes, the world has turned into a global village and this healthy shrink happened to the world of Indian classical dance and music. Today we see a mushrooming of Indian dance and music festivals all over the world. And these festivals touch me and also others through Facebook, Google, YouTube and many more digital mediums and bring us all together into a close network. Dwelling deep into this phenomenon especially in the sphere of Indian classical dance I felt a turbulence of queries and I wish to share this entangled state of my mind with my fellow artists and readers. This I feel is important to understand the state of Indian dance in totality.
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With technology one has the privilege to be everywhere in the world at any given time. I can get a glimpse of a festival taking place in London or Tokyo or Bangalore when I am actually sitting at my place in Abu Dhabi sipping tea. Yes, the world has turned into a global village and this healthy shrink happened to the world of Indian classical dance and music. Today we see a mushrooming of Indian dance and music festivals all over the world. And these festivals touch me and also others through Facebook, Google, YouTube and many more digital mediums and bring us all together into a close network. Dwelling deep into this phenomenon especially in the sphere of Indian classical dance I felt a turbulence of queries and I wish to share this entangled state of my mind with my fellow artists and readers. This I feel is important to understand the state of Indian dance in totality.
Read the article in the site
It is a very candid n thought provoking writeup.It is indeed a great challenge to make a serious profession out of this extremely dedicated and specialised field of art.Tnx for sharing your thoughts so honestly and with a passion only a true artiste can feel!
ReplyDeleteIt is a very candid n thought provoking writeup.It is indeed a great challenge to make a serious profession out of this extremely dedicated and specialised field of art.Tnx for sharing your thoughts so honestly and with a passion only a true artiste can feel!
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