Svam

Music / P Sushanth

A solo Bharatanatyam piece choreographed for a dancer who wanted to explore her personal and philosophical relationship with a sacred and spiritual art form. Each dancer’s story is intrinsically personal and it is said that one can find what one seeks deep within, in their relationship with dance. Perfection, worship, love, surrender and peace: lived, experienced and expressed.

Produced & presented/ Anuja Varaprasad

Choreographer’s note

Interpreting dance as a personal philosophy for another dancer was the primary challenge. The next was to give a subjective, physical form to what is essentially a complex experience, in a vocabulary with a codified structure. The instinct was to respond with simplicity in choreography and music to allow the dancer to enjoy freedom and make it her own.

“ The audience was enriched by their dynamic performance and held spellbound. The evening gave samples of their skills in all aspects of Bharatanatyam. The divine music compositions were enhanced by the graceful and precise movements of the dancing couple ”

- Ashwin Patel, India Post, September 2017
(Performance hosted by Abhinaya, St. Louis)