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April 11, 2010 | Mumbai’s arts academy celebrates International Dance Day |
Mumbai:The Shree Paavitra Arts Academy celebrated the 28th International Dance Day at the Worli Nehru Science Center here on Saturday. The founder of the Shree Paavitra Arts Academy , Nandini Ashok and dancer Carlyta Mouhini danced
to a Flamenco fusion on this occasion. The dance was a fusion of Salsa and Bharatnatyam.
Addressing the function, Nandini Ashok said dance to her, is beyond art form and
that it is a very spiritual and fulfilling experience. "Inviting an artist from
another state, unless you have a solid reason towards it, there is no possibility
of inviting them, that is my personal vision. And to invite them and make them
perform, and also give a clean vision to the viewers about different forms of
art, because India is very rich with different cultures and different formation
of dance. And we don't get to see all of them at one stage, so this is a good
platform," said Ashok. She added that her main aim is to keep alive traditional
dance forms so that the future generations could learn of India 's heritage. "So
in Shree Paavitra , we create different ballets, and through the ballets we make
the children perform. So when they perform in different ballets, number one, they
learn the mythology of our country. Number two; it gets on to them as to how to
emote different characters within a span of four months,” Ashok added. Ashok said
the Shree Paavitra is struggling to spread art among youngsters “The main vision
of Shree Paavitra is to make sure that the art is spread among the younger children
and also to the adults who always feel that 'oh, I wish I could dance'," said
Ashok. The dances performed at the function included Kalarippayattu, Vilasini
Natyam and Bharatnatyam. |
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