“Movement never lies. It is a barometer, telling the state of the soul’s weather to all who can read it”

She weaves beautiful stories through her brilliant limb movements and her expressions. She dances with a joyous abandon, creating variegated forms of staggering visual beauty in the process. Her graceful twirls, breathtaking footwork and tantalizing expressions evoke the “rasa” or emotions in us, thus giving us a sensual and divine experience. She performs to a poem, creating a parallel kinetic poetry in movement, keeping subtle expressions on her face. Her entire body reacts to the emotions, evoking sentiments within us. Her footwork matches the accompanying percussion; almost as if she were challenging it, and she and the percussionists often indulge in a virtuoso display of rhythmic wizardry. She pirouettes at a lightning speed, often ending in statuesque poses. She is the one who can hear the music in her soul. Her dance is, therefore, simply the luminous manifestation of her soul. She is the Nrityangana.