A few years ago I used to care a lot about how people perceived me as a Bharatanatyam dancer. I wanted everyone to know that I had integrity, that I took time to understand the tradition, the nuance, the depth and layering of the form. That I practised like one possessed, trying to be the best that I could be. All other things that I participated in, as a part of life, things I did for my own joy and satisfaction, like attending full days of lyrical jazz class, my training in modern dance, my ra

As performers, we dream about dance as well. A nightmare is usually when we completely mess up on stage! :-) lets just say I had an elaborate nightmare yesterday. Happy to have woken up and found it wasn’t real . #bharathanatyam #indianclassical #dancer #ardanareeshwarar #bharatanatyamdancer #dreams #bharatanatyam | Rukmini Vijayakumar