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You can't force a plant to bloom. It has a cycle
You have to tend it and care for it and wait for the bloom to happen.
If you don't take care of it, it dies.
The more experience you have like this,
The more you begin to understand your own cycle.

- Japanese artist RUTH ASAWA

Anita R Ratnam

Welcome to the June monthly newsletter!

This month my writings will be brief. I have been travelling for most of May and have not seen many performances. Personal time has been uppermost on my calendar. May has always been a quiet month. The weather is blazing hot in most cities and academics take an annual break. I remember being in the mountains in Kodaikanal for summer vacations with my cousins and far away from dance classes, studies and examinations. It was a time to enjoy family, friendships and reset energies for the rest of the year.

For India based dancers, May is when many head to the west seeking opportunities in teaching, sharing and performances. Having just returned from the USA, I have seen Northern California already buzzing with musicians and dancers who have made their annual "Pilgrimage" to the Bay Area Bank of Mylapore! KA Ching! KA Ching! The sound of dollars is flowing in and the eager students are willing to part with significant sums of money to "enrich" themselves - for one weekend - through short intensives in technique through item learning.

While some dancers like Rama Vaidyanathan and Priyadarsini Govind have already perfected this economic model, there are others like Vaibhav Arekar who are exploring this pathway to further hone their own choreographic practices. I met with San Francisco Bharatanatyam dancer Preethi Ramaprasad with whom I spent a gorgeous afternoon at SF MOMA (Museum of Modern Art), and on a walk through various stunning exhibitions, she shared news of the upcoming ensemble presentation directed and choreographed by Vaibhav in September.

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FROM THE ARCHIVES

Reappraising Bharatanatyam for physical, psychological and psychosocial benefits
- Krithika V Balaji
This article reappraises Bharatanatyam from a therapeutic point of view, intending to explore the benefits it offers in physical, psychological and psycho-social realms to the practitioner.



Benefits of dance
- Rajyshree Ramesh
A recent article in The Hindu about teaching Bharatanatyam for its therapeutic benefits to women and housewives acknowledges the importance of making dance accessible to all genres of participants. 






BIRTHDAY WISHES
Navina Jafa: June 6
Vandana Supriya Kasaravalli: June 9
Malavika Sarukkai: June 15
Kumari Kamala: June 16
Victor Paulraj: June 16
Madhuri Upadhya: June 17
Sudha Raghuraman: June 17
Sunanda Nair: June 18
Keerthana Ravi: June 18
Rajkumar Bharati: June 24
Sujata Mohapatra: June 26
Ayswaria Wariar: June 29


QUOTE
Dance can awaken empathy, inspire kindness, and spark a desire to heal rather than harm.
- Mikhail Baryshnikov




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