Re: flying "gracefully in the face of tradition"

Posted by Dev on June 02, 2007 at 11:54:13:

In Reply to: flying "gracefully in the face of tradition" posted by arul francis on June 01, 2007 at 18:28:58:

I think someone has not had a bitterness and ignorance wank for a looooong time!!!

This posting from Arul Francis positively drips venom and ignorance just like his most of his other postings. What is this forum Arul, your own personal bitterness posting? Narthaki is not your agony aunt! You need therapy, go pay for it like everyone else!

All you ever do is rant and rave with half baked mediocre knowledge at best and judge people. I would like to see you try ballet, Bharatanatyam or even a cha cha cha for that matter! How DARE you disrespect dancers and critics?

If you had any real knowledge whatsoever of norms of classical ballet companies, the Natyashastra, and what incredible cross referencing of cultures that have been going on for a long time now, you would at least have the humanity to not fling insults towards incredible artists and critics like Ms.Valli, Ms.Mudgal and Mr. Hutera.
They are people who have become incredible assets to the dance world against all adversity
But, look at me...why am I using the term 'humanity' for Arul?
The term I use for negative,caustic, disrespectful, bitter people like him cannot be used outside that of a kennel for that matter! Shame on you Arul.
You are the worst kind...a bitter delusional pseudo intellectual with too much time on his hands. Get a life please and to put it bluntly, get laid! Pronto!! You are losing the plot!

Yours sincerely,
Dev...a REAL dancer and a REAL human!
: from http://alarmelvalli.org/performances.html
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: <i>‘Samanvaya’ has been presented to wide acclaim, in major theatres in India and abroad - at the Theatre de la Ville in Paris, <snip> ... The Edinburgh International Festival, <snip> ... France, Poland, Spain, Hungary </i>
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: and a critic gushes:
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: <i>Alarmel Valli and Madhavi Mudgal’s collaboration Samanvaya flew gracefully in the face of tradition by juxtaposing the respective performance styles of these two world-class dancers…” Donald Hutera, ‘The Times’, Edinburgh.</i>
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: jesus christ! this only goes to show what empty-headed idiots dance-critics are! if someone has enough star power, they will bow down their feather-stuffed heads and pick up their pen and gush gush gush.
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: you know, this is where you can really see the difference between ballet and bharata natyam. the great ballet companies have self-respect and respect for their art and you will never see them mingling with another dance-form on the stage. and rightly so. whereas our leading dancers are so cheap cheap cheap. they will sell out just to get into some international festival. shame on them!