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Aditi Bagchi '99 performed the opening act, a flirtatious, intricate classical Indian dance called the bharata natyam. An astonishing meld of classical poses, swift, powerful foot and arm movements and use of the eyes and face to express emotion, Bagchi's dance also punctuated its backing music with the rhythmic jingle of the bells on her ankles. This is the dancing style called ghungroo, from which the show itself takes it name. Among the singers, Devi SenGupta '98 gave a beautiful and captivating performance; accompanying herself instrumentally, she sang a ghazal and a nazrul geeti, traditional songs (in Urdu...
Among the acts were Bharata Natyam, a classical dance of facial expression and complex footwork; Kathak, a dance stlyle inspired by the Krishna legend; and traditional Bhangra, a festive Punjabi dance of love and patriotism...
...show opened with the traditional dance Bharata Natyam that focuses on expression, music and rhythm. The dance featured a performer wearing a bright purple and gold costume...
...lead-off performance, the "Bhrat Natyam," or invocation dance, featured a single female dancer, Suchitra Natarajan of MIT, in traditional Indian garb. Natarajan synchronized her footsteps to the beat of a drum. The rattle of the ghungroo--bells worn on her ankles--echoed the tempo of the song...
...York last week, besides Kathakali (about 1,000 years old in some forms and hence a Johnny-come-lately), the Rao troupe also danced the nearly 4,000-year-old Bharata Natyam (the Drama of Bharata). High point of the program: Mohirti Attam (the Dance of the Enchantress), in which Dancer Rao proved herself a virtuoso performer. This dance had become so corrupted and eroticized by courtesans that it had been banned from the temples. Shanta, swathed in dazzling silk, danced it in its uncorrupted style, although her weaving, swaying interpretation was still sexy in a highly stylized...