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...eroticism, loneliness, etc. Says Saxophonist Shank: "Everybody says how free our music is, but in comparison with Indian music we are terrifically restricted. It's endless what a musician like Ravi can do." Transported. Shankar began as a dancer with the famed Indian troupe headed by his brother, Uday Shankar. At 18, he disposed of all his worldly possessions and settled in a remote village to study the devilishly difficult sitar with a guru. He practiced slavishly 14 hours a day for seven years before he felt ready to perform professionally. Shankar finds the concert circuit a bit frustrating...
Benares-born Ravi Shankar, a younger brother of famed Dancer Uday Shankar (TIME, Nov. 22, 1948), started mastering his difficult art when he was 18. He has written movie scores and ballets (including one based on Nehru's Discovery of India), is working to modernize Indian musical techniques, i.e., standardize instruments and notation. But he despairs of ever accomplishing true mastery of the sitar. "It is like driving through a mist," he says. "The more you drive, the more you realize the road is still there...
...William Rothenstein, president of London's Royal College of Arts, felt justified in feeling peeved that day in 1923: his star pupil was deserting him. Young Uday Shankar, who had come all the way from India to study painting, was about to join Anna Pavlova's ballet troupe. "Please, persuade Mme. Pavlova not to do this," Sir William begged a friend. Replied Pavlova: "Please tell Sir William that Shankar is a born dancer. He must dance. Oh, he must dance...
Last week, Uday Shankar was back in the U.S. Americans would see him dance again, but this time only on the screen. Shankar had spent three years and a fortune in rupees, making a two-hour movie about India, told largely in dance; and he is planning a cross country U.S. tour to show it. Audiences would find Kalpana's story as jumbled as a dream-full of plots and subplots, visions and fantasies, and plays within plays. At times, the story borders on absurdity. But as a picture of Indian dancing, Kalpana would tell them nearly everything...
Bhupesh Guha & Sushila did not put on such a show as to erase memories of the great Uday Shan-Kar (now running his culture center in India), but their dance program provided a rare opportunity to see real Hindus doing real Hindu dances...