23 Aug The Hindu – August 22 2019 – “Ananga’s dance was underscored by rich bhava”
Chennai dance 2019...
Chennai dance 2019...
Recently things came full circle when Ananga herself came to New York and performed at the Indian Consulate along with her student Nandini Chakravorty, amazing audiences with how the beauty of Bharatanatyam had flowered in Peru.Spirituality is a big part of Bharatanatyam and while explaining...
Clear lines and extensions, footwork coordinated to the jathis and percussion heralded her opening item the Allaripu in Tisragati with "Mudakarathamodhakam" in the background choreographed by Shankar Kandaswamy. The varnam "Velanidam poi solladi Sahkiye," a composition of Madurai Sethuraman wherein the nayika feeling the pangs...
Ananga, who is also a linguist adept at French, Italian, Mandarin and English, is a trained ballerina and contemporary dancer, and a pianist. “Maybe, that’s why the barriers of music genres and languages, don’t deter my interest in the dance form,” she adds.While she pursues...