Dance is like a prayer

My guruji taught me only male items, because my personality was not fit for female items. I did not have a sharp nose, fair colour or a thin waist. I learnt male items and Radha female ones. Our guruji designed solo items, tandava for me and lasya for Radha . But then I thought, why don’t both of us perform together.? So in Tarangam, I used to enter as Krishna, Radha as Radha. We have performed together in Umaparinayam, Kumarasambhavam pieces and from Shivpuran. See Dasavatar is a solo dance but we perform together.

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