Indian Dance Workshop with Ms Malavika Mohanan

Indian Dance Workshop with Ms Malavika Mohanan
CFA Dance Theatre
12 April 08

On the 12th of April, members of NUS Indian Dance attended a workshop conducted by Malavika Mohanan. She is trained in bharatanatyam and is based in California. In the recent years she has been exploring as many traditions of movement as have come her way. During the workshop, we learnt a completely new way of expressing emotions by our movements. No matter what dance background we were from, we could feel the peace and serenity brought about by the movements of her dance.

Ms Malavika Mohanan (centre, dressed in light blue and red Sari)

During the workshop, we formed our own dance movements by bringing together ideas from everyone, thus producing an amalgam of traditional movements, which in itself was a new movement altogether.

We also saw a small performance piece by Ms Mohanan herself where she put text into her dance along with music. It was mesmerising to see someone so flawlessly expressing her emotions!

Text: Komal Shruti & Grace

Photo: Courtesy of NUS Indian Dance