Quite interesting qoute isnt it?? Well this is not about a qoute on dance??? Its about a attitude showcased by a young lad to me....He is the one pronounce these words.... A 20 something young exec....working some where in Sunway...He looks presentable...
So to make long story short, Asthana decided to send a team for Astro's dance competition. After cracking our head Sherina came up with the name Swastika Asthana. They managed to go through the audition. After that, a dancer withdrew himself from Swastika Asthana before the heats recording, we managed to get this young boy in to the team.....He came for the briefing and we thought everything was fine.....until he showcased his true colour....
1) He comes for class with jeans and working attire
2) Handphones is his best friends
3) Looks down on other peoples choreography
4) Despise indian???
Well, the first issue was highlighted to him . A second chance was given still he did the same. Lets look at other dancers in various dance institution. Istana Budaya, TFA, Dua Space, Kwang Tung, etc. The dancers are very disciplined to use attire that is proper for practice. Palazzo pants, tights, track bottom, dance sarees. You Name it. A dancer should be disciplined of what they wear in the class. Our body is temple or Sariram. The Talent is the divinity in us. The Temple should not be currupted with unwanted decorations. For our macha here is bout his lifestyle....his attitude...his fashion...." Iam comfortable with what i wear" he strictly reiterated to me...fine...i have to let go because he is an outsider with a rebelious culture that i cant mould him now.
The handphones stuffs is big headache. Whenever a dancer touches the dance floor, the attention and focus should be in the dance. But that not the case here. This is not the culture in this cyberage society. Not only him there are others who do this in universities and my own studio. Well no point of blaming him alone..
A choreographer has the responsibility of bringing out the best in the dancers. From the rasa, angasutha, nitta and nritya . This does not only apply for classical dance but also to any other genre of dance . Mr. A being a choreographer of his own ( surprising he cant even do a proper contemporary movement), conveniently changes the style of the dance when the actual choreographer not around...in this case , my own studio manager. He orders others when he himself is not a perfect dancer.....well bro , u can do this with any other group but not us....we look into creativity here, not any Indian Kutthu movements. Kutthu is actually a bit harsh word for those syok sendiri folk based dances with bit of headbanging concept. Thats my opinion yo.
"You guys too much indian....stop thinking like an Indian"....you are a typical indian....This young lost boy from civilisation have labeled me and asthana dancer being too much indian....Very daring ah???? If thats the case, what do you call those dancers who only know about Indian Modern and Folk, Prabhu Deva and Master Kala are the only choreographers in this universe they know, Vijay & Shreya are great dancer, make costumes out Fully synthetic sequined materials with gawdy colours, striking blue eye shadows for yellow thaipusam colored costume....For me Asthana comes with creative and fashionable choreography.....Look at the Statues of Kajhouraho, The kalinga Traders, Suvarbhumi, Panchasunthara the production.....Half of the Indians out there might be wondering what are these alien words as they so much submerged into Indian Cinematic era.....Our Macha here is neither Wade Robson nor Martha Graham's grandson ....or Shobana's brother nor Kalakshetra graduate....So for him is about MTV or Channel V that he gets to peek at any mamak shop and refers that as cool stuffs .....for him to be proud of.....My experience as Promotions Producer and pioneer team for Malaysia 1st English Music Channel Astro Hits. Tv do let me to look at the Western World Nearer. Well i dont have to be Snoop Dogg or Justin Timberlake....its about techniques and dance style dude...Being Indian is very subjective....There are typical Indians, There are middle income indians, and of course the elite. Macha belongs to the category :Being American Born Indian. Can you get the acronym???? I will write about this another day on Indians who are hypocrites about their race, culture and arts. How many Indian knows about the Mohenjo Daro or Harrapa, Sillapathikaram, the Rama's bridge....so many things of them dont know of what are they being ignorant of....So our Macha here is not as fair as Prince Charles, or has Micheal Bolton blond hair . But one thing for sure he has fake English Slang ??? Sounds like some Rajasthan mix Slovakian Language...How many of us are familiar with these kind of characters??? I bet we have met some of them.
Well, if anyone are into anything , it should come from their heart. Even in work, in life, in dance .....
From the Natya Shastra, a text on the arts, this beautiful quotation and translation was often quoted by Chitresh Das:
"Yato hasta stato drishti"..."Where the hand is, the eyes follow"
"Yato drishti stato manaha"..."Where the eyes go, the mind follows"
"Yato manaha stato bhava"..."Where the mind is, there is the feeling"
"Yato bhava stato rasa"..."Where the feeling is, there is mood"
Our friend here and lots of performing artists still missing these links......
So, Being American Born Indian, Asok conveniently send a SMS that he is withdrawing from the team one day before the competition. How professional??? This was expected but did waste our timing moulding this log. I was not dissapointed in fact happy that he quit because of his cowardness. Afraid of his failure. Because not all performing artist can withstand the challenges ....
So our back up plan worked and we moved on . In fact the ambience was better in the group. After all the hard work, the team now is in the finals of Aattam 100 Vagai.....
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