#odissi

Odissi - the temple dance ✦ ⋆ ࣪.

the demands of respect, the unquestioning obedience to your teacher, the subtle casteism, general entitlement, the lack of space to explore any other expression apart from devotion, the moral policing and character assassinations. i just do not want to go through that again.

In the expanse of this dance, every movement tells a graceful tale woven with the threads of tradition and spirituality. Each step, like a delicate brushstroke on the canvas of eternity, paints a picture of devotion and reverence. The dancer, adorned in resplendent attire, becomes a vessel of expression, her every gesture an offering to the divine.

With rhythmic precision, her feet glide across the stage, evoking the ancient rhythms of the earth herself. Like a river flowing effortlessly through time, her body undulates in seamless harmony with the music, carrying with it the echoes of centuries past. Her eyes, sparkling with emotion, mirror the depths of her soul as she channels the essence of existence through the art of movement.

As she gracefully unfurls her hands, her mudras and her eyes speak volumes. Through the language of her body, she narrates tales of love, of valor, of gods and goddesses, invoking the collective consciousness of a civilization steeped in myth and legend. In her presence, time stands still, and the audience is transported to a realm where beauty reigns supreme.

The mundane fades into oblivion, and the ethereal takes center stage. It is a celebration of life, of love, of the eternal dance of creation and destruction. To witness Odissi is to be enraptured by its ineffable charm, to be swept away on a journey of transcendence and enlightenment.

like the amount of disrespect they show to these superior dance forms like Bharatnatyam and kathak and all by fusioning them with these so called international dances like no disrespect to international dance forms but they are in no way superior to our own classical dance forms. a classical dancer goes through so much during their dance trainings. a ballerina is respected because her foot suffers so much in her dance trainings learning ballet so why are these classical dancers not getting THEIR respect that they DESERVE. look at a classical dancer's feet. it would not be soft cute uwu rather it would be hardened and will have calluses that shows the years wirth of trainings and pains they suffered yet u want to mix that dance form with other dance forms? just bc u think that the classical dance form alone is 'boring'?