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Age no bar to learn dance
Classical dance, for long synonymous with a lifelong pursuit beginning from childhood, is also increasingly becoming something those slightly older are delving into.
Sindhu Suresh, a lawyer by profession, has been learning Mohiniyattam after a gap of 30 years. “I was very little when I learnt it, now I again am,” she said. “Today women are more independent and less bound by restrictions. They now go and learn whatever they want or have desired at any age. This is a very progressive trend,” she said. Sindhu also praised her friend who took up Kalaripayattu at the age of 49.
“It is not about age anymore, it’s about passion,” said Parvathy. R, who began learning Bharatanatyam at the age of 25. “I have longed to learn this dance form, but due to various commitments I couldn’t. When I see young girls performing so well I am motivated to work harder. It is indeed a blissful exhaustion,” she said.
Merry who also took up Mohiniyattam after a long gap pointed out that many women have begun to go back to their roots and learn classical dances. “It is not about losing weight or anything, women have now begun to do what they like irrespective of their age,” said Merry.
Age no bar to learn dance
Classical dance, for long synonymous with a lifelong pursuit beginning from childhood, is also increasingly becoming something those slightly older are delving into.
Sindhu Suresh, a lawyer by profession, has been learning Mohiniyattam after a gap of 30 years. “I was very little when I learnt it, now I again am,” she said. “Today women are more independent and less bound by restrictions. They now go and learn whatever they want or have desired at any age. This is a very progressive trend,” she said. Sindhu also praised her friend who took up Kalaripayattu at the age of 49.
“It is not about age anymore, it’s about passion,” said Parvathy. R, who began learning Bharatanatyam at the age of 25. “I have longed to learn this dance form, but due to various commitments I couldn’t. When I see young girls performing so well I am motivated to work harder. It is indeed a blissful exhaustion,” she said.
Merry who also took up Mohiniyattam after a long gap pointed out that many women have begun to go back to their roots and learn classical dances. “It is not about losing weight or anything, women have now begun to do what they like irrespective of their age,” said Merry.
( COURTESY The Hindu reporting by S. Poorvaja and Aditi R.)
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