Dance Performance - Ritika Arya - TEDxTheWoodlands

Ritika Arya dances, and explains the symbolism behind her moves and coreography.

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When Ritika rehearsed at our home
and also at the college here --

And she mentioned
that much of her dance incorporates

symbolism from clasical Indian dance --

I'm wondering if you could share a bit about

what you told us
about the different gestures to symbolism.

What do they mean?

So basically there is a story
behind what I just did.

When I started like this
it actually symbolized

me growing up and then
when I had some gestures

like this and this --
so that was like adding hair accessories,

this was like combing my hair,
this is like wearing my anklet

and checking everything turning around,

learning to walk,

starting to fly, learning to fly

and then the second piece of my performance

when I am up high in the sky,

trying to look at the clouds,
grab everything.

So basically there was a whole story which

was to know this small gestures --

It was Indian semi-classical with contemporary.

So that was the whole story.

My journey from childhood, growing up,

spreading my wings and learning to fly.

Thank you!

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