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When Ritika rehearsed at our home and also at the college here --
And we should mention that much of her dance incorporates
symbolism from clasicall Indian dance --
I'm wondering if you could share a bit about
what you told us about the different gestures to simbolism.
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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