Danse du Jour

[shanmonster]

This is a bharata natyam piece as performed by eleven-year-old Harini Jeevitha. If she's this good now, imagine how much better she'll be in another decade.

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[allthingsnoisy.livejournal.com]

I've seen her, and agree that she is very, very good. I've also seen a 9-year-old dancer that was equally amazing.

These young girls eat, breathe, sleep Bharatanatyam. My class is only 2 hours per week. These girls practice 3 hours four days each week, then a 5-hour session on the weekend. They only know dance.

[shanmonster.livejournal.com]

3 hours four days a week isn't that extreme, IMO. It's not like the opera schools of China which spawned such performers as Jackie Chan, for instance. They only got about 6 hours of sleep a night because the rest of their day was filled with training.

[firelie.livejournal.com]

Damn, she must have thighs that could break rocks after mastering a dance like that.

I loved how expressive her face got to match her movements.