The "Gitanjali" and other evocative poems by the Gurudev were translated into dance by 45-year-old Nabanita in her arangetam (debut performance) last evening.
"The aim of every art form is to search for the divine, the expressions may be different. When I was introduced to Tagore's poetries I found it so similar to our dance form that I decided to use them," Chandran told PTI.
"Since Nabanita is a Bengali who learnt a South Indian art, so I decided to experiment with these two cultures," said the veteran dancer.
"I read Tagore's poetries like Gitanjali and quite a few other books by him. We selected verses which matched with our dance. We found dancing to the verses difficult so we decided to use recitation as the backdrop," said the dancer who has been learning the art form for the past six years.
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