Dance gives her confidence, peace of mind and a spiritual uplift. Meet Shylaja Ramji, a senior disciple of Sudharani Raghupathy and a pre-eminent dancer of classical Bharatanatyam.
Shylaja started her formal training in the art at the age of seven from her guru at Shree Bharathalaya, dance school. She has done her M.Phil in French and her thesis was on ‘Aesthetics of Indian Dance.’ It was a well received one where she has dwelt deep into Rasa in Natyasastra.
But why has she chosen this topic? “Being interested in dance right from my childhood I did not want to go deep into French culture but instead wanted them to know about the richness of our culture,” says Shylaja She has dealt at length with Sringara rasa. She feels that there is a lot of things one has to know about abhinaya. “One can show her virtuoso with nritta but abhinaya should can be brought out only from within.”
Originally written for The Hindu, read more at https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/dance/lsquoDance-is-my-way-of-communicating-with-Godrsquo/article16812687.ece