
University women8217;s Association and Poona Women8217;s Council PWC together organised Gauri Vanarase8217;s programme of demonstration on Western Dance, on April 22 at the PWC8217;s school hall Kahun Road.
Twenty-three-year-old Gauri had an eight year training in Kathak and Bharatnatyam. A chance dance workshop in Western dances deviated her from her path, she was fascinated and enthralled by Western dances and managed to get fully qualified in the art despite hurdles. She did her master8217;s in theatre and dance from the university of New Mexico.
For two years she worked towards her goal opting for extra classes to learn the technique of ballet, flamenco and modern dance. She completed her pre-professional training with an emphasis on choreography during these two years she appeared in over ten stage productions as a choreographer and dancer, at times even going solo.
She beautifully managed the change over from Kathak dance to the entirely different movements of ballet or even flamenco. Basically, the exposure to different dance styles broadens your perspective. Modern dance is a very open form. It allows a more liberated expression of your creativity. There is no tradition carried over from the pioneers of modern dance like Isadora Duncan and Louis Fuller. It is your creativity taking shape in the form of dance. Gauri was explaining.
She demonstrated ballet flamenco the Spanish dance was particularly, attractive and a piece in modern dance attractive. Serenity.
This slim, petit dancer, with her agile fluid swaying movements, won the hearts of the audience. Behind these easy, flowing, delicate movements lies the terribly hard practice, specially here without any teacher, other dancers or the Wooden floor.
As for the future plans she feels there8217;s hardly any scope for her in the country. She is looking forward to professional training from September with the Toronto Dance theatre. I would like to spend five or six years as a professional dancer, before starting my own dance Europe said Gauri.
Hardwork, patience and confidence are her main characteristics and for such people sky is the only limit.