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Love and Dance

It remains unrevealed to me how seamlessly love and dance can co-exist with each other. I have seen many dancers living emotions on stage, be it devotion, compassion, fear, agony, or love. How flawless they express themselves! Their eyes, lips, forehead, even cheeks do wonders, along with the tiny movements of their body! Although rigorous and prolonged training helps them, it is all the talent that plays a key role. However, when it comes to expressing love, I have this question in my mind: Since there are so many dimensions to this emotion, or rasa to be precise, how is it possible to depict each in its uniqueness without making the spectators doubtful? How is it possible to depict each rasa in its uniqueness without making the spectators doubtful? For a veteran performer, this question might be annoying as he/she can very well do it, but budding dancers would definitely find it a challenge. I am one among the latter group, and I find myself struggling at junctures where I can no lo...