If dance is the story, rasas or emotions make it seem real. This event will focus on the nine rasas. Lavanya Prasad, an electrical engineer, turned to professional storytelling 10 years ago. She helms an organisation that connects with both children and adults through storytelling. She says her style of storytelling is intrinsically rooted in Bharatanatyam: “Be it music, rhythm, or expressions, I oscillate between the two fields. The forms are not held separately in water-tight compartments”. Ask her about her piece for the digital compilation, and she explains, “I will be depicting adbhuta [wonder] and bibhatsya [disgust]. Emotions are much like rainbows; we can’t really single them out. My performance might portray other rasas, but wonderment and disgust outline its intent.”

Prasad’s piece is an adaptation of an old story by Ambai (author C S Lakshmi) that voices the feelings of a young girl when her mother makes a loose remark on her skin colour. “Amma Oru Kolai Seidhal or A Murder By Amma is a subtle story that stresses on something so common yet crude,” she ends. The event will also involve performances by artistes Deepali Salil, Janani Murali and Mitali Raul.

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