Malavika
Sarukkai - Press Excerpts
‘Unusual choreography…..unique feel for nritta
……..areas of freewheeling exploration of dance and music
…..Drops of water becoming larger bodies, the circle of life
shown through waves and recurring cycles, floor terrain rapidly
traversed showing Ganga’s gushing ease all ending with the
quietude of complete submersion, symbolized an involved personal
journey, the search finally attaining a different level of
consciousness’
Leela Venkatraman, The Hindu, Chennai 08.08.08.
Malavika has created a 90 minute dance-drama inspired largely by her
love of the Ganga, which promises to be a visual and sensory
treat…… Malavika’s work is not merely technically
perfect but full of improvisation, and her musicians have to be in tune
with her right through without missing a beat. Eye contact, body
language, audience reactions-everything has a role to play in the final
analysis of a truly great performance.
JP, Deccan Herald, Bangalore 16.03.09.
Cerebral in ideas and impassion in rendition, Malavika’s Bharat
Natyam involved heart and mind in demanding
proportions………. The final scene amidst ringing
temple bell captures the aarti with lighted camphor, the amplitude of
the dancer’s moving torso and circling hands reflecting
exuberance. Very evocative was the contemporary message of the polluted
Ganga…….. Leela Venkatraman, The Hindu,New Delhi 27.02.2009.
A goddess dances at Edinburgh. The Guardian
My pick … remains Malavika, who this season, reinforced her
claim of being India's best soloist with her continuous quest of
keeping body, mind and spirit together in her art and spatial
arrangements. Anita Ratnam. narthakionline@gmail.com -
Narthaki newsletter – January 2010