Hila and her husband Ran (whom we affectionally refer to as our extractors because they get us out of our apartment on the weekends) suggested that we travel about 20 KM outside the city central of Bangalore to a Dancers Village.
It was a fabulous day. The village, Nrityagram, was established by Protima Gauri in 1990 and is the most idealic and peaceful place I have been to in Bangalore so far. We paid a 20 INR entrance fee ($0.50) and spent about 2 hours wandering through the complex and watching a dance rehearsal accompanied by musicians. It was an amazing experience.
The dance that the two women performed was incredibly intricate – they used every part of their body (eyes, face, arms, fingers, hips, feet and toes) to communicate a story to the watching audience. I was gobsmacked by the beauty and power of their movement and the music. I would urge anyone who can to see these women perform – they are world renown and often perform in the US and Europe (schedule can be found on the link above in blue).
The entrance to the dancers village:
Urli (very traditional sign of welcome in India placed outside a door)
Darren about to watch a performance
Statues inside the dance studio where we watched the performance
God statues in the garden
Hila pondering the universe
Dancers houses in the village
Me standing outside one of the practice studios
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