Arul Francis

As I train my student Rebecca for her june bharatanatyam performance, and when I see that there is a 'performing in the diaspora' series planned for the future at counterpulse, it seems to me that it might be nice if audiences knew more about the abundance of bharatanatyam here in the bay area.  After all, how can you appreciate a "departure from tradition" if you don't know the tradition to begin with.  And so, I would like to pass on

What a lovely intimate space and that long long stage!  Came in to counterpulse meet H. last friday in all that golden sunshine, and the wind!, "through the velvet leaves, the wind" and sign my papers for Rebecca's BN perf in the last week of June.  In large auditoriums, I always think, what a pity that one is so far far away.   And using opera glasses doesn't help at all.  I have tried that once while sitting at the back