Natyam carries a unique sort of power. In it lies the ability to speak to someone beyond the boundaries of language, geography and culture. It's that ability that brought BK student Laxsana halfway across the world, eager to pursue her passion. Four months in, here's what she's has to say about life at BK!
"I was 14 or 15 when I discovered Master and Akka on social media through a thillana performance video of theirs. I would sit in my room in Germany, watching YouTube videos of their performances. It opened me up to a world of dance on the Internet and soon, I discovered nuances of natya that I had only had glimpses of in my weekly dance classes. From then on, I had one dream: to travel to India and learn from them. It's only been four months here so far, but the approach to natyam is so different than what I am used to. Here at BK, I find a thoroughness in the training, an extreme attention to detail. More than that, there is so much patience and love that accompanies the instruction. While our teachers might have done a certain margam 100 times, they will explain it to us 1000 times more until we have grasped it. There's a level of nurturing and discipline that you can't find anywhere else and through it, I've learnt that artistically, nothing is impossible."
