Sonal Mansingh, it appeared, was just not in a frame to perform that evening.
It is normal for an artist to react to a specific incident through her own language (in this case – the December 2012 Delhi rape tragedy). Any true initiative from Sonal Mansingh – in the form of dance – is acceptable. However, her long lecture (read diatribe against men) to the audience of IIC – who are, more often than not, seasoned and mature, was misplaced and seemed totally contrived
She punctuated her “discourse” with two half-hearted and forgettable dance pieces in Bharatnatyam (not Odissi) style – the first predicatble based on the forms of Goddess Shakti and the second, on the rape incident.
What a sad let-down from one of the biggest exponents of Indian classical dance!
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