Day 9 of 30: Diwali dancers

[nanila]

Last week a group of colleagues and I went to a lunchtime Diwali performance. It was most uplifting, the drumming and the dancing (and the burfi afterward, mmm), a mix of traditional and not-so-traditional performances. The women in the photo are performing one of the latter. It was a captivating portrayal of the challenges of immigration and integration via the medium of physical movement and I wish I could watch it again.

Comments

[pbristow]

=:oo

[nanila]

:)!

[silveradept]

That sounds fascinating and layered on ways that I wouldn't be able to catch all of.

[nanila]

There was a lot going on in the performance: defiance and joy and uncertainty and anticipation and anxiety and alllll the feelings. It was all so clear to me at the time but complicated to reflect on.

[silveradept]

That sounds like job well done for the performers, then, to evoke all the feels and leave them difficult to explain.

[novel_machinist]

Oh that looks AMAZING fun. I love watching dance performances so much.

[nanila]

It was phenomenal! The traditional storytelling dances were a joy as well.