Why put labels on everything?

The Hindu : Arts / Dance : Sublime creativity: "And she has sung and danced all over the world. The West is a fantastic place to dance, she says, referring to audiences abroad. But she feels that the way in which Indian classical dance is dissected, categorised and labelled at the hands of academicians and theoreticians who have missed its essence, but claim authority, is deeply distressing. Also disturbing is the fact that many Indian dancers are re-inventing their dance to suit these parameters. “It is a culture that we are surrendering body and soul,” laments Alarmel."

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