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Press
reviews
'Born to dance', Shirin Anand,
The Indian Express, Bombay, 8/3/1972.
'Malavika Sarukkai demonstrated exquisite form in the
solo Bharata Natyam', Time Magazine,
New York, 30/9/1985.
'Everything is perfect. The poetry, the music and the
dancing merged like fragrance and flowers. A rare experience',
Dr. Sunil Kothari, The Economic
Times, Delhi, 6/2/1987.
'Malavika Sarukkai, in the chiseled lines of her dance,
had perfected Bharata Natyam to a point where its geometrical
exactitude cannot be bettered. To say that she left the
audience speechless, in sheer admiration, would not be
an exaggeration.', Leela Venkataraman,
The Hindu, Delhi, 28/3/1997.
'Malavika has no doubts at all about where she stands.
It is not a matter of opting for either ancient or modern,
but of illuminating the form from within. She uses both
traditional items and newly choreographed ones. But she
brings to that mixture a sharply contemporary intelligence
and a desire to connect today's concerns with yesterdays
more archetypal insights'. Naseem
Khan in The Independent, London, 1997
'Malavika Sarukkai is indeed the Queen of Bharata Natyam.
If you have not seen her dance, you have missed the most
thrilling experience of your life'.
Khushwant Singh, The Daily Telegraph, Kolkatta, 24/3/2001
'Malavika Sarukkai's
latest dance production Kasi Yatra strikes a chord in
every person in the audience. The dancer's visualization
powerfully captures the contrasting currents of life which
flow in simultaneity in Benaras, along with the waters
of Ganga', Leela Venkatarama,
The Hindu, Delhi, 15//2002.
'It
was Malavika Sarukkai's Bharata Natyam session that drew
us deepest us into the devotional aspect that makes Indian
dance so potent... Weaving a clever dramatic structure
tht showcased her stunning technical and expensive expertise...
Sarukkai had the Lyceum auditorium (Edinburgh) bristling
with atmosphere', Ellie Carr,
Sunday herald, September 1, 2002.
'Woe
to the dance cognoscenti who missed Bharata natyam exponent
Malavika Sarukkai's transcendent concert Friday at the
Freer Gallery of Art...She is lit from within when she
dances. And she is leathally beautiful...She is using
bharata natyam's vocabulary and grammer while extending
its technique and creating new structures. Along the way,
she makes us think and touches our hearts', Pamela
Squires, The Washington Post, November 11, 2002.
'Judges,
senators hail dancer's craft', Aziz
Haniffa, India Abroad, Washington, November 22, 2002.
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