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Contrary to fears, prompted by the theme, of it being didactic, Behati Ganga, Sangeeta Sharma's contemporary choreographic work at Connect's Nritya Kriti, turns out to be an imaginatively visualized, tenderly treated piece of performing art, aesthetically pleasing and socially significant. The child in the mother's womb has sensed that, being a girl, she is unwelcome to the world outside. The girl would rather remain snugly inside. And yet, both know the thrill of being born and of evolving as a free being in the world.
Sangeeta, the young Bhumika choreographer, uses symbols, colours, poetry and lyrical movement – minimally at the level only of suggestion. She projects multiple eyes of society, the mother's indignation in swirling flaming red and, towards the end, the 'cool' unborn in complete white. Earlier, in a momentary scene, the agonized innocent face of the child as she pops out of the mother's belly. Both Sangeeta and Minakshi, who plays the unborn, with their supple, sometimes intertwining movements, give a feel of a genuine mother-child relationship. The mother's conviction and concern are as much the choreographer's. "Ladaki ek behati Ganga hai," she assures the girl child, and society, "shaashvat saundarya ki." And that makes the distant voice of the little one heard, piercing the air, "Maa, mein aa rahi hoon…"
PRESS COMMENTS FROM AHMEDABAD ----
S. N. A. DANCE FESTIVAL 2008
Like a sculpture. Indian music, smell of incense and a sensual dancer. "The Door". Spectacle full of magic and exotic beauty.There is woman laying on the stage bothered with a pain, trying get out of the space limited with bamboo sticks. When the next effort finishes, we are witness to a happy hymn in honour of life. The second scene with fire and smoke makes you dizzy, puts you in a trance, brings you to a different reality…
Sangeeta Sharma from India presented in the Theatre "Osmego Dnia" pieces, full of sensitivr beauty. She is fascinated by the old, the Indian, and claims that as a sculptor gives shape to marble, a dancer sculpts her own body.
Press Report at the Polish VI International Biennale of Contemporary Dance.
A dancer of promise. — Times of India
Sangeeta's first solo performance, the result of her own endeavor, showed a dancer with potential. —The Hindu
Sangeeta has attained commendable mastery over the style. —The Statesman
Thus Sangeeta, as a performer, is an original, impressive and distinct stage personality.
— The Economic Times
With the soul that is alive to the possibilities of the body and its fullest potential. Sangeeta is able to project her vision of the avant-garde in Indian performing arts in the last decade of the 20th century. —The Pioneer
Sangeeta Sharma's modern dance language is comprehensible and colourful. But where is the literature? Not everyone who studies a language can create literature. Sangeeta has certainly what it takes to create literature. —Financial Express
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