Dancing With The Gods

This book is an ode to the mythological heritage of Bharatanatyam. The visual narrative captures the richheritage of this temple dance and its original exponents, the Devadasis or handmaidens of the deity’. Itsrepertoire of movements and moods bring alive the fascinating stories of Hindu gods and goddesses and theirkaleidoscopic lives. In the following pages, the authors have traced the myths and legends that are cherishedin our performing arts, to delight the culture curious reader. And what is interesting is that in these stories, thereader will discover the inter-connectedness of ancient mythologies around the world – sparring Greece, Rome,Mesopotamia, Egypt. Perhaps such discoveries go a long way in validating the role that art plays in connectingcivilizations.The book is designed to engage the reader without pedagogy or scholastic strictures, but with a lightness oftouch, that entertains while it informs. Because the vision here is to weave information, anecdotes and trivia,together in the spirit of a popular cultural ranconteur.Replete with rare photographs curated from the Sohinimoksha World Dance and Communications archives,complemented by a lucid narrative that wraps facts in the language of romance and adventure, this bookpromises to be a collector’s item for those who value the legacy of India’s most celebrated dance form.For glimpses of some live performances by Sohini Roychowdhury, and her Sohinimoksha World Dancetroupe, celebrating the music, dance, mythology of India and the World, go on-line to Dancing With The God….with Sohinimoksha World Dance’ at https://youtu.be/naR7p6SKiko