To
THE EDITOR
City Express
The New Indian Express
Chennai
April 11, 2008
Subject: Damaging title for dance
article:
MAKING 'FACES' AT BHARATANATYAM
Dear Sir:
This is in reference to your article
MAKING ‘FACES’ AT BHARATANATYAM that was carried in your CITY EXPRESS page
on Thursday April 10. 2008. The report was by Sharanya, your arts writer
and the title was a shocking insult to the beautiful art of Bharatanatyam
and a direct insult to me, a senior artiste. I realise that you are all
scrambling to keep up with today's mantra of youth, speed and greed. To
reduce a serious dance performance and manipulate its title to mean something
so derogatory against the art I was trained in, is a mockery of the system
of free speech. The content of the article was wrong; many facts misquoted
and grammatical mistakes were abundant. If you are intent on making every
inch of your paper filled with 'Snazz and Jazz,' please do not attempt
to cover serious art. We are not entertainers or circus acrobats. The article
AND your allegedly 'clever' title was an affront to the dignity of classical
and contemporary Indian dance.
Anita R Ratnam
Chennai
www.arangham.com |
