Vyjayanthimala: Dancing

Vyjayanthimala is Indian actress, politician & dancer. Explore interesting quotes on dancing.
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“I was surrounded by dance, music and religious chants, so it was that kind of a mood. Our family was very culturally-minded, especially my grandmother. She was also quite the disciplinarian. She made sure I practiced daily for hours.”

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In "There's no slowing down for Vyjayanthimala".

“My dances were not like today’s, which have progressed with an Indian and Western combination or fusion which has become repetitive. You cannot tell one dance from the other. Everyone wants to be Michael Jackson. But I like some of them like that ‘Radha kaise na jale’ from Lagaan. I like classical stuff.”

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“I think I was born to dance. That’s what my grandmother told me. So it was always in my system.”

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In There's no slowing down for Vyjayanthimala, 28 August 2013, 12 January 2014, New Indian Express http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/tamil/Theres-no-slowing-down-for-Vyjayanthimala/2013/08/28/article1755083.ece,

“In those days, dances were dances and songs were songs. Film dances always had a semi-classical or folk element to them and songs were all about soul-stirring lyrics and haunting music. These days, they are more about technique and technology, often it's the camera that's dancing, the synthesiser that's singing. Not my cup of tea.”

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Vyjayanthimala still cuts a striking figure tall

“That's because I simply carried on dancing, [she said]. It was my first love, and thanks to my taskmaster of a grandmother (Yadugiri Devi), I had never stopped my Bharata Natyam.”

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Vyjayanthimala still cuts a striking figure tall

“But first I was made to learn music, because music and dance go together. You can sing, but you can’t dance without music…”

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In "There's no slowing down for Vyjayanthimala."

“The most striking aspect of Ms. Bali’s dance was her fidelity to tradition. She is a copybook of Bharatanatyam, traditional and classical.”

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By N. Murali in "Vyjayanthimala Bali a copybook of Bharatanatyam".