I fold my hands in prayer to our Mother Earth who gave me the courage and strength to narrate her story. In the process of rehearsing for the show, eating, sleeping and drinking the production of Bhumi, I started to feel her pain. The entire cast of 30 dancers fell sick, some with viral fever, others with dengue, some with respiratory problems and as for me the last week of the show I was hooked up to a breathing machine. The night before the show I was rushed to the hospital to get on a breathing machine and was prescribed severe medication so that my body would permit me to perform. On the stage as Kali was throwing me around I felt the complete agony of Bhumi and a part of me died at the mercy of destruction. Then as the journey of the show transitioned a sense of hope and love took over by entire being. Feeling the love from our incredible audience, gave me so much healing trength to persevere and work through the physical challenges I was experiencing. The most spin chilling feeling of my lifetime was looking out into the ocean of souls giving us a standing ovation. Im so humbled and honoured by this experience I will cherish it for the rest of my life. This production would not have been possible without the support of my sister Chaytanya Nitai who flew all the way from America to provide a donation for the show and act as my big sister, my soul mate, my support, my dearest Mata, who gave a donation for the show and who gave me such amazing reiki before the show allowing my body to feel completely centred, and for coming all the way from Vraj with our devotee community, my adopted sister Anushka Nadia Menon, who worked day and night creating the look, styling the show, packing the house with an incredible guest list, being my rock and of course performing like a star, to my most talented, genius of a life partner Jayant Luthra who created the entire score of the show, tuning into each detail, each movement and for blowing my mind yet again with his gift, for making me hot dinners after all those long rehearsals, and being my sound board, to my assistant choreographer, Shivam Chauhan, who brought such positive vibrations to each rehearsal, who instilled discipline and hard work in all the boys, and who always gave me such brotherly support, to Gaurav Gupta my baby my designer extraordinaire!! He gave so many fabulous costumes and spent all night helping us with our guest list. He is my baby, my brother, my friend, love you, to Arjun Saluja who designed the most incredible outfit on Kali.to my most rocking incredible team Natya Nectar Dance Company, Daria Fogel for her Russian eye for detail and strict training skills, so proud of my baby,!Nakul Nirmal Pandey for his amazing ability to do anything he puts his mind to, Arjun Sharma for his comic relief and positive attitude, to Ansh Sharma for the perfectionist in him, wanting to clear each movement, Rajni Ramachandran for your devotion and dedication to the cause, Umed Pawar your beautiful heart and caring nature, Narayan Sharma your sweet spirit and vibrant energy, Suraj Panchal your hard work and dedication, Ola for organising and coordinating Bhratatnatyam and Odissi rehearsals and for always dancing straight from her heart, Jenna for being such a Devi Dasi and dancing for our Lord Jaganath with so much bhakti, my darling soul sister came all the way from America to be apart of Bhumi:), Suhail Bhan for taking my breath away each time I watch him dance Neha for being such a gem to work with and being so precise with each movement, Kassi for her joyous spirit and positive vibes to the beautiful talented Russians, Natalia, Natasha, Irina and Yulia for devoting their lives to Kathak and staying true to this path. For leaving everything behind and moving to India to live the challenging life of a classical dancer. To my hip hop crew Koushal, Jittu, Mohit and Om Prakash who lit the stage on fire with their crazy slick moves. Thank you so much to the most amazing light designer in the universe, Llyod!! You were a saving grace. Thank you to Ashish Kumar for the beautiful visuals and for devoting yourself to this project. Thank you so much to Indias best sound engineer Sam. A big big thank you to our stage manager Vibhu, who brought it all together with his backstage crew Amir and Sara. So much love and gratitude to our favourite rigging team Natura Adventure Crew. They came in and saved our show with their precision and professionalism. To my kick ass PR agency, Perfect Relations to the great GQ Jai Kewalramani and dear Anushree. Pranam to all of you who came last night and showered us with your love and support. OM SHANTI
Posted on: Wed, 06 Nov 2013 13:20:53 +0000
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