Abhinaya Dance Company of San Jose presents EXPOSITION OF ABHINAYA August 4, 2012

"Flashing hands painting poetry in the air...a feast for the eyes and ears" SJ Mercury News.

Abhinaya Dance Company of San Jose, the Bay Area's premier South Indian classical dance company presents the Next Generation of bharanatyam dance-artists: Rasika Kumar, Malavika Kumar, Anjana Dasu, Sindhu Natarajan, Yatrika Ajaya, and Lakshmi Venkatesan.

Presented in the Bharatanatyam-style, The Exposition of Abhinaya features solo portrayals by company dancers of abhinaya - the art of expression.

In Indian classical dance, nritya or expressional dance is an important aspect of the dance wherein through facial expression and the stylized language of gestures; the dancer portrays stories from Indian mythology as well as the universal emotions of love, jealousy, fear, wonder, anger, grief, and compassion.

These emotions are best brought to the fore through special classical music compositions such as padams, javalis, devotional hymns (slokas) and lyrics (bhajans).

In this performance by Abhinaya Dance Company of San Jose, Next Generation dancers will each present one of the above compositions.