Divya Unni About Teaching Dance To Students: കുട്ടികളെ പഠിപ്പിക്കുന്നത് രസമാണ്

Divya Unni About Teaching Dance To Students | കുട്ടികളെ പഠിപ്പിക്കുന്നത് രസമാണ്                 ~PR.16~CA.26~ED.190~HT.24~

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00:00It was the first time in front of a camera that I had to do a TV serial for Doordarshan.

00:05I was very young at that time.

00:07After a while, did you become more conscious about what you were doing?

00:11The camera, the art that you were doing, and the art that others were doing.

00:16Even though you are from Bharatnatyam, when you learn about its history,

00:20you get a response. How much has that evolved your art?

00:26I think the evolution started when I started teaching.

00:33That's when I realized that I was performing and people's opinions were reaching me.

00:41When I realized that I didn't have to answer their questions,

00:46when I realized that I didn't have to answer their questions,

00:52I started paying more attention to it.

00:55I started teaching in a way that people could understand it.

00:59When I started having such thoughts,

01:02I started evolving without even realizing it.

01:07What was the challenge when you went to dance school?

01:10The challenge was the way I studied for the first few years.

01:15The teachers here were very strict.

01:20They were very strict in the beginning.

01:25All the teachers were very strict.

01:30But their approach was friendly.

01:34That was a big difference.

01:39Even though I wasn't a strict teacher, that was a big difference for me.

01:44I had to tone it down.

01:49I had to tone it down.

01:54I had to tone it down.

01:59Even if you are a first year student,

02:04you will have a background in Bharatnatyam or in festivals.

02:09you will have a background in Bharatnatyam or in festivals.

02:14But the kids there didn't have that.

02:19So I had to introduce them to the character from the beginning.

02:24So that was different for me.

02:29From the characters in Mahabharata and Ramayana,

02:34to festivals and Onam and Vishu,

02:39it was the first time I introduced them to the character.

02:44Do they know that you are a star and a celebrated artist?

02:49Do they know that you are a star and a celebrated artist?

02:54They would join me for the first week.

02:59The next week they would say, we saw you on YouTube, we saw you were in movies.

03:04Their parents know that.

03:09When they came to the first class, they would give an intro.

03:14Then they would acknowledge me.

03:19Then they would come back and say, we saw you.