Salt Lake Telegram | 1952-01-31 | Page 22 | Incredible Grace of Hindu Dancers Exciting Experience for Audience

Incredible Grace brace of Hindu Dancers Exciting Experience for Audience Py Iy Tom s vs Uday Shankar and his Hindu Ballet B danced on the Capitol Theater stage Wednesday night For the audience it was wasa a rare and fascinating ence It was not necessary to have special knowledge to 0 enjoy the p pro r o g gram r am Those rhose bold enough to attend were rewarded re re- warded richly for COl their te te- merity For those who were frightened by the y w o 0 r d fl s i 1 Hindu Ballet allet I give my sym pathy They made the most serious serious serious seri seri- I I ous mistake of the season in their show-going show judgment Without knowing the least I thing about such an admittedly esoteric subject as Hindu dancing dancing dancing ing I sat in a goggle at the I incredible grace and gentleness of maestro Shankar He lIe didn't move he flowed To the thc accompaniment accompaniment of his Indian musicians musicians musi musi- clans he pantomimed with great vigor and heroic dignity the majestic myths of India I A large man he dominated I Ithe the other dancers While hile they tossed and gestured he moved without effort as a meandering stream docs does He lie was Indra Shiva and the son of Sh Shiva in separate dances and he made those mystic giants knowable Shankar's wife wiCe Amala was the second star She opened the bill and danced both solo roles and ensemble p parts thereafter Her lIer dancing was w-as characterized character character- by delicacy and gentleness and unlimited grace Never stopping always melting she dipped and swooped like a leaf falling in still air The younger members of or the troupe were handsome young youn If I and expert Their training in t and understanding of their a ar art showed show cd a n concentration th that tia must be tic the result of oC intense pride in in their culture The musicians especially the they master drummer Maitra i gave depth and fl flan flash y to the jeweled dancing With a a mixture mainly of pots an and a pans they produced rhythms rhythm and sounds youve you've h hoard heard only in dreams dream s but which compelled corn com the mind to acute and aria exotic hearing i It was a rare night and yo YOU shouldn't ha have hami mi missed d if it i 1