Kalavaahini Trust’s second annual performance – Chitra Swaminathan

The rich experience that she has gained over the long years of intense training, exploring, experimenting and choreographing, Malavika Sarukkai is keen to share with the next generation of Bharatanatyam artistes. For the endless joy and contentment that the art form has given her, the senior exponent wants to do her bit to creatively support enthusiastic youngsters. “I feel a sense of responsibility towards the art and the next line of dancers. We need to secure their future by upholding the classical sensibilities. Though it is important to widen the perspective and facilitate easy exchange between art forms, we cannot afford to dilute the core values,” says Malavika, who is gearing up to conduct the second edition of her Kalavaahini Trust annual presentation.