A 'Let's Dance' Moment

This is a moment which marked a dream come true to Girija, and I must give kudos there. Take a bow pal.

                                                        That's Girija on stage

And why it becomes a big moment; It's because I've heard her talk of wanting to dance for over fifteen years now, maybe even more. This goes way back to when we were both with IDBI.  Once we even surreptitiously decided we'll go learn dance. (why surreptitiously is a long story which we won't delve into here). She did all the spade work, the finding out...... we went to the dance school, and after all that she never joined, and I ended up doing two years of Salsa :)

Then years later she decided she'd do Tai Chi which is a Japanese dance form, with super slow dance movements, and she did a lot of work on that too, but for whatever reason even that didn't happen.

Then five years back she spoke of  joining uday shankars dance school, and again that wasn't to be.

She'd talk of how she thought she must have been a court dancer in her previous birth and stuff....and then you know the yearning runs deep.

So, coming from there, to actually see her on stage today, as part of a contemporary dance.... well, it felt so so so good. She showed me the bruises from the practice..... with so much pride, like they were life's little pleasures. 

And what's more, she even spoke on behalf of the dance school and I'm sure that must be inspiration to others who might be sitting back with, it's too late to dance, especially to learn. 

Some more pictures from the evening:

 Kala Soudha, a nice cosy auditorium with an old world feel.

 Kartik Tantra, the dance teacher. Another inspiration for others. He's a software guy, but who runs this dance school called Abstractics ( abstract ideas put to tactical perfection through dance).

 This was a nice contemporary and classical dance fusion

Another group dance

Girija again

And know what she said after the event, when I asked her how it felt? She says, 'it's where I belong, there on that stage...... it's not the audience, it's the stage, like it was always meant to be'. Well, glad once more. 

Proud of you my dear friend.......Encore ! Encore !