Kirtan with Maa and Mantra & Mudra

𝑺𝒊𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 🔱
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« 𝑠́𝑖𝑣𝑎 𝑁𝑎𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑎̄𝑗𝑎 (𝑙𝑜𝑟𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒) 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑖𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚”. 𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝒊𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒑𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒔. This is the moment of suspension or in-between where the silence and stillness are at the deepest centre of all sound and movement.
𝑺𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝑺́𝒊𝒗𝒂, Peter Harrison
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It was such a beautiful experience to share the cosmic dance of Śiva along with 𝘔𝘢𝘢 ensemble, frame drummer Maria Bovin De Labbé and the participants holding the tāl, rhythmic cycle of 4 beats, in their hands. This is why participative concerts are so unique!
I hold so dearly this wonderful choreography of my teacher 𝑫𝒓. 𝑺𝒖𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒕𝒂 𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒆𝒌𝒂𝒓.