Bharatanatyam in Ballet Shoes

Download or read book Bharatanatyam in Ballet Shoes written by Mahak Jain and published by Annick Press. This book was released on 2022-03-29 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A girl explores her love of dancing and her cultural identity in a lively picture book with echoes of the real-life collaboration between Bharatanatyam icon Rukmini Devi Arundale and ballerina Anna Pavlova. Paro comes from a dancing family. At home, she dances Bharatanatyam with her mom, and now she’s excited to learn ballet. But what if she can’t dance like the other kids in her class? Ballerinas move like fairies, while Bharatanatyam dancers seem like queens. Paro can’t be both...can she? Anu Chouhan’s vibrant, energetic illustrations emphasize themes of creative flexibility and navigating the intersections of different cultural identities.