FromtheEditor's Desk

Dance is the penultimate mode of worship. It is very aptly said "Devo Bhutva Devam Yajet" be the God to worship God. Bharatha beautifully put his treaties on dance music and drama in Natyashastra which led to great many works which eloquently shaped our artistic culture. His predecessors discussed , criticized , rebuild restructured those treatise. We are a generation who is empowered with power of media. We have access to literally everything around the world. It's time that we explore, read and study the world around us. Relive our tradition reinvent, take it to world like never before.

Let's reimagine the works of our legendary scholars but for that one has to look deep into their works.

The sole purpose of this magazine was to connect with the current generation. As a mouth piece Drupad Yavanika hopes to instill the urge to continue in the field of dance. With the same motto to keep it going, this issue has more to offer than the previous edition. More exploratory articles, more of the voice of current generation of dancers, ideas and information from annals of history all have been tried to included. It's important and very valid to have a bridge between today, tomorrow and yesterday.

Dance has become a part of the society once again as we all realized the benefits of dance and the thought that dance has to be a way of life. But in this transcendental period both Renaissance and Reformation of our traditional art form including dance has to be worked upon. There is indeed an urgency for it , and it has to be realized. It is a matter of awareness that we need to get going and actively involved in creating attraction towards traditional aesthetic and works. Interest generation has to be the primary goal.

During the journey of this magazine taking shape, I came across the thought that we are dancers and we write thoughts through our dance; we are not writers. I was indeed surprised. Isn't literature an important part of dance . Can writing and written literature be separated from dance. If dancers fail to write what they created , if they cannot write, what they think, if they find it tedious to share their thoughts and opinion won't it be a great tragedy? What will we the currents dancers or rather artist leave behind for the future generations to go through. It might be impossible to be a Bharat, Nandikeshwara or many other scholar who left indelible mark on art history and we could recreate, innovate, regenerate, re-work on what they left for us. We as artist should give a thought on this..

Let's give a thought towards writing about what we want to create, what we have created, what we have understood about what was given to us! Let's start by contributing few minutes a day to take up paper and pen to write.

Wishing all our readers best for the beautiful times ahead through our contribution towards our art.

Regards

Dr. Ashish Pillai