The Unseen Sequence - with English Subtitles

Bharatanatyam - one of India’s most profound classical arts - is being reinterpreted, renewed, and invigorated through the work of an artist rooted in tradition but with a uniquely contemporary sensibility - Malavika Sarukkai. The Unseen Sequence is, however, not simply about Malavika Sarukkai; it deliberates the valuable connections and departures that the artist makes from a hallowed and, often, unforgiving tradition. Sumantra Ghosal | Director ______________ “The camera revealingly shifts from close-up to long-shot, from angle to angle, showing the rich multi-directionality of Bharatanatyam, the interplay between strict geometric form and speaking gesture, and, above all, the singular way a great Indian dancer visibly subordinates the self to a sense of something far larger.“ Alistair Macaulay | The New York Times | Jan 29th, 2014