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Dr. Shubham Shree extends therapies through the means of art and dance ANI | Updated: Apr 02, 2021 11:18 IST Patna (Bihar) [India], April 2 (ANI/ThePRTree): An art therapist from Bihar, Dr Shubham Shree is accorded The Shining Icon of Patna Award for her skills of dance and procuring therapies through art and dance. During the World Cultural Festival organized by Art of Living, she danced among a thousand kathak dancers under Pandit Birju Maharaj s guidance. A social activist, and mental health promoter. Shubham Shree had a strong passion for dance in her school days. Belonging to a conservative family, she often faced challenges in completing her dance training. Still, it never stopped her from continuing her passion. ....
Very few in Malaysia can take credit for elevating the prestige and prominence of classical Indian and contemporary dance like Sutra Dance Theatre founder Datuk Ramli Ibrahim. Words like ‘legendary choreographer’ and ‘cultural icon’ skim the surface of how much this multi-hyphenate has truly contributed to the local and international arts scene. Ramli trained in ballet and modern dance at a time when a career in the arts was dismissed as trivial, going on to lead a four decade-long mission cultivating the Classical Indian dance forms of Odissi and Bharata Natyam both here and abroad. In 2020, Ramli was appointed the artistic director for 13 out of the 17 dance, theatre and music groups featured in Malaysia’s first virtual arts festival, Gerak Angin. An outspoken voice on obstacles confronting Malaysia’s performing arts community anything from lack of funding to upholding the morale of artists who have been dealt a devastating blow by the pandemic Ramli’s work ....
In and Out: Dancers are taught breathing exercises in the early years of training× Studies have shown that dance exercises may help people cope with chronic lung problems Breaths are painfully controlled within the mathematics of aesthetics In 2018, a group of doctors at the Saveetha Medical College, Chennai, worked with Bharatanatyam trainees. The study showed that three years of Bharatanatyam practice significantly enhanced lung functions in girls aged 13-18 years Dance is not going to prevent coronavirus infections; your masks will. But it seems to have the potential to help us cope better with the infection
Dance is an essential part of my being. In these unprecedented times, when it is difficult to have even regular practice sessions, we can forget about dance performances. But something which is so entwined in one’s life finds its own contexts. ....