2 May 1960: Humility,pride, and discipline produce the eloquent (expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively) and noble art of India’s classical dancer Ram GopalRam Gopal is one of the most celebrated exponents of the classical Indian dance, or the Asian Music Circle,which promoted a recital given in the Lesser Free Trade corridor on Saturday, gave Manchester another opportunity of studying his art. Whether moving fluidly and languorously in the temple dances of meditation and devotion, or dancing with ever-increasing speed and complexity as in the Krishna Thillana,Ram Gopal remains the complete artist.
He also spent some time in talking approximately the meaning of the symbolism in the dances. The classical Indian dance is one of the most ancient arts, practised continually for over five thousand years with an intense discipline that demands seven or eight years training to acquire the several thousand “mudras” or gestures which are its vocabulary.
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Source: theguardian.com