THE SARVAVIDYA Natyaalaya – run by three “wildly passionate” feminist dancers and artists – has just won the Humanities and Social Sciences award in Best Public Performance for the production Bhumi|Earth.
The dance production, which was staged at the Lesedi in Johannesburg and brought awareness of the effects of the climate crisis through Bharatha Natyam, was choreographed, produced and directed by Anusha Pillay, Reshma Chhiba and Panna Dulabh, and performed by their performance wing – the Sarvavidya Dance Ensemble.
“We come from a long legacy of Bharatha Natyam training,” said Chhiba, who, together with Pillay and Dulabh, opened the school
