Tedxthewoodlands2011 - Ritika arya - Dance performance

(Music) (Applause) When Ritika rehearsed at our home and also at the college here -- And she mentioned that much of her dance incorporates symbolism from clasical Indian dance -- I'm wondering if you could share a bit about what you told us about the different gestures to symbolism. What do they mean? So basically there is a story behind what I just did. When I started like this it actually symbolized me growing up and then when I had some gestures like this and this -- so that was like adding hair accessories, this was like combing my hair, this is like wearing my anklet and checking everything turning around, learning to walk, starting to fly, learning to fly and then the second piece of my performance when I am up high in the sky, trying to look at the clouds, grab everything. So basically there was a whole story which was to know this small gestures -- It was Indian semi-classical with contemporary. So that was the whole story. My journey from childhood, growing up, spreading my wings and learning to fly. Thank you! (Applause)