Gifted with ‘abilities' par excellence
The Bharatanatyam performance on wheel-chairs and yoga by physically challenged persons mesmerise audience
Clothed in white long skirts and hat of camel's hair, they danced the quintessential ‘dervish dance' with an ease characteristic of seasoned professionals.
And to the soothing Sufi tunes, they whirled unmindful of all distractions. This and more they did, amid a shaken audience, on wheelchairs indispensible to them.
Differently-abled, but barely disabled, they also performed the classical Bharatanayam and yoga, all on their wheelchairs, at the ‘Celebrating Abilities' show, organised here on Tuesday.
Trained under Syed Sallaudin Pasha at the ‘Abilities Unlimited' foundation, the group has been acclaimed nationally and internationally and has also held world records.
While the feat of the physically challenged was one unseen and unheard of, another of its kind presented at the show was the classical dance recital by the hearing impaired. Although unable to gather a single note of the music played, they danced as a group with incredible coordination and perfection.
Equal opportunities
“I undertook such training for them in therapeutic dance to provide equal opportunities to Persons with Disabilities in the field of arts and culture where they barely have a presence despite being extremely gifted in their own way,” said Guru Pasha (Ph.9811340308).
Besides opening a new segment of employment for them, his foundation has also been offering courses in classical dance, dance and movement therapy, stage lighting, photography and film making, editing, sound recording and animation for PWDs.
To showcase the strength and ability of the physically challenged in overcoming their inability, the show had been organised by the Astah ladies organisation.
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