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- One, two, three, four, five, six, seven.

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- Wow.

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- One, two, three, four, five, six, seven.

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- Wow.

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- Thanks.

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- That's actually good, yeah.

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("Desi Way")

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Namaste, my name is Aba

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and I've been learning Bharatanatyam

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for the past 20 years now.

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It's been fun learning and understanding

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this beautiful dance form,
and also teaching a little.

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- I think it needs flexibility.

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- With your eyes, you have to do this.

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- I really hope the
woman doesn't yell at me.

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- When you start with Bharatanatyam,

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you have to start with the Namaskar.

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Right, then left, then you go
down, and then to your eyes,

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and then you come back up.

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Okay, just come back up.

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Oh my god, you can't
come back up, can you?

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(laughing)

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- Sorry. I'm sorry.

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- Okay.

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- This is why you don't skip leg day.

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- Hand gestures is
this, is this, no, this.

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Oh, okay, this is not
how you sit, like this.

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Okay, so, one, left.

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You're still sitting like that.

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One, two, one, no, no, no, not that fast.

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- You do the neck thingy
and you do the half thingy

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and you do your facial expressions

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and do the three patakas
together at the same time?

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- Yes, it is something that
any human being can manage.

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- Right.

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- One, two, that extra
head bob is not something

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that I asked for, did I?

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Open, close.

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(speaks in foreign language)

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- I'm just so good at this.

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- Continue.

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So we're gonna do a piece
on Krishna and Radha.

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So you're Krishna, of course.

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Okay, so, you're Radha.

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- I'm Radha.

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- And she's Krishna.

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Radha is actually in the jungle

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and she is waiting for
Krishna and Krishna is late.

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One, two, see the creeper to the side.

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But where is Krishna?

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And then she sees that he's, whatever,

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playing garba with other women.

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Upon seeing that, she is
furious and she leaves.

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When she sees you, you ask
your friends to go away.

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- Friends.

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- And now you see-- yeah, you seen him

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and then you walk away.

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And then Krishna is
going to try really hard

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to win her over.

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And you're like, I'm really s--

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- Babe, why you do this?

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Babe, please.

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- It's like how you--

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- Oh, yeah, like you--

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- School, school, yeah, okay.

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- The very scope of the
dance is mind-blowing.

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- So I thought it was a really girly thing

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and turns out, it's an art like that.

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- A lot of people think
that guys can't dance,

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or guys can't do classical Indian dances,

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but that's untrue.

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We're just gonna do the Namaskar together.

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("Desi Way")