Apart from hearing loads about Kalakshetra from two of my batchmates who have done their graduation in Bharatanatyam from there, we also did get to visit the place for Swanubhava'09.
Briju Maharaj gave a performing lecture, explanations interspersed with a few short performances. He is brilliant and I guess it is indeed an honour to be able to watch him perform and listen to him talk.
The other major attraction was watching Mahabharatha Therukkoothu. It literally means 'street play/ drama'. It is a popular rural art form especially in the northern districts of Tamil Nadu and they adapt social issues into the performance and thus keep the audiences' interests alive.
Kalakshetra has a beautiful campus, some amazing buildings, very green surroundings and scary big ants that bite you if you are not extremely careful!
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