World famous danseuse and actor Shobana will grace an audience in the city this Sunday. She's dancing for a cause, and we're going to be there

A philosopher once said, "Dance is training your body to forget it," and that phrase has been and will continue to be the most definitive description of the art of dance.

Shobana, a dancer par excellence and the owner of her own school of dance Kalaarpana, will always be known as one of the most beautiful women South India has seen.

Famed for her brilliant performances in several movies such as Manachitrathaazhu and Mitr, my friend and her aesthetically mind-blowing performances on stage, that have received wide acclaim; the danseuse is now all set to give Bangalore something worth watching.



This Sunday, as a part of her interests in contributing to social causes, Shobana will perform at the Chowdiah Memorial Hall in a fun-raising event called Rudram 2010 for Vishranthi.

The performance will help to raise funds for equipment required by the Vishranthi Trust for their vocational training programmes conducted free of cost at a Vocational Training Centre on the Hoskote Malur Road.
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The centre provides adult literacy programmes for senior citizens and vocational training programmes for the rural unemployed youth.

We spoke to Shobana, to ask her about the performance and had a tete-a-tete with South India's most loved dancer. Here are a few tidbits from the conversation.

L Romal M Singh: We just heard about the performance for Vishranthi, so we were eager to know what you'd be performing.