I was struck by the amalgam of theatrical devices - Indian and Western. Her gestures are unexpected and give you a fresh grasp of the concepts she wishes to convey.
Rajika Puri
Dancer, Curator and Founder of Sutradhari Natyam
Narthaki.com
Narthaki.com
The New York Times
Drive East Festival
New York, 2017
New York, 2017
Neha, who juxtaposes her intense footwork of her intense Bharatanatyam training with subtle and softer movements of her upper body, offers her take on Draupadi as a part of The Drive East Festival.
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Leela Venkataraman
The Hindu
Duet Dance Festival, New Delhi
Duet Dance Festival, New Delhi
Neha’s clean Bharatanatyam technique caught the Shiva iconographic imagery and brought in the interpretative focus beautifully.
Ballet Review Magazine
Karen Greenspan
Dance Journalist
Dance Journalist
With lithe movements, crisp turns, spritely leaps and self assured expressions, the petite Chakravarty offered a compelling portrait of the character. Watch an exclusive tete-a-tete with Shangkharee Nadarajan (Former Miss Universe, Malaysia Finalist) on the premier of the production in Malaysia.
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The Guardian
Darbar Festival
Sadler’s Wells Theatre, London 2018
Sadler’s Wells Theatre, London 2018
She, sharp to the rhythms and subtle of facial expression, Chakravarty swells with strength then suddenly shrinks with fear as she plays out the destructive force of Goddess Kali.
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The Pulse
Darbar Festival
Sadler’s Wells Theatre, London 2018
Sadler’s Wells Theatre, London 2018
Possessed by a divine spirit, Neha whirled around the stage in a passionate frenzy: choreography which demanded both that she forget all notions of ‘form’ and ‘dance’ and also that she top the last seventy minutes of performance with an adequately spectacular ending. She met this challenge with a full-bodied commitment and her destruction of the salt-border of the stage added visual drama too.
