Art of Discipline; Vancouver Teen Keeps Indian Cultural Tradition Alive
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BEAVERTON, Ore.- "Steady yourself. Don't take the leg up so fast," Sivagami Vanka tells Shivani Patel as she practices.
A week before her much-anticipated 90 minutes in front of 500 people, Shivani, 14, is betraying some fatigue. While she pulls her foot up to the back of her head in another acrobatic pose, she loses her balance. Her dazzling smile fades, but only for a second. She knows she has mastered 30 of the art form's 108 limb-twisting postures.See the full content of this document
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Art of Discipline; Vancouver Teen Keeps Indian Cultural Tradition Alive
For the past week, she has awakened at 4 a.m. She and her mother, Hemati, have driven the 66-mile round trip from their Vancouver home to Vanka's Beaverton studio. There, Shivani has perfected postures and polished intricate dance steps to the beat of Vanka's cymbals.
Spring vacation offered no break. Every day for six- to eight- hour sessions, S...See the full content of this document
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