Rukmini Vijayakumar Instagram – Choreography doesn’t happen at a specified time in a specific location. Most of the time, it’s a decision to create… and then I just end up thinking about it the whole day… every spare moment. The technical part of breaking down rhythm is something that just needs to be done, and can be done in a specific time frame…., but the movement connections and the emotive intent is something that needs inspiration …. The choreography keeps changing until I decide…. And I let it change quite a lot. Whenever I have a thought… I take a grubby video that’s reference for me. Nothing fancy or pristine like you’re used to seeing on social media. (Sharing some of this grubbiness with you all) Just letting you all know that this is the process… that precision and clarity in performance comes from many many days of meditating on an idea…. As you can see a lot of the choreography happens when I’m watching tv with my husband, or have entered the gym for training, or in grocery stores, or in the living room…. Kitchen at night. I do have designated times in the studio…. But it’s not necessary that it will be a fruitful session…. So here are some BTS for my tour with @ambisub starting in August. We will be in cities across the USA, performing for @aimforsevausa . So come watch us in a city near you. Link in my bio. (Didn’t add music… to keep it real….because I’m mostly thinking the music in my head when choreographing and saying rhythm loudly for the video reference… for later) You can all ask questions about choreography. I’ll try to respond to as many as possible. #choreography #bts #bharatanatyamdancer #bharatanatyam #indiandancer #grubbydancer