Mangaluru: The lockdown has been tough on many, but for some, it has pushed them to go beyond and use the internet to continue to do what they love. As many as 23 classical dancers, al alumni of the Alva’s Educational Institution in Moodbidri, came together while also staying far apart, so far that they each were collaborating from different parts of the world.

The 23 recently released a 4.49-minute long Bharatnatyam dance video to the song titled ‘Maathey’ by Kalyani Menon. The project – titled ‘Nrithyantine’ – took the girls 15 days to complete. They all did their bit from their own homes located in different parts of Karnataka, Kerala and in Singapore.

Rachana Amin coordinated the dance routine. Her portion of the dance was shot in her home in Mijar, Anusha Aashay, Sumana Prasad, Madhura Karanth performed from Moodbidri, Manasa Rai from Kadaba, Sudeeksha Mahesh Shenoy from Karkala, Annapoorna Rithesh from Mulky, Veena HS from Shimoga, Anjana Krishnan from Hosur, Malavika Aithal from Kundapur, Aishwarya Tantri, Santoshi Eekshitha from Bengaluru, Sapna Kamath from Udupi, Adithya Subramanya from Thirthahalli, Manish MB from Someshwar, Keerthi Iyer from Singapore, Chaithra Bhat from Dharmasthala, Anusha Sajeesh from Kasaragod, Rathan Naik from Sagar, Chethan Chandra from Sringeri, Chethana Mohan Desaipatti from Bagalkot, Chaithra Raghu from Kushalnagar and Abhilash Udupa from Kinnigoli.

After viewing the video clip, Alva’s Education Foundation chairman Dr M Mohan Alva was overwhelmed with the efforts of the former students and felt happy at having served the cultural sphere for many years.