The girl who used to sneak away from home as a child to dance and participate in recitals, does not remember when she grew up to become a confident performer. For Ameena Shanavas, dance is life and each performance is a validation of her goal to become a full-fledged danseuse.
After a recent Mohiniyattam recital at Natana Kairali, Irinjalakuda, in which she received rave reviews, the accomplished dancer, who has a Masters in Fine Arts (Bharatanatyam) from Bharathidasan University, says her journey as a dancer was not an easy one. In many ways, Ameena is an outlier, someone who has quietly been taking the path less travelled.
