"It may be true that I had dancing in my blood... I was a toddler when I danced deliriously with that street beggar. All called him a madman when he brought the house down with his frenetic dancing. Was he really mad? His unerring jatis reverberate in my mind. Who knows which siddhapurusha he was? I can still see the gleam in his eye. If I am dance-mad now how could it be otherwise?... My first guru was a madman."

“Video clip Smt.Balasaraswathi-Krishna Nee Begane”

“Perhaps the greatest Indian dancer of the past thousand years.”

“She was the only one where the music and dance were equally important... her dance moves were deeply affected by this... she was able to convey not only the meaning of the dance, but also the emotion of the music. That’s what I liked best.”

“Observation of a relative in”

“Bharatanatyam is grounded in bhakthi. In fact bhakthi is at the center of all arts of India. Our music and dance are two offerings to God...This experience may only occur once in a while but when it does for that little duration, its grandeur enters the soul not transiently but with a sense of eternity. As one gets involved in the art, with greater and greater dedication, one can continuously experience throughout the few hours of the dance, the unending joy, this complete well-being, especially when music and dance mingle indistinguishably.”

“It was my mother, Jayammal, who had me trained as a dancer despite strong family opposition.”