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How injuries threaten classical dance identity and practice

I have been practicing Bharatanatyam for twenty years but recently injured my knee and cannot do full aramandi anymore and feel like my identity is crumbling.

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Physical limitation disrupts both technical capacity and core self-understanding.

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