ABSTRACT
I am not convinced that there is a British experience of South Asian dance, if by that one means the way British people perceive South Asian dance. I am a dancer of Indian descent and British by birth and education. My upbringing has seen a combination of both ‘Eastern’ and ‘Western’ cultures; influences from both have moulded my being. I am very conscious of this, but the two have not remained separate as two different parts of my consciousness. They are intrinsically fused. I do not identify individually with two separate cultures. They are both part of my identity. Vena Gheerawo. https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9781315078786/bf218454-2b57-405d-abe2-dab2f2e6329a/content/fig16_B.jpg" xmlns:xlink="https://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"/> Courtesy of Vena Gheerawo.
