In a tete-a-tete with media persons here today, Maya said commercialization was a great threat and was gnawing into the very fabric of this art form.

A product of Kalakshetra, Maya opined that these days the youth take up dance with an eye on youth festivals and the fringe benefits that follow and the guru imparting training to earn money.

Maya, who teaches Bharatanatyam, regretted that such a trend will only spell doom for dance. She will be performing at the Tagore Hallhere tomorrow at a function organized by the Bankmen's Club• ENS

By our Staff Reporter

KOZHIKODE, Dec 3. Any art form ought to be perfect no matter what innovations are made in it, Bharatanathyam artiste Maya Menon has said.

Participating at a meet-the-press program organized by the Kozhikode Press Club here today, Maya said she would like to become a dance teacher and propagate the art of Bharatanatyam in other countries. To a question, Maya said she had no immediate plans to start a coaching center in Kerala.

Settled in Tamil Nadu, the young artist has her roots in Thalassery. She began training some 20 years ago under Palaniappan of Shri Sakthi Natya Kala Nilayam in Coimbatore. Maya had professional training for four years at Kalakshetra in Chennai.

The artist would stage a Bharatanatyam performance at the Tagore Hall here tomorrow evening.

At present she is undergoing advanced training under Dhananjayan's "Bharatha Kalanjali" in Chennai. She has exposure in Mohiniyattam as well. As a member of the "Upasana" dance troupe she has given Bharatanatyam and Mohiniyattam performances in almost every Indian city.

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