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Dance productions Forbidden and Naga Mandala focus on female empowerment
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Aditi Mangaldas questions judgments around female sexual desire and what it is like to reclaim such power in Forbidden.
PHOTO: VON FOX PROMOTIONS
SINGAPORE – Female empowerment is at the forefront of two dance performances, Forbidden and Naga Mandala, at Kalaa Utsavam – Indian Festival of Arts at the Esplanade.
Championing that empowerment is Forbidden by dancer-choreographer Aditi Mangaldas, who uses dance to question the taboos and punishments surrounding female sexual desire.
