From the Chicago Sun Times:<P><B>Dancing 'visual poetry'</B> <P>August 31, 2001<P>By Mary Houlihan <P> <BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>When Hema Rajagopalan came to Chicago in 1974 from her native India, she found an Indian community devoid of the culture of its homeland. A performer of bharatanatyam, the classical dance form of India, she made it her mission to preserve and promote the art form and thus sustain the culture of her ancestors.<P>"It became evident to me that maintaining our roots and teaching this background to younger generations was something that I could not ignore," recalled Rajagopalan, who founded Natya Dance School where she taught the skills of bharatanatyam.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P><A HREF="http://www.suntimes.com/output/theater/wkp-news-call31.html" TARGET=_blank><B>MORE...</B></A><BR>