Originally posted by: akanna
I didnt like Vrishali in the beginning, and I was surprised when she made into top 18. But after the performance she gave on Friday in the beginning, I was amazed how graceful she is, and the fact that she is a trained classical dancer explained it. I didnt have too much problems with her solo performance on Saturday though I agree that at times it had a bit too much of unnecessary shaking.
The facial expressions are there because she is a trained Bharatanatyam dancer - facial expressions along with mudras are key to South Indian classical dances. That;s why Kiran was also so good with those - if you are not, you cannot be a good classical dancer. So she had expressions that matched the story for the choreography.