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Neena Prasad brings mohiniyattam dance to Cambridge on Oct. 4.

Sapna Govindan and Priya Bangal, who filled a lack of classical Indian dance in Boston with their Rasik Dance Concert Series, bring to town Neena Prasad, “truly a master of the mohiniyattam style, and her abhinaya tells a story,” Govindan said. Mohiniyattam is a style originating in Kerala in Southwestern India known for its grace and subtle gestures of the hands and facial expressions – abhinaya is the art of emoting in the dance – and rarely seen here, Bangal said, compared with styles such as kathak and bharatanatyam. The form and the music it’s paired with have co-developed, and Prasad will perform alongside Changanasseri Madhavan Nampoothiri (vocals), Ramesh Babu (mridangam, a double-headed barrel drum),

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