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Ileana Citaristi: The Italian dancer who learned Kathakali, mastered Odissi, Chhau

Who doesn't love to dance like no one's watching? I have just finished reading iconic Italian dancer Ileana Citaristi's memoir "My Journey: A Tale of Two Births", where the PadmaShree awardee and legendary Odissi dancer candidly shares her humble beginnings from a small town in Italy, the rebel within her that persuades her to follow her heart and propels her to begin her 'second birth'.   [READ: The Amazing Tale of Peddabottu] & [ Nan Umrigar's Memoirs ]                                                  [Source: Amazon India] A striking fact about Ileana is that she is candid about everything including her relationships, ones that broke and ones that ended tragically.   " With him, I used to discover the signs of nature hidden in the formation of the rocks, in the meanders of the rivulets, in the changing patterns of the flying birds, in the designs created on earth by the roots of the trees and in the sky by the play