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A female classical dancer performs on a red stage carpet in front of an ornately carved golden wooden backdrop with floral scrollwork and carved animal friezes. She wears a maroon and orange silk sari with a gold zari border, a gold waist belt, a jewelled headpiece with a red bindi, a nose stud, drop earrings, layered gold and beaded necklaces, and a white flower on her upper arm. Her braid is long and dark. She smiles while raising one hand in a mudra-like gesture, the other hand near her waist, mid-step with one foot lifted.