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Abhinav Anand puts on makeup before his performance at the Shivaratri festival. As a man in dance, performance makeup doesn't come as naturally for Anand. “I suck at makeup, but I have to learn how to put makeup on,” he said. “You need to be presentable because if you're not presentable no one's going to look at you.”
Abhinav Anand puts on makeup before his performance at the Shivaratri festival. As a man in dance, performance makeup doesn't come as naturally for Anand. “I suck at makeup, but I have to learn how to put makeup on,” he said. “You need to be presentable because if you're not presentable no one's going to look at you.”