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Sharon Lowen | View from the Covid cocoon

The inspiration came from an idea to scan my daughter’s childhood photos for a digital birthday gift as I couldn’t give a physical present

31 Jan 2021 12:19 AM

Conference of the Birds, presented by Wendy Jehlen’s Anikaya dance company during the NSD’s 21st International Theatre Festival, is a experience we all hope for when we enter a theatre, one that takes us on an emotional and visceral journey that can shift the imprints in our core.

Wendy Jehlen of Anikaya brings together some very skilled and powerful dancers

The metaphor of people in migration, including refugees, mirrors our journeys as humanity creating communities over eons.

25 Feb 2020 3:10 AM

Bhavana Reddy shines in signature item of father

For many decades, Raja Reddy’s Shiva’s Dance was a showstopper across the globe.

10 Feb 2020 1:32 AM

Modern and contemporary, in reference to concert dance, are not always synonymous.

Bharat Sharma: Moving Indian modern dance’s vision forward

The trajectory of modern and contemporary dance in India has travelled in many directions and loop-de-loops over the years.

27 Jan 2020 1:41 AM

Anthropologists say dance preceded language. The opportunity to have such a feast of dance, music, crafts, food and history packed into this well-organised festival is a gift to the country from Nagaland.

Dancing with the braves at Nagas’ iconic annual Hornbill Festival

Dance is an incredible vehicle of expression and a wonderful entree into culture.

18 Dec 2019 2:14 AM

Sonal Mansingh’s Appa Deepo Bhava: Women in Buddha’s life

The exceptionally fine supporting music was composed by Pandit Shubhendra Rao and Saskia Rao de Haas.

19 Nov 2019 12:59 AM

Even the food festival lunches and dinners are open to non-IIC members this year at a nominal charge for Kannadiga Oota, Odia Bhoji, Flavours of Brazil, A Bengali Repast and An Italian Cena along with Awadhi food.

With Tandav, Samba, T.M. Krishna... This is the arts festival I wouldn’t miss

Delhi is the only world capital where the best of national and international performances are open to all, free of charge.

07 Oct 2019 2:03 AM

The Srjan annual Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra Award Festival must certainly rank as one of the nation’s best organised private classical music and dance festivals.

Artistes provide a fitting tribute to the great Kelubabu’s role in resurrecting Odissi dance

The aesthetics and organisation of the festival both on and off stage were impeccable, with excellent public and private, national and local support.

01 Oct 2019 2:37 AM

Jean Erdman, a legend & pioneer, combined together dance & myth

Jean Erdman is a magical, pioneering legend whose name I would guess doesn’t ring a bell for many of you.

24 Sep 2019 1:07 AM

Personal reminiscences are sprinkled throughout the book, with informal anecdotes about the authors’ self-discoveries through yoga and dance.

It’s yoga all the way, says book that deconstructs Indian classical dance

In relating the third limb of yoga, the asanas, to dance, we are told how body positions transform us spiritually.

29 Aug 2019 12:51 AM

How is Indian classical dance viewed abroad? Some answers

The place and impact of India’s dance traditions throughout the world is obviously a vast subject covering space and time.

03 Jul 2019 1:09 AM

Sharan Rani, popularly known as ‘Sarod Rani’: A modern-day Mira

Though she could easily afford to travel first class, she accepted second class tickets from organisers without a murmur and never asked for a car.

28 May 2019 12:55 AM

A scene from the event at the India International Centre, New Delhi

Artistes pay tribute to Pulwama martyrs who ‘gave their today for our tomorrow’

The dancers had been asked to present 3-4 minutes of abhinaya without costume and bring recorded music.

08 Apr 2019 1:08 AM

Rango’ntaratma is the central sutra of the Shiva Sutras which define the inner consciousness of the individual as the performance arena where life is played out.

Anticipating a rare treat for rasikas: Rango’ntaratma

The journey begins from the formless and unfolds in various forms accessible to sensory perceptions.

25 Mar 2019 1:07 AM

The Nrityalaya Dance School rehearses a choreography on #MeToo stories in Hindu mythology

India looks to address the fine lines around #MeToo in dance

Individuals may need someone to go to for advice as well as steps to deal with problems.

19 Feb 2019 12:22 AM

We are Waiting at the Border: Dutch Vloeistof Dance Company

A dance performance that asks, ‘How fictitious is a border actually?’

Boundaries and borders are front and centre in our own lives as well as for countless refugees.

11 Dec 2018 12:15 AM

Richard Chen See in the midst of his immaculate performances

Skilled dance teacher Richard Chen See offers Indians a chance to learn

Richard was fortunate to be born in the era when classical and modern dance animosity was ending.

27 Nov 2018 12:56 AM

Dancing into eternity: Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra

Much has already been written about him and many of the images captured by dance photographer Avinash Pasricha have become iconic.

05 Nov 2018 4:52 AM

The North East is quite a dynamic region with a dizzying variety of social, cultural and historical elements throughout the seven sisters Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura and a brother, Sikkim.

Festival feast from the Northeast

The icing on the cake will the traditional and fusion cuisine Manipuri, Khasi, Assamese, Naga and Sikkimese dinners.

16 Oct 2018 2:08 AM

Urmimala Das hails from Assam and was trained by Guru Bulu Sinha and Guru Shri Shashi Kumar Sinha of Assam which puts her squarely in the Bishnupuri garana of Manipuri dance.

Manipuri dance from Manipur, Assam and Tripura

The origins of Bishnupriya Manipuris cover quite a gamut of theories.

09 Oct 2018 12:11 AM

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