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Visual vignettes from the show

Kumudini Lakhia, dancer who gave the body of Kathak a new mind

Upaj saw three fine dancers performing to Atul's music in Jaijaiwanti, with added magic created through Gyandev Singh's...

4 March 2020 3:17 AM IST

Mythili Prakash

Retaining the authentic flavours of Indian dance away from home

How can Bharatanatyam live and breathe in a place where the cultural ecology is so different?

19 Feb 2020 2:21 AM IST

Apart from discussions, dancers were not afraid of trying to tether dance compositions, even in group forms, to metaphysical themes defying definition.

An insight into the minds of dancers, particularly the young ones

Purva Dhanashree's discipline Vilasini Natyam (the dance of the Andhra Devadasi) regards the sensual and the spiritual...

21 Jan 2020 3:29 AM IST

Vanashrees concept of Trayambakam (the Threefold God) extols aspects of Shiva.

Myths told through dance that resonate with today's audiences

Myth with its emotions and moods, at the existentialist level, will remain relevant.

23 Dec 2019 4:58 AM IST

The open air performance space at Sundar Nursery, with an extremely murky Delhi sky, had the half-dozen-odd people who had arrived early wondering if Aga Khan Trust for Culture and Unesco, jointly planning this evening, had made a wise choice of venue and if people would venture out on such an evening.

Defying New Delhi's pollution, Kutiyattam in open air holds audience...

A grieving penitent Sugreev who blames an enemy's arrow ' is in this theatre version, not aware that the fatal wound...

3 Dec 2019 1:58 AM IST

The Javali in Kamas was what the dancer had imbibed from Kalanidhi Narayanan.

Epitomising the style & the totality of the teacher's vision of a form

Ragini credited the moulding of her dance sensibilities with the teachings of her mentors, and the oversight of her...

21 Nov 2019 2:17 AM IST

Scene from Karna Gatha

Recapturing in Sanskrit, Pali and Hindi the old vibes of India's total...

The familiar theme and the scene of Sakuntala, trying to convince Dushyanta in a state of amnesia, that she is his...

6 Nov 2019 1:26 AM IST

Upendra Singh as Dashrath and Swapan Mazumdar as Ravan were effective. But the actor who played Vishwamitra, was not assertive enough.

The Ramayana Ballet: That which repetition cannot age

Many more Ramlila productions have now commenced all over the capital.

24 Oct 2019 1:39 AM IST

What did Draupadi see when she looked into the magic mirror?

The plot starts with Hidimbi, married to Bhima, procuring a magic mirror which reflected what the heart of the one...

8 Oct 2019 1:22 AM IST

Dancers Praveen

Contemplating female energy, and saluting her with dance

Vani Vak-Devi Saraswati as portrayed by Bengaluru's Praveen Kumar was a highlight.

12 Sept 2019 1:24 AM IST

A dancer on his own creative journey, away from established dance norms, Astad Deboo understandably ploughs a lone furrow.

Understanding dancer Astad Deboo: The lonely crusader, still an enigma

Dancing inside the auditorium has been as common as dancing in a museum amidst artifacts, on the street, on a catwalk or...

15 Aug 2019 1:50 AM IST

The statue of Bharata; Deepti Bhalla

Welcoming the fountainhead, Bharatmuni, on Gurupurnima

Bharata's Natya Shastra sowed the seeds of knowledge in dramaturgy and the Rasa theory of aesthetics.

1 Aug 2019 1:19 AM IST