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It is heartening to know that with this companys efforts at artistic recapture of an eventful past, some lost languages are also being revived.

Unusual fare of aboriginal tales

Having toured seventy countries during its 29 year old history the performance had a handsome audience.

17 Nov 2018 6:48 PM

Sanchita Roy: Odissi

Dance practitioners churn out issues through deliberation

Guru/Dancer Bhaswati Misra felt that more attention was needed on how whatever text a dancer chose, was being visualized...

14 Nov 2018 7:55 PM

The Delhi premiere at Abhimanch Theatre of National School of Drama seemed to attract a modest gathering on the opening day

A Bharatanatyam weave of threads spun by 2 Indian visionaries

A commendable effort! What the production urgently needs is some drastic editing, to trim it.

10 Oct 2018 7:18 PM

Chennai-born Preeti Vasudevan has been trained for years as a Bharatanatyam dancer, now based in New York, creating avant-garde dance works. She has travelled a long distance, spanning two very different worlds both in her domestic and artistic life.

When a dancer becomes the dance

Creation has its elementary beginnings in sound, which slowly evolves its vibrations covering the entire expanse of...

25 Sept 2018 8:03 PM

Scenes from Surpanakhankam

Immersed in the actor's evoked world between the imagined and the real

For such well set up event, introductions with basic terms like Choodamani and Panchavati mispronounced was...

10 Sept 2018 6:39 PM

(Photo: Sutra Foundation)

Heralding forty years of teaching in dance

A rhythmic sequence woven to syllables 'Aham/Param' introduce Shiva's Nirguna form.

28 Aug 2018 12:19 AM

Purvadhanashree with her Vilasini Natyam

Takeaways from looking back to move forward

The crowning part was having Kamalini Dutt speak on what the term guru meant and how it had been devalued.

13 Aug 2018 6:42 PM

Artistes perform at Triveni Auditorium.

What the Bharatanatyam arangetram signifies

Tara tends to keep heels grounded while doing the Kudittumettu' toe/heel step.

30 July 2018 7:13 PM

Ramli Ibrahims Odissi on HIgh being performed in Kuala Lumpur. Courtesy: Sutra Foundation

Dance legend Ramli Ibrahim's Odissi on High creates a buzz

Odissi with its sensuous creeper like bodily deflections has largely, in sculpture and dance, been represented through...

16 July 2018 7:52 PM

A performance on stage

Art transcending all boundaries

Tribute to late Guru Bipin Singh featured some talents from India along with the local dance schools.

2 July 2018 6:20 PM

Margi Madhu and Nepathya Srihari Chakiyar. (Anish Mishra)

Making a difference with Spic Macay

Epitomising Bharatanatyam grace and exceptionally communicative abhinaya, Priyadarshini Govind charmed the audience.

26 Jun 2018 9:43 PM

Samudra group performs at Kala Kendra

Group production in myriad flavours

The curtain went up with the dance narrative Meera which highlighted a woman's fight for liberty and right to choose.

10 Jun 2018 7:31 PM