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From street to Olympics

From street to Olympics

With breakdancing on the brink of being a part of the Summer Olympics, breakers and other dancers have good reason to...

7 July 2019 2:34 AM IST

The show Dancing Waters by Neha Banerjee and A. Shivamani made its debut in Mumbai but will be travelling to other parts of India, raising awareness about this cause, and take my word, it is one not-to-be-missed show. If you are a fan of Shivamanis style of percussions and traditional Kathak dance then this is a show that is a treat for the eyes as well as for the ears.

Dancing Waters: Speaking of water conservation with Kathak and drums

The best part of the composition was the blend of drums and instruments like the violin, tabla, guitar and sitar with...

26 Sept 2019 1:58 AM IST

The song Charakhada as a metaphor of time itself the cycle of life and death is intense, where Kathak and tabla rhythms interspersed with silences as the song charts time itself with kattanwali, the feminine weaver keeping time.

Faqeer Nimaana: Shah Hussain's poems presented as music & dance by a...

There is always a buzz when it is announced that Beej and Sanjukta Wagh will be presenting a new work.

17 Sept 2019 1:16 AM IST

Jacqueline Fernandezs Kathak dance. (Photo: Instagram)

Watch: Jacqueline Fernandez's Kathak dance will leave you surprised

The Bollywood diva who is known to have mastered a number of western dance forms has recently put her foot in Kathak.

7 Sept 2019 4:22 PM IST

Manjari Chaturvedi during her performance

Names like nachnewali, tawaif... unfair to the artist

Most of these singers were trained in classical music by well-known doyens of Hindustani classical music.

22 Jan 2020 6:33 AM IST

In order to soak in the festive vibes of the harvesting season, the capital got to witness a poetic cultural evening at Shri Ram Auditorium where AAMAD Kathak Dance Centre organized Rang-E-Sukhan, a Kathak dance production that highlighted the shades of poetry which staged over a 100 dancers that boasted of an ensemble of experienced and rookie dancers.

Dancing back in time

A dance fest that pays homage to Indian and Persian cultures through Kathak.

17 Jan 2020 12:48 AM IST

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

Cover of Kathak Lok: Temple Traditions and History (Photo By Arrangement)

Temples & dance history: The who, what, when and where of Kathak

In temples that the authors visited, they saw performers who were able to interact and improvise with the devotees to...

14 Aug 2022 12:05 AM IST

What constitutes fake art?

Senior artists are known to disown many of their earlier works after having become associated with a particular style in...

10 May 2018 1:51 AM IST

The romance of unsung song

The romance of unsung song

It reads like a melancholic and over-romantic story replete with imagery out of Rusva's Umrao Jaan.

28 Jun 2018 2:08 AM IST

A nautch girl sitting at the feet of two memsahibs and singing by SC Belnos c.1820

Dance, music through the ages

During the later Mughal period, singers and dancers with lavish royal patronage began to wield great influence in the...

26 Jun 2018 1:39 AM IST

Padmashree-awarded Odissi dancer Ranjana Gauhar

Treading the difficult path of the arts

Culture is a part of a larger shared whole where each art is dependent on the other for its creative impulse.

23 Aug 2018 2:06 AM IST