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Asian Music and Dance

Kuchipudi in Focus

Isabel Putinja gives a comprehensive background of the form and the personalities most closely associated with the development of kuchipudi as we know it today.

17 June 2011

Feature, Issue-113

Swapnasundari on Vilasani Natyam

Dancer, scholar and researcher Swapnasundari took a break from her performance career to delve into the legacy of the Telegu court and temple dancers. She shares her insights with Isabel Putinja.

17 June 2011

Feature, Issue-113

Kali Chandrasegaram 

Donald Hutera traces the journey of this multidimensional artist from a dance class in Kuala Lumpur to becoming one of the three ACE/Akademi choreographic bursary awardees.

17 June 2011

Issue-113, Profile

Asha – the Risk-Taking Legend

Ken Hunt catches up with Asha Bhosle, popular music’s living legend and Shujaat Khan, son of the late Vilayat Khan, in London following their concert of Naina Lagaike at the Royal Festival Hall.

17 June 2011

Feature, Issue-113

Carnatic Jazz

The principle of Carnatic jazz is fairly long-established. By that, let’s agree on a fusion of the Carnatic – also Karnatic – art music tradition system of South India and jazz – predominantly, maybe exclusively jazz in its post World War II, multi-cultural manifestations.

17 June 2011

Issue-113, Review, Review - CD

Surdas Bhajans

In some fields of music it is possible to use a superlative like ‘greatest’ without fear of charges of partiality or chamcha (sycophantic) designs.

17 June 2011

Issue-113, Review, Review - CD

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