Sacred Music of the Stage
In Part 3 of the Series, Jahnavi Harrison looks specially into how the divine is evoked through performance of folk and classical genre of theatre, dance and music.
19 September 2011
Month: September 2011
DESH – One Man’s Truth
Lucinda Al-Zoghbi goes behind the scenes to observe a master at work in an exclusive interview with Akram Khan and a preview of his latest work DESH.
19 September 2011
Dharambir Singh – the UK’s own sitar maestro
An acknowledged master of the sitar, Dharambir Singh, recently honoured by with MBE, shares with Jahnavi Harrison the trials on the way to reaching his position and the satisfaction of paving the way for the next generation of UK-based South Asian musicians.
19 September 2011
Shane Shambhu – Meeting of Head and Heart
This artist reveals to Donald Hutera his passion for creating dance theatre that will touch audiences and make a difference.
19 September 2011
Jaina prepares for the big day
Kathak dancer Jaina Modasia has been busy preparing for her Manch Pravesh. She tells Lucinda Al-Zoghbi how she will remember this experience for all the right reasons.
19 September 2011
Paramaakriti : A Classical Kathak Presentation
From the outside, the Bhavan Centre doesn’t seem like the most obvious place for a kathak recital but take a look inside and this former church in West Kensington becomes a gateway to the classical Indian arts.
19 September 2011
Song of the City
It is 150 years since the birth of Rabindranath Tagore, Bengali writer, musician, artist and all-round Renaissance man. To mark the occasion, Akademi has commissioned and produced a new dance piece by Ash Mukherjee.
19 September 2011
Exposure: Dance
These two evenings of short works by young and more established choreographers yielded unsurprisingly mixed results.
19 September 2011
Sriyah
For many years the Nrityagram Dance Ensemble has been led by the school’s very first student, the dancer and choreographer Surupa Sen. And so, fittingly, it was she who appeared with two other dancers, Bijayini Satpathy and Pavithra Reddy, in a rather sparsely-staged and yet rewarding programme of solos, duets and trios at the 2011 edition of the Edinburgh International Festival.
19 September 2011
The Singing Violin
Kala Ramnath’s concerts are magical mystery tours with no destination on the front of the bus. Exactly where she will transport and deposit listeners is all down to her spontaneous craft and creativity.
19 September 2011