Something Afoot – Contemporary Dance in India
Sanjoy Roy was on the jury at the latest Prakriti Excellence in Contemporary Dance Award. He finds that contemporary dance in India is varied, dynamic and free in thought and expression.
25 March 2015
Month: March 2015
Mapping New Territory – Contemporary Dance Festivals in India
Isabel Putinja examines the challenges and opportunities offered by two international festivals: the Ignite! Festival of Contemporary Dance in New Delhi and the Attakkalari India Biennial in Bangalore.
25 March 2015
The Nautch Girl
Sanjeevini Dutta looks at Phizzical’s The Nautch Girl, a re-imagining of Mirza Hadi Ruswa’s classic tale of Umrao Jaan Ada. Choreographer Sonia Sabri and Phizzical’s artistic director Samir Bhamra talk about its creation.
25 March 2015
The Nautch Girl – Re-imagined
We talked to the choreographer Sonia Sabri and Phizzical’s artistic director, Samir Bhamra about re-imagining Umrao Jaan Ada
25 March 2015
Young Pulse – BBC Young Dancer 2015: The Category Finals
Parbati Chaudhury caught up with two young hopefuls in the South Asian category of this new award: Anaya Vasudha Bolar and Jaina Modasia.
25 March 2015
The Currency of Caste – Arundhati Roy in Conversation with Ken Hunt
Ken Hunt inquires about the influences that inform Arundhati Roy’s writing and activism and the continuing centrality of caste in India since B.R. Ambedkar wrote about it in 1936.
25 March 2015
The Impossible Dream
Gopa Roy learns about the joy and freedom of expression dance offers to those without hearing from Nehal Bhogaita, a member of The Nautch Girl cast and Sanghamitra Datta of the Children in Need Institute in Kolkata
25 March 2015
Carnatic Beatbox
The concert debut of Carnatic Beatbox began with two first-half appetisers for the second set’s main course with the two principal musicians – Jyotsna Srikanth and her violinistics and Shlomo and his beatboxing – laying out their tables before the main course.
25 March 2015
Amjad Ali Khan with Amaan Ali Khan and Ayaan Ali Khan
Let’s be honest, it’s not often that a stalwart of Indian classical music will make it beyond London when they do visit our little island. However, when news spread that Ustad Amjad Ali Khan and his sons were coming to Leeds, a dedicated community of music-lovers arrived full of anticipation.
25 March 2015