Rama Vaidyanathan – Dancer in her prime
Considered one of India’s finest bharatanatyam dancers, Rama Vaidyanathan gets UK exposure.
10 December 2009
Author: Sanjeevini Dutta
Sanjeevini Dutta has been a part of the South Asian dance sector for over four decades. She trained in odissi with Shankar Behera in Bombay. In the UK she has been a performer, educator, curator and promoter, first as a freelancer and then as director of Kadam Asian Dance and Music. In 2008 she took over as Editor of Pulse.
Her Story
Srinidhi Raghavan and Sahasara Sambamoorthi are bharatanatyam dancers based in New York who met at graduate school in Columbia and in 2007 started working on the concept of Her Story, which premiered a year later in Manhattan.
22 September 2009
A History of the Mudras & A Dictionary of Kathakali Sign Language
The companion volumes are a superb offering from Kalamandalam artists Vijayakumara and Barbara who have dedicated over twenty-five years to… Read More
12 June 2009
Moving Root (The Cusp)
The title ‘Moving Root’ represents the cultural traditions, of which dance is an integral part, that are carried by people as they move from one country to another.
18 March 2009
Embodied Language
The opening sequence featured a dancer holding a pose, whose limbs were being manipulated by fellow dancers.
18 March 2009
Misrana
At the QEH on London’s South Bank, the South Asian Dance Faculty was celebrating the tenth anniversary of bharatanatyam and kathak becoming part of ISTD.
18 March 2009
Sufi Music and Dance Special
An in-depth look at how age-old Sufi faith and customs are translating themselves into performances of south Asian music and dance.
11 December 2008
Sujata Banerjee and Anusha Subramanyam
Sujata Banerjee and Anusha Subramanyan talk to Pulse about Birmingham’s new Centre for Advance Training catering for south Asian dance.
11 December 2008
Sukhdeep Singh
Tabla teacher, Sukhdeep Singh talks about teaching this ever-popular and versatile instrument.
16 September 2008